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Censor the Silence

(2020)


“A powerful collection of intoxicating melodies and incisive poetic reflections on overcoming loss and demanding societal change.”
– Local Spins
 

 

Great to see Cameron Blake getting to play the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Stage tonight, opening for Joe Jackson.

Posted by Local Spins on Friday, July 20, 2018

Fear Not

(2017)

“Blake’s mellow tenor displays variables within variables: soft articulation blended with singular inflection instilling the lyrics with passionate restraint and unobtrusive delicacy of allusion. It’s a voice that calls to mind Art Garfunkel amalgamated with Nick Cave, fragile, beautiful and evocative.”    -Huffington Post

“Blake’s breathtaking eye for significant detail and his skill for getting inside of characters to reveal flesh and blood human lives is nearly unparalleled among modern songwriters, no matter if they are mainstream or indie.”    -No Depression

“On Fear Not Cameron Blake reaches far; impressively, that reach doesn’t exceed his grasp.”  -Stereophile

“Emotionally stirring”   – American Songwriter

“ebbs and flows with cinematic grace”  -Magnet

Fear Not aims high, but he ends up doing justice to his ambition by paying close attention to saying what he wants to say in just the right dramatic light. It makes for one of 2017’s most interesting studio releases.”  -Cashbox Magazine

Heaven Magazine (Netherlands), Interview by Louis Nouws

“His songs make your mind soar, soar all over our uncharted landscape. Yes, these 12  songs are profound. And require repeated listens to allow their poetry to sink in.”   -(Culture Catch, 2017 Album of the Year)

Alone On The World Stage

(2015)

“As a solo singer with just guitar he harnesses a very striking and emotive power, both through his prose-like lyrics and his delivery which carry the weight of those words. He has an immediacy that’s impossible to ignore.”

“This one man show deserves a standing ovation.” 

-Folk Radio UK

Alone On The World Stage is brimming with moments of powerful poignancy. This is folk music for those who want their songs to still mean something in the modern age.”   –Songwriting Magazine

“Blake has his finger on the pulse; the troubadour passing on the news in ‘town crier’ tradition.'”  -Maverick Magazine

“For me it’s just obvious, if a better record than Cameron Blake’s ‘Alone On The World Stage’ has appeared this year, than I haven’t heard it.”  -CTRALTCOUNTRY

“This is “thinking person” music, but that doesn’t mean it is unapproachable, on the contrary each song pulls the listener into the sonic mural Blake is painting, which is both beautiful and thought provoking.”  -XS Noize

“Raw, emotive, talented songwriting.”  -robmoro.ie

“Cameron Blake is an adept fingerpicker, seemingly able to conjure full orchestras of sound from those six strings.”  -Clash

“The Michigan based folk musician comes to us with songs that can stand comfortably alongside the greats, yet feel fresh and modern.”  -Drunkenwerewolf

“Blake has achieved a feeling of impossible delicacy.”  -Back Seat Mafia

“Cameron Blake is continuing the legacy of America’s great folk singers, without getting caught up in history and pretense. Blake finds subjects that are modern, relevant and in my mind represent what it means to be a folk singer. A great album.”  -Spiral Earth

“His voice and guitar abilities are also of such quality, that he could be singing the phonebook and be a success.”  

-David Hintz, Folk World

 

YEAR END LISTS 

Johnnysgarden (Netherlands): #1 Album of 2015

Dual My Record Player (Spain): #2 Album of 2015

Independent Clauses (USA): #3 Album of 2015

 

“Cameron Blake’s Alone on the World Stage sees him standing out from the pack of singer/songwriters with powerful songwriting, passionate lyrics, and intimate performances. Blake sets the bar high for this year of albums.”  
-Independent Clauses
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