| Some
reviews for Mike's new album Highway
101:
A great intimate performance here. Also, the
performer has an incredible sense of timing and beat.
Resembles the great folk singers of the 60's and 70's
who sounded on their own as good as a full piece band. Briana
Lynn, Nashville, TN
This makes me feel like I'm in the best New
Orleans nightclub. It is great storytelling with a live
sounding track of excellent musicians. There is lots of
ear candy going on in the background while the singer
pulls you into his tales. Mark Coker,
Blairsville, GA
There's no reason to dismiss Dylan similarities.
Dare I say: this artist's songs are about as clever and
crafty as early Dylan. He borrows "It ain't to sin
to take off your skin" (my most immediate reference
is Burroughs' take of it on Waits' Black Rider; I'm not
sure from where it originated) and contextualizes it
perfectly. He borrows Dylan's "moral of this
story..." from "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and
Judas Priest" and creates a humorous alternative.
But it's his licorice and liverwurst sandwich that made
me realize that he's Dylan's long lost clone. In
"Wolfman Blues" he has created a silly holy
trinity between himself the wolfman, a lady in a yellow
dress and a gypsy. This song is one of the greatest and
blessed stories I've heard. Adam Fredonia, Los
Angeles, CA |