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Cape Breton Post, NS
“If you’re already a fan of Thom Swift, you already know what a great entertainer and musical storyteller he is. If you’re not already a fan, you should be.”
The Coast, Halifax, NS
About The Legend of Roy Black…”…a timeless collection of root songs.”
Casino Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS – Album Release Show
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Matt Andersen, Singer-Songwriter
About The Legend of Roy Black… “Thom really delivers all of the reasons I’ve been a fan of his for years on this new album. The voice, the songs, the grooves and the simplicity that makes him great is all here and in top form.”
Local Xpress, Halifax, NS
About The Legend of Roy Black…”Produced with Charles Austin at the Echo Chamber — with contributions by compadres J.P. Cormier and Dave Gunning, fellow Hot Toddy trio member Tom Easley on upright bass and Asa Brosius’s glistening pedal steel playing — the record shows the Halifax guitarist-songwriter at his most authentic. The songs extol simple pleasures, the open road and a love waiting back at home, tapping into the kind of honest ideals and rough-hewn sound that would appeal to the mysterious Mr. Black.”
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JP Cormier, Singer-Songwriter
About The Legend of Roy Black… “Thom has been a hero of mine for many years. From Hot Toddy right until today, his musical gifts have been self-evident to anyone who listens, but this new album has crossed into masterpiece territory and has set a new bar for all singer-songwriters and performers in the east coast and beyond. A great record, and a genuine man. My friend always.”
Adam Bowie, The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, NB
“Thom Swift’s new record, The Legend of Roy Black, is a moving, powerful piece of work. The best songwriters are able to bare their soul in their songs. It’s impressive that after a long, distinguished musical career, Swift is still able to knock out a song like, “Simpler Times,” which is one of the best compositions he’s written and one of the best I’ve heard anywhere in some time. Raw, emotional, uplifting, honest. More fine work from one of Canada’s criminally undervalued gems.”
Jeff Liberty, CBC Radio, Saint John, NB
About The Legend of Roy Black… “Thom’s music something you can always count on. Thom keeps it real here. Great songs, classic roots music done like his forefathers. Very organic, meticulous instrumentation all layered in Thom’s unparalleled vocal delivery. A master with a turn a phrase and authenticity in spades. Sounding somewhere between an ever aging Leonard Cohen and Springsteen’s Devil’s & Dust.”
