Blake Guthrie: Press

A three-horse review from the Netherlands, written in Dutch.
(Translation: they like it!!)

For those familiar with Guthrie's entertaining solo acoustic perfromances and off-kilter sense of humor, 'Til I Reach the Light' might be something of a revelation. The fuller arrangements add welcome dimensions to the attitude, slicing wit and melody that have been in his work all along. Some of his best tunes have an irascibility, bittersweetness and grit that give them a distinctively Southern tinge, like the live favorite 'Fallin' In Love (I'm No Fred Eaglesmith)'.

Til I Reach the Light--A renowned Atlanta artist still awaiting national acclaim, Guthrie regularly worked alongside the now-famous John Mayer at a local nightclub while performing open mics on the side. With his second album of easy-going bar rock, Guthrie seems poised to gain far wider notice.

MESSAGE FROM BLAKE:

Below is a link to the articles/features/reviews and/or cover stories I've written for Creative Loafing--the largest newsweekly in the southeast.

You see, I'm also a freelance writer. The articles in this link aren't written ABOUT me, they are written BY me.

I'm especially proud of my fake Neil Diamond interview (go to page 2 of the link below and click on "Wish you were here"), as well as my two John Mayer feature/interviews (the first of which--"Square pegged"--is the first major press John ever received.
Yep, I was the first person to ever set a microphone in front of John Mayer and interview him for a feature story. It happened at a Starbucks near his old apartment in Buckhead in early 2001).

There is a lot of great press ABOUT me, which I will post here in due time. Or you can just Google me.

Most of the great press about me it is un-Googleable, though.

But I still have the hard copies.