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Alright Now

WUBM Radio selects David Mallett’s Alright Now cd as one of the top ten albums of 2010! Check out the list.

“a masterpiece …This is an exquisite, ennobling record, made by a terrific craftsman.”
- Steve Morse, Boston Globe

“it’s really real music in it’s truest form…the truest form ever imaginable…But for true hard core songwriters, Alright Now is a masterpiece and one that you can listen to and learn from for years to come. Yes, David Mallet has proven that once again it really is all about the music. There is no doubt that he has left an unfading imprint on Music City and Classic Americana Music forever.”
- Jan Duke, Aboutnashville.com

Artist In Me

“one of the year’s best records.” - Associated Press

“The title song, Didn’t Nobody Teach You, Strange Life, The Wind Is on the Water, and Livin’ on the Edge pack the plainspoken poetic power of this consistently on-the-money songwriter’s best work.”
- Mike Thomas, Acoustic Guitar Magazine

“He harks back to the earnest ambitions and heartfelt melodies of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, singing with the conviction that folk can still be heroic. David Mallet has a lustrous, melancholy voice that both engages and lulls the listener, never stretching too high or too low but always staying comfortable and believable.”
- The New York Times Synd.

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“Few people could be called the living embodiment of the state where they live. But what Garrison Keillor is to Minnesota, Mallett is to Maine.”
- Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

“David Mallett is the best folk singer alive in America today.”
- Dan McCullough, Cape Cod Times

“When I returned to my appreciation of folk music some ten years ago, it was an intense performance by Dave Mallett at the New Harmony series that convinced me what a single human with an acoustic guitar could do. I haven’t been the same since.”
-Ed McKeon, New Britain Herald

“Always compelling, always musical…there is something about Mallett’s phrasing that lends an urgency and boldness to his songs. His deep clear voice has a storyteller’s naturalness to it, a poet’s intelligence.”
- Scott Alarik, Boston Globe

“I know of no other songwriter who can so convincingly capture that fleeting sense of being perfectly at one with a place and time. This is at the heart of why Mallett has won such a loyal following and holds such hope for the future.”
- Michael Hughes, Portland Press Herald

“Dave Mallett may be the only artist working today who’s portraits and stories, derived from the American heartland, can come close to being compared to the works of Stephen Foster.”
- Steve Lacrosse, Popular Folk Music Today

“Ya wanna know what’s going on in contemporary folk music? Start here. David Mallett has the warmth of a flannel shirt, the comfort of a quilt, and the heart of a poet. He sounds like somebody you’d like for your best friend.”
- Robert Oermann, Music Row

“Folk poet Dave Mallett continues to write thoughtful, potent songs about changing America – small town Main Street, relationships disintegrated or strengthened by distance and fast-moving times, the vast chasm between this nation’s poverty and wealth.”
- Allana Nash, Stereo Review

“Mallett is a first rate folk singer and writer. His portraits and townscapes are camera sharp, and his knowledge of his subjects is profound.”
- Ed Morris, Billboard

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