| Lorne
Entress, producer of [Mark] Erelli's five Signature
Sounds albums, takes the helm for Long Night Moon
[Catie Curtis]. The result? Assisted by the
support players and backing vocalists Entress has
skilfully fashioned and burnished a classic Catie
Curtis song collection. Featuring some fine
accordion fills delivered by Entress, the penultimate
cut, "Hard Time With Goodbyes," is self-explanatory
by its title alone, while the melodic "Long Night
Moon" is a rather delicious 'goodnight' lullaby that
ends this engaging collection on a high. ~ Folkwax
Compass
and Companion (Mark Erelli) is an expertly crafted,
beautifully produced collection of songs.
~
The Washington Post
For
her fourth album [Bittertown] Boston area singer-songwriter
Lori Mckenna snared the proverbial lightening in a
bottle. A song cycle of downcast themes--ordinary
lives seeking, but not always finding a way out--seductively
upbeat arrangements, it resides on the Americana midway,
along side Eliza Gilkyson, Patty Griffin and Buddy
and Julie Miller. It is also one of 2004 most
soulful, literate, and downright likeable albums.
~ Harp
Magazine
There's
something about Lori McKenna's release [Bittertown]
keeps calling itself back to my CD player.
Perhaps
it's her songs, detailed snapshots of small town life,
filled with colorful characters and wronged women.
But
it's probably the creative arrangements that have
a lot to do with it, there's a nice variety, from
gentle to
slightly
gritty. Credit must go to producer Lorne Entress
who plays every instrument under the sun, all with
taste
and
restraint. ~ Freight
Train Boogie.com
McKenna
spins her tales against a backdrop of acoustic and
electric guitars, Hammond organ and lap steel.
Buddy Miller, Mark Erelli, and producer Lorne Entress
add soulful letter-perfect harmony vocals on
several
tracks. ~ Paste
Magazine
"He's
just a great guy. And in the studio I can get
scared pretty easily. But Lorne is a patient
and loving producer. He just takes something
that is working and is good and he just steps it up,
he just brings it up a level. That's what he
does for everybody."
~
Lori McKenna at PureMusic.com (For a link
to the full interview click HERE)
The
13 original songs of Bittertown, Lori McKenna’s fourth
-- and most extraordinary -- release, are richly evocative,
melodic portraits of the wealth, and costs, of simply
living a regular life. As in previous albums...she
sews together an all-American quilt of country, rock,
and folk. Bittertown, though, outperforms them in
depth and breadth, buoyed by Kevin Barry’s lusciously
layered guitars and shimmering strokes from producer/vintage
instrumentalist
Lorne Entress. ~
Barnes and Noble
A
Life I Never Had is an aural feast, richly melodic,
set to a propulsive groove,
brimming with eloquent riffs and evocative moments…
~The
Boston Globe
Great
hooks, great groove and amazing production by Lorne
Entress make this CD [Hardwood Floors] one that will
get stuck in your CD player for days.
~
Folkweb
On
A Life I Never Had, [Alastair Moock] brings one quality
that was deliberately absent from his first two studio
albums—high quality studio production—to
the table with excellent results. [It] gives his work
the sonic sophistication it deserves…producer
Lorne Entress helps provide a rich backdrop that includes
Hammond organ whispering and mandolins swelling over
choruses.~The Boston Phoenix
'Hope
& Other Casualties is an intimate masterpiece,
at once his [Mark Erelli's] prettiest, most personal,
and most
political
recording.
~ Boston Globe
Mark
[Erelli] is blessed with an excellent production by
Lorne Entress that captures the quasi-live feel of
the vocals.
~Traditional Music Maker UK
Mighty
Sam McClain’s Give It Up To Love is the R&B
comeback of the year.
~
Rolling Stone Magazine
Ace
drummer Lorne Entress has produced a book [Time and
Drumming] that serves as an almost biblical commandment
to drummers.
~
Gig Magazine
Seamless
and timeless perfection. (Excerpt from review for
The Memorial Hall Recordings)
~Folkwax.com
[The
Memorial Hall Recordings] captured the feel of New
England: the soggy, sullen days just before spring,
the picture-perfect summer evenings and the chill
of lonely autumn nights…an unforgettable portrait
of the music, landscape and characters that define
the Northeast.
~The Hartford Courant
Erelli
credits much of the album’s [The Memorial Hall
Recordings] sonic success to producer drummer Lorne
Entress, who has produced all of Erelli’s records
thus far…”Lorne’s main contribution
was keeping his ears open as we were playing... We
were hoping to record the take just before everybody
knew exactly what they were doing, and it was Lorne’s
job to realize when we’d hit that…Lorne
can hear that stuff on the fly.” ~Acoustic
Guitar
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