BIRCHWOOD’S DON’T CALL NO AMBULANCE
RECEIVES RAVE ROLLING
STONE REVIEW!
Don’t Call No Ambulance, the Alligator Records
debut from young guitarist/vocalist Selwyn
Birchwood, received a rave review from writer Dave DiMartino at
RollingStone.com:
Selwyn
Birchwood:
Don’t
Call No Ambulance
(Alligator)
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“Recently issued by the distinguished blues label Alligator and garnering
repeated plays in this household is the remarkable debut album by young
guitarist/singer Birchwood–a powerhouse player and emotive performer whose work
respects blues tradition but could not be more contemporary. From Orlando,
Florida, Birchwood made an early ally of Texas bluesman Sonny Rhodes and at 29
has already made his name onstage opening for artists like Buddy Guy and Robert
Cray. His band, his material, and both his skilled guitaring and soulful vocals
are the essence of fully-formed; Birchwood is a major player, the sort of artist
that assures his blues-devoted label many more years of prominence to come, and
most importantly, a damn fine listen through and through. Highly
recommended.”
No Ambulance, Birchwood, the winner of the 2013 International
Blues Challenge, has been wowing club and festival audiences and garnering piles
of critical praise. He was recently featured, along with Alligator’s other young
signing Jarekus
Singleton, in a major Washington
Post feature story. The two were heralded as leading forces in a new
wave of blues for a new generation of listeners.