Fred Eaglesmith

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QUOTES

“I think that Eaglesmith
(who sadly remains largely undiscovered) is one of the best new songwriters in recent years and every track on the
album is a gem.”

MIKAL GILMORE, ROLLING STONE

"Sometimes a CD comes along that so well defines my current thinking I can’t seem to listen to anything else. Tinderbox is my latest musical obsession.”

AMERICANA ROOTS

"There is a Tom Waits-like rawness here, but with his spare, often gospel-infused music and ultra-terse songs about overcoming ‘trouble and toil’ and finding redemption, Eaglesmith evokes a hauntingly vivid world with a vision that's all his own...Devastatingly good, economical songwriting."

NICK CHRISTIANO, PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER

“Eaglesmith delivers passion
like few singers since Woody Guthrie. We know that’s a comparison not to be
taken lightly.”

NEW YORK PRESS

Often when an album is proclaimed to be an artist’s masterwork, it’s all a lot of hot air,” notes Philadelphia Inquirer reviewer Nick Christiano. “That’s not the case with Fred Eaglesmith’s Tinderbox and that’s saying a lot, based on the Canadian singer-songwriter’s already formidable track record.” Though the award-winning artist has earned high praise throughout his career, initial reviewer raves agree that his latest and 17th album, Tinderbox, is a masterwork.

Eaglesmith is “revered, yet forever underrated,” notes Newhouse News Service writer Kevin O’Hare. In a review of Tinderbox alongside new discs by such major acts as Madonna, Neil Diamond and Elvis Costello, he notes how the album’s religious theme provides an “interesting source of inspiration” and how the artist “goes to the very heart of the Bible belt.”

Award-winning Eaglesmith inspires comparisons to icons like Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen, tops the roots music charts, and boasts devoted fans that include a slew of his fellow songwriters. Ink 19.com praises Tinderbox as “Earthy, simple, beautiful. Fred Eaglesmith once again delves into elemental and primal aspects of human existence with the eloquence, literacy, musicality, and emotional potency that have become his trademarks. ‘Chain Gang’ is probably the best Springsteen song that Bruce never wrote but will wish that he had.”

Eaglesmith’s music has been described by reviewers as a “blend of aching country and barroom rock” and a “mixture of hard-edged honky-tonk balanced between rock’n’roll and early ‘60s country music.” “Eaglesmith masterfully blends country, folk, gospel and rock to create an 18-track musical odyssey through the Bible Belt,” observes the McKeesport [PA] Daily News of the album, which it describes as pure Americana. “Though his songs have been covered by artists ranging from Toby Keith to Mary Gauthier to the Cowboy Junkies, Fred Eaglesmith isn't a household name. This first-rate album should change that.”