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Canton Repository - Friday, October 31, 2008 BY DAN KANE
Ryan Humbert on the rise: New album recorded in Nashville has hit potential
Ryan Humbert is not the kind of ambitious fame-seeker who'd climb over you on his way to the top. He'd more likely smile and shake your hand. His modus operandi is making friends, fans and connections. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter, a Green High School grad, has an unwavering commitment to his music career that is impressive to behold.
Reviews
"Keeps Me Coming Back For More will make Rob Thomas jealous and may just be the best power-pop ballad I've heard from anybody all year."- Bill Gruber / Music & Program Director / 91.3 The Summit WAPS-FM
"Old Souls, New Shoes showcases his increasing confidence with material that combines both a hard-hitting anthemic urgency and a hauntingly dark edge."
- Anastasia Pantsios / Cleveland Scene
"Singer-songwriter Ryan Humbert's third album, Old Souls, New Shoes, is as polished, well-crafted and sheerly listenable as any disc on this list. Stylistically it veers from lowdown Southern rock ("Redemption") to '80s new-wave dance ("Sideways"), jaunty '70s pop ("Old Souls, New Shoes") to contemporary should-be hits ("Keeps Me Coming Back For More," "People Standing Still"), all united by his distinctive, expressive voice. A native Stark Countian now based in Nashville, 27-year-old Humbert is a major-league talent."
- Dan Kane / The Canton Repository - Noteworthy New CDs
"Old Souls, New Shoes is all about catchy ear-friendly melodies and toe-tapping grooves."
- Malcolm Abram X / Akron Beacon Journal
"Humbert is a dynamo...eager and rapid-fire...a catalyst for and enthusiastic supporter of the N.E. Ohio music scene."
- Cleveland Free Times
"Hangman gets loud again with the electric-white-blues of "Redemption." After this disc, he has nothing to atone for."
- Cleveland Scene
"The hardest working man in the N.E. Ohio music scene."
- Mimi‘s Music News
"Ryan Humbert may be just 27, but his knowledge of roots music borders on the encyclopedic. Whatever that intangible 'it' factor may be that defines musical inspiration, Humbert has it in spades."
-Canton Repository
"Akron singer-songwriter Ryan Humbert demonstrates a mastery of American music that rivals almost anyone’s."
- Cleveland Free Times
"One Night Only: Acoustic Live finds Humbert hosting a rollicking, unplugged revival surrounded by a choir and four-piece band. (On the covers on the record) Humbert sings as if he owns these tunes. He does, however, own a handful of weary-hearted originals that more than hold their own against the standards."
— Cleveland Scene
