Hi Kennny – You recently played at the Durham Café with Gerald..Just like to thank you for your generosity. I am listening to your CD while I close out some books for the year. Very nice, my favourite track is #5 Cyrano’s Song….
steve
Hi Kennny – You recently played at the Durham Café with Gerald..Just like to thank you for your generosity. I am listening to your CD while I close out some books for the year. Very nice, my favourite track is #5 Cyrano’s Song….
steve
“Kenny Butterill’s third album is fittingly entitled Troubadour Tales. He’s a veteran roots music singer/songwriter/producer, and he delivers a subtle gem here. It took ten years to create and used that many studios, but is well worth the wait. Long based in northern California, Butterill has kept ties with Canadian musicians, and the album features such notable countrymen as Ray Bonneville and Linda McRae. American guests include Cindy Cashdollar while the legendary Donovan guests on “Gaia Blues”. The focus throughout is on Butterill’s warm and laidback vocals (JJ Cale is a common reference point) and perceptive lyrics that oft include social commentary, as on “Good Thing That Couldn’t Happen Here”. A lovely tribute to our late great Willie P. Bennett, “Willie We Miss Ya”, is a highlight of a record lacking lowlights. He played four Ontario dates in November.”
– Kerry Doole, NewCanadianMusic.ca, Canada
“… Imagine Dire Straits going acoustic and teaming up with John Prine for an authentic touch of alt-country Americana, then rounding out the party with Gordon Lightfoot adding sensitive folkie lyrics. That’s just hinting at the sound of Butterill, a singer-songwriter who lives in Northern California….”
Philip Bast, The Record ,Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (2001)