Dick Gaughan Reviews Archive

Contents

• Parallel Lines
  • Dirty Linen
    "definitive performances"
• Call It Freedom
  • Folk Roots
    "probably the best thing he's done, including Handful Of Earth"
• Sail On
  • Folk Roots
    "Play it loud, and play it often - sheer genius doesn't just come in pint glasses."
  • The Scotsman
    "contains one of the greatest performances that has ever come soaring out of the cornucopia of folk/traditional music"
  • The Surrey Advertiser
    "one of the more passionate, outspoken voices on the British folk scene"
  • The Times
    "proves the continuing relevance of the genre"
  • Rock'n'Reel
    "one of the most coveted and revered voices of recent times"
  • Living Tradition
    "Commitment. Passion. Honesty. They're all here. Buy it."
  • Dirty Linen
    "Scotland's head and conscience"
  • Amazon.com
    "a fine album that is full of biting political insight"
• Redwood Cathedral
  • Folk on Tap
    "This album is due to become a classic."
  • Living Tradition
    "greatness here is no hyperbole"
  • Amazon.com
    "ranks up there with his now classic Handful of Earth"
• Outlaws and Dreamers
  • Living Tradition
    "moves from suppressed explosiveness to actual explosiveness without warning"
  • The Scotsman
    "passionate and uncompromising commitment"
  • Scotland On Sunday
    "the great Scottish troubadour"
• Prentice Piece
  • Living Tradition
    "a coherent and evocative narrative of our times"
  • Scotland On Sunday
    "one of the most powerful, passionate, accomplished and singular talents to have emerged from post-war Scotland"
  • The Scotsman
    "The selection is Gaughan's own, giving the set an added authority, although the music already has that in abundance."
• Lucky For Some
  • The Scotsman
    "powerful and heartfelt"
  • Scotland On Sunday
    "Scotland's premier political singer/songwriter"

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