Category : Reviews

Paul Crawford introduces “The Travelling Troubadours” (as he calls them) and we all take our seats. The next 2 hours are ones I will never forget! Jesse Dee and Jacquie B, along with their drummer Matt Blackie create a sound together that transcends auditory magic. My imagination was inundated with scenes of places I’ve never been before, each song different from the last and with each place we “traveled” a different emotion was shared. It was so fascinating that this trio could evoke so much emotion in their deeply reflective box car blues, it was captivating.

 

Read the whole review here: http://awesomeokanagan.com/2012/02/masters-of-reverie/

“…as dedicated citizens of the road they lay claim to whatever musical ground passes underneath them.”

“The barely contained snap of a funk groove melts into rockabilly tumbles into the purest of acoustic balladry. They tangle with folk or blues, the chords come out jazz;…and when they settle into a train beat, …it’s the closest they’ll get to standard issue country-rock.”

“Years together have also made Jesse and Jacquie a formidable singing team, more instinctive than technical, shadowing each other’s lines so closely at points you forget who is who.”…read more

- Tom Murray, Edmonton Journal

“They have this loose, rhythmic approach on some of their songs which sound vaguely Dead and a floating cohesiveness on others which lean mainstream and weave it all together with a Jesse/Jacquie vocal combination which is quite captivating”…read more

- Frank Gutch – Segarini