Reviews for Ben Edom - page 2
Alex MacKinnon, Ayrshire, Scotland
In Ben Edom, Scotland has produced another superb guitarist of taste and sensitivity. Spindrift is an eclectic and inspiring collection of tunes which obviously reflect a lifetime of experience. Ben deserves to be ranked alongside Tony McManus as one of our premier exponents of the Celtic guitar.
Stephen Hunt, Greenman Review
Ben Edom is a hugely talented Scottish guitarist and someone who knows his way around a fret board. Edom's got the feel and skill rolling across the dynamic range of the guitar and accentuates with some punchy stuff at the thumb end with some jaw-dropping bends and pull-offs. It's an astonishing, exciting piece of work, full of jazzy improvisations and touches of funk, which he invests with audible emotion. Edom comes across as a warm and sincere personality who carries a genuine love of this music and a deeply held belief in it's ability to lift the human spirit.
Mairi McInnes - Gaelic Singer, Arran, Scotland
.... Really stirring, an album which truly touches the 'inner soul'
Alasdair MacLean, The Scots Magazine
Ben offers the overwhelmingly confident, seemingly effortless playing that makes you believe that all is well with the world. Ben weaves his fluent, fluid magic through a set of tracks with origins from Shetland to Satchmo, via Gaelic and Irish sources. A treat for lovers of expert execution on the kind of guitar you don't need to plug in, thus delivering music and feeling rather than decibels .... Finger-pluckin' good.