Lorne Entress ~ Producer/Drummer
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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,Lorne Entress ~ Producer / Drummer 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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