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John gets a nice mention in next week's TV Guide (April 16-22).
In a featured interview with Kris Kristofferson
Kristofferson:....Fortunately, there's still some
old guys like Willie [Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray
Price. But there are good young guys, too.
TVGuide.com: Like whom?
Kristofferson: [Philadelphia folksinger] John Flynn.
He's still trying to get noticed, but he's got a great
heart and I really like the way he thinks. I also like
Keith Urban, Toby Keith.... I hate naming people because
I know I'll forget someone. And Shooter [Jennings] is
amazing. Waylon's gotta be smiling somewhere.
QUOTEables:
John
Flynn is at the near end of a long line of American poets, thinkers and folk
artists, stretching from Henry
David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, all the way up to Kris
Kristofferson.
-Ticket Magazine
John Flynn is as close as we come
these days to a live Phil Ochs.
-SingOut! Magazine
The truth is in the details; the gifts are an ear for accurate dialogue, an
eye for powerful imagery and anything funny, and a heart open to surprises
and the possibilities of moving the emotions….
John Flynn is one of a
special breed of good-hearted artists whose reaction to the Human Condition
finds kind, humorous expression. God bless them.
- Kris Kristofferson
John Flynn is the John Lennon of the plasma generation!
-Ramblin' Jack Elliott
To find anyone with word skills comparable to Flynn, you would do better
looking in the literary community than in songwriting circles. Simply put,
John Flynn is a master of imagery, rhyme and emotion.
-Songwriters Monthly
Someone with a very loud voice needs to climb a very tall building and
yell this artist's praises. It is criminal that most of the fans of the
genre haven't heard of him at the same level as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn
Colvin and John Gorka.
-Indiana Online
John Flynn is an introspective
spellbinding storyteller whose words are not easily forgotten.
-CMT/ Country Music Today
Magazine
His music echoes not only his influences,
but also his humanity.
- Goldmine
A troubadour of justice, mercy and hope
-- Sally Millbury Steen, Pacem in Terris
More than just a good song writer,
performer, or guitar player, John Flynn is a friend because he actually does
the kinds of things to help make the world a little better that other people
write, sing and play about.
-Arlo
Guthrie
What
critics are saying about John's latest CD, Two Wolves:
These twelve songs have the power
and emotion of poetry and are brought to life with restrained but compelling
production. And, I should point out, the real highlights here are a fistful
of very political songs.
– Tony Peyser, Buzz Flash - Blue State Jukebox
The record is a ray of hope in a time of hopelessness. It’s a call for peace
in turbulent times of war. Most of all, Two Wolves is Flynn’s heart and
conscience laid bare.
– David McPherson, Exclaim!
With a simpatico core band that sports guitarists Larry Campbell and Duke
Levine, bassist John Conte, drummer Denny McDermott and Stephanie Winter on
cello, Flynn's always on target, his straight from the heart to the heart
missives and meditations assuring you that no one, despite our tendencies
and delusions to the opposite, stands alone.
– Mike Jurkovic, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
Flynn might well be one of the greatest hidden treasures the Americana axis
has to discover and offer.
– Chris Spector, Midwest Record Recap
Two Wolves, his latest release he is going to make a huge impact on the
music world... Flynn has already laid the groundwork for his success and
with this release he is going to stamp his foot down.
– Jeffrey Kurtis, Gone Country
Two Wolves keeps the spirit of folk roots activism alive in a society sledgehammered by soundbites. This is an album that not only pays homage to
the protest song but quietly reinvents it as well. And John Flynn is a
musician who is, as this album attests, constantly reinventing himself.
– Ray Ellis, blogcritics.org
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