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A press pack about Rab Noakes is available
in
word format here
(682KB)
Rab has featured in the press on many occasions.
A selection of quotes from the press are given below:
Live shows:
‘With his warmly intimate vocal style, apposite
guitar picking and background knowledge it would have
been a hard heart who wasn’t drawn in’
Rob Adams
‘His set was a roots festival in itself’
Rob Adams
‘Stunning.’ Living Tradition
magazine
‘a man who knows a good sound and a good
song’ fROOTS magazine
‘He is turning out first-rate songs with
something to say, songs with the sort of edge and
musical maturity that will win him new admirers.’
Donny O’Rourke
Recordings:
‘It’s the art of song presented with
oodles of style, deeply satisfying and vital.’
Tony May
‘Neon records should prove to be a home
of excellence.’ Michael Weston
King
‘Noakes’ clean guitar and languorous
vocals…’ Norman Chalmers
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Further
Press Quotes
“There was the wee Cupar singer-songwriter enthusing
about Beck’s ability to draw 50 years of pop history together
in one show while he himself was in the process of drawing…50
years, maybe more, of pop history together in one show”.
Rob Adams – The Herald June 2000
“Now,
collaborating with a host of musicians under the name The
Varaflames, Rab could be the closest Scotland has to musical
royalty”.
Go Magazine, November 2000
“…Noakes’ clean guitar
and languorous vocals…”
Norman Chalmers – Scotland on Sunday, November
2000
“Rab’s warmly intimate vocal
style, apposite guitar picking and singing first rate songs
with something important to say, songs with the sort of edge
and musical maturity that wins him new admirers…”,
“…are sure to turn the evening into an unmissable
one”.
The Fife Herald, October 2000
“…mention Rab and words such
as ‘legendary’ and ‘seminal’ seem
to follow.”
Jackie Copleton, Glaswegian, November 2000
“Rab Noakes, meanwhile, looks at times as if he would
rather be anywhere else than here, but this guy and his band
can play and he writes terrific songs…”
Paul Massey- The Herald, December 2000
“Faultless production and funky backing
band”
Anne Marie Middleton- The Scotsman, July 2000
“The expertise of someone who’s
done it all”
Living Tradition, September 2000
“A man who knows a good sound and
a good song.”
fRoots, September 2000
“Stunning.”
Neil Brown- Living Tradition, January 2001
“The sheer authority of presentation.”
“Rab Noakes’ set was a roots festival in itself”
Rob Adams, The Herald 1999
"Not only do you never know what to
expect from pop's history
but his own song catalogue has such reserves."
Rob Adams, The Herald 2000
“Great performance and the finesse
of a great production”
Colin Harper, Mojo Magazine
“Noakes produces a fresh, vibrant
& varied record which should garner him must justified
praise.”
Nick Allan, Get Rhythm Magazine
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