The Boston Globe - July 1995 Feature article
"one of Britain's most innovative and contemporary voices."

Folk Roots - July 1995 The Warehouse, Belfast
"A truly masterful performer."

The List - 1995 Review/Interview, The Lobby Bar, Cork
"a troubadour with attitude"

The Guardian, 1995 Christmas Concert, Edinburgh
"how music from the gut really sounds."

Folk on Tap, 1998 Electric Theatre, Guildford
"proved, if proof were needed, that he is the guv'nor"

Sunday Herald, 2000 Celtic Connections
"Whatever happened to the angry young men I once knew?"

Edinburgh Evening News, 2000 Edinburgh Folk Club
"In these days of diluted celto-folk, voices like Gaughan's rise high."

Stark Talk, 2000 BBC Radio Scotland
Extracts from an Interview with Edie Stark

Claygate, Nov 2002 Ram Folk Club
"the sheer energy of Dick Gaughan in full flow is startling"

Celtic Roots, BBC Radio Scotland Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2003
"a one man Sex Pistols"

The Independent, 2003 Freedom Highway
"the kind of voice that could stop a train in its tracks"

Sunday Herald, 2004 Celtic Connections
"succeeded brilliantly in translating his ideas into music"

The Surrey Advertiser, 2005Cranleigh Arts Centre
"remains as uncompromising as ever"

Edinburgh Evening News, 2006 Leith Folk Club
"relaxed and funnier than many comedians"

Rock'n'Reel 2007 Interview
Interview with Rock'n'Reel magazine

The Herald, 2007 Celtic Connections
"no glib ditties or half-hearted performances here"

Edinburgh Evening News, 2008 Edinburgh Folk Club
"just straps on his guitar and gets on with it"

The Herald, 2008 Celtic Connections
"one of the cornerstones of modern traditional music"

The Scotsman, 2008 Celtic Connections
"smoulders as fiercely as ever"

Dirty Linen
"definitive performances"

Folk Roots
"probably the best thing he's done, including Handful Of Earth"

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"

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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"

Living Tradition
"moves from suppressed explosiveness to actual explosiveness without warning"

The Scotsman
"passionate and uncompromising commitment"

Scotland On Sunday
"the great Scottish troubadour"

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."

The Scotsman
"powerful and heartfelt"

Scotland On Sunday
"Scotland's premier political singer/songwriter"

Listeners' comments from Amazon.com
The online CD market at Amazon.com offers listeners the opportunity to add their own personal reviews for the benefit of other prospective buyers. Here's a selection of comments on various albums.

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