Stuck in the Mud - MOre Media Reviews

...a master storyteller whose messages are worthy of repeated listens.
Three of the songs were even recorded in Clarksdale at The Shack Up Inn.
The other ten were also recorded in a historical setting in the Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama.
...the record label on which this album is being released has some historical significance...from Big Radio Records and is distributed by Select-O-Hits Records which was founded by Sam Phillips in 1960 and is still run by the Phillips family.
... storytelling is an important element of the songs
Christopher's deep voice brings similarity to some country style crooners...the lessons and pains he releases are those of the blues.
https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-18-29-july-18-2024/

Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away by a sincere and authentic artist.
...pours all his musical influences—from blues to rock’n’roll, Americana, and country—into personal stories.
Christopher Wyze & The Tellers take us through familiar lands with well-balanced tracks...Three Hours from Memphis, Cotton Ain’t King, Back to Clarksdale, Hard Work Don’t Pay, Looking for My Baby...and Good Friend Gone...
...excellent title track, “Stuck in The Mud.”
...a bluesman who starts with almost nothing but ends up a little higher and a little further,
...(a) wealth of encounters, images, strong sounds, and incomparable experiences...and inevitably...a few layers of mud stuck to his soles!
ZICAZINE (zicazic.com)

Anointed by the Nashville Songwriters Association International last year as “one to watch,"...
Wyze makes his recording debut here...serv(ing) up 13 original tunes...steeped in the blues tradition.
...downhome music with a homey feel
...a storyteller of the first order
https://www.chicagobluesguide.com/post/marty-gunther-s-red-hot-n-blues-music-reviews-september-2024

...a master storyteller whose messages are worthy of repeated listens.
...strong points...song lyrics of Christopher Wyze and the guitar playing of session guitarists Deaton and Hudson.
Christopher’s deep voice (releases) lessons and pains...of the blues.
Christopher Wyze & the Tellers - Blues Jazz Scene

Christopher Wyze is a master storyteller...
...provid(es) insights and lessons learned
...(Wyze’s) deep voice draw(s) a comparison to...country signers like Merle Haggard.
...his life story unwinds across the title song, Three Hours from Memphis
...(Wyze) looks at the history of the blues with Cotton Ain’t King.

Christopher Wyze knows how to combine styles like folk, blues and Americana music
...shows his skills as a storyteller...
...hypnotic North Mississippi Hill Country blues of Good Friend Gone.
...real roots blues in Back to Clarksdale
...sing(s) with a voice totally suitable to the style (of the blues)
VERY GOOD
https://lahoradelblues.com/en/christopher-wyze-the-tellers-stuck-in-the-mud/

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