JAMES APOLLO

"The Album conjures up a set of haunted, western-rich folk with hints of Latin rhythms and Tom Waits-style cabaret." The Onion

"gritty, rootsy, advernturous" Star Tribune

"a chilled-out collection of rustic semi-pop...[those] with a penchant for channeling gothic Americana in song will feel right at home" Pulse

"superb in its lugubrious sadness" Maverick

"James Apollo's songs are Americana in the truest sense: drenched in Civil War ghosts, "Steinbeckian landscapes" and the kind of loneliness known only to someone who grew up in Libertyville, Arkansas." The Sunday Times, London UK

"A high plains drifter on the dark side of tumbleweed roots rock" El Paso Scene Weekly

"I love American music. You get imitators, you get disciples and devotees, but you don't get originators of this kind anywhere else but backcountry U.S.ofA. It's a great album, simple." Unpeeled, UK

"Brilliant!" Tom Robinson, BBC

"Led by visions of crows, mercenaries, and the Alamo, Apollo works a back porch vibe that's full of crooked atmosphere." Popmatters

"This album came from the bottom of a whiskey glass in a smoky bar, from staring at dusty shoes at the end of yet another gig, from travelling and touring relentlessly across America's great plains... This is your man." Smack, UK

"Brilliant alt-country-grass. Songs of incredible dethp & personality, excellent lyrics, moody passages & hootenanny dirges." Hybrid Magazine

"a dusty, border town saloon-likeatmosphere." Synthesis

"back and forth from caressing croons to moments of intense frenzy" Minnesota Daily

"It makes the hairs on my arms stand up and tango" Jason Mraz

"A rootsy concoction of sweet pop and lonesome highway blues that anyone with a bruised soul can identify with" Colorado Springs Independent

 

"Somewhere between Black Hear Procession and Tom Waits...often soft and reserved, but Mr.Apollo can also erupt unsuspectingly like some emotional volcano." Allschools, Germany

"Good Grief" isn't exactly folk-rock, but it's close. Or maybe it's country-rock. Its sounds a little southern, but more Faulner than Lynyrd Skynyrd" Pulse of the Twin Cities

"Layered, nuanced, and smooth" Grapevine, Iceland

"The pure songs exhale a sultry country noir" Fileunder New Music, NL

"Yopu can almost see the tumbleweed and smell the stale bourbon" Tasty Franzine, UK

"born and dragged up in a one-horse frontier town" New Noise, UK

"Literally one of the best works of our time." The Belle Music, Spain

"Apollo laces his take on Southwestern sounds with hints of cabaret, spaghetti westerns, and swells of guitar noise, resulting in an eclectic yet cohesive album." TransformOnline

"There is a grandness and a sense of open horizons" Lowcut, Denmark

"One of those albums that just arrives out of seeming Nosheresville and blows your socks off." Whisperin and Hollerin

"A renegade Everley brogher with a taste for Mexicana, taking histrionic kicks at a catskin tabmourine." Baby Tiger, Edinburgh UL

"A rootsier rock that tells of broken heats and despair." LAcrosse Tribune

"James' music quenches the thirst for straight up roots and blues." Kent Gazette, UK

"Playing the wizened troubadour, he dispenses lessons like "Dead Men Weigh More" ("than broken hears") High Bias

"Tr filo spinato e sogni Apollo il vagabondo del rock made in Usa e dunzue un artista vagabondo, alla perenne ricera di un suo spazio tra i grandi cantautori della musica americanna." Vicenza News, Italy

"Nyju plotuna vann eg med hljmsveitinni minni begar vid vorum f tonleikaferdalagi unr Bandarikin" Visir, Iceland

"Tripped-down, raw and ghostly" Room Thirteen, UK

"A monumental effort. Discs like this one can only be received with the open hands." Super 45, Spain

"sad and solitary music, yes, but that's what makes it good!" Millefueille, France

"a strong offering... he'll be around for some time to come." Exoduster

"the power of punk and spontaneity of the old rock n' roll that produced Buddy Holly's glasses and Nancy Sinatra's sexual spunk." The Muses Muse

"The perfect companion to those lonely Humboldt nights spent staring out a rain soaked window while remembering ghosts of the past." Panache

"James Apollo ci scherza sopra: tre dischi in tre anni sono un bel bottino, il problema é che la popolaritå di questo songwriter originario dell' Arkansas é tutt'altro che elevata." Rootshighway, Italy

"Eddie Cochran on Acid. A daring--and distinctive bow." Amplifier

"unrequited love, random barroom hookups and the lonesome traveler get fresh attention with an amazing balance of sarcasm and tenderness." Ripsaw News