Reviews. News, & Interviews
Billboard: #3 on Billboard Blues Album Chart!
"Mitch Ryder's latest album 'Roof is on fire' is currently #3 in the BillBoard Blues charts!
Billboard Blues Chart
Detroit News: Article on Memoir
"His voice was one of the most powerful sounds to come out of the 1960s"... wrote Susan Whitall from the Detroit News.
Read more at Detroit News
Goldmine reviews the Promise
"If 66-year-old Detroit legend Mitch Ryder has anything to say about it, 2012 will be his year." Read more by Mike Greenblatt.
Full Article here
IconFetch.com Audio Interview
"Mitch Ryder stormed out of Michigan with the Detroit Wheels".. Check out the full audio interview here
Relix.com Book Review
"Legendary Detroit rocker Mitch Ryder has, as his recent autobiography Devils & Blue Dresses attests, largely seen it all." wrote Josh Baron
Check out the full article here
UNCUT: The Promise Review
"Mitch Ryder here astutely merges heartbreaking social realism with accomplished, funky Motown/James Brown grooves"... Luke Torn in UNCUT.
Read the whole article here.
Billboard: The Promise Review
Billboard reviewed The Promise. Look at a snippet here.
AllMusic.com: The Promise Review
Writer Thom Jurek takes on The Promise in his review on AllMusic.com.
SomethingElseReviews.com: Reviews The Promise
SomethingElseReviews.com lends an ear to The Promise.
Read the full article here.
PasteMagazine.com: Review and Sample of The Promise
Catch a sample of the Promise here.
Read the full article and review at PasteMagazine.com
SoundAndVisionMag.com: Review the Promise
SoundAndVisionMag.com listen and love the Promise. See the full article here.
The Morton Report: The Promise Review
"Mitch Ryder now gets even, sounding like a thoroughbred busting to get out of the gate"... writes Bill Bentely on the Morton Report.
Read more at theMortonReport.com
Blurt-Online.com Interview and Reivew of The Promise
"Mention to Mitch Ryder that he's the source point, the iconic origin, for Detroit's national reputation as a great rock 'n' roll town.." Steven Rosen interview for Blurt-Online.com.
Check out the whole interview here.
WDET: Book Interview with Craig Fahle
Listen to the full interview here
MTV Bio: Mitch Ryder
"The unsung heart and soul of the Motor City rock & roll scene"... -MTV bio.
Read more at MTV.com
Detroit Free Press: Book and CD review
"Mitch Ryder knows all about putting his heart on his sleeve"... -Brian McCollum
Read the full article at freep.com
Billboard.com: The Promise CD review
Billboard.com reviews the Promise in this January 9th 2012 interview with writer Gary Graff. Read the article here.
BookBeat.com: Autobiography review
"Mitch Ryder's autobiography goes well beyond typical eyewitness accounts of sex, drugs and rock n' roll stories."... -TheBookBeat.com
Catch the full article here
MetroTimes: Book Interview
MetroTimes writer Brett Callwood and I sat down for an in depth interview about my new book, cd and my forth coming musical. Check it out here for all of the details.
MetroTimes Article
Seattle PI's Review of Biography
"From start to finish, Ryder's story is of a performer who has much to be angry about"... -Wesley Britton
Check out the full article here
Public Broadcasting Interview
Listen to my interview with Scott Pohl on Michigan based Public Broadcasting station.
Interview Recording and Article on WKAR
Music News Nashville: The Promise Review
"Ryder wows with a delivery that squeezes out every last drop of emotion"... -Dan Harr
Read the whole review at www.musicnewsnashville.com
Ourstage: The Promise is a "musical route" in 2012
"One of the original architects of rock & roll as we know it today"... -Jim Allen
Check out The Promise as a 2012 Should
U Detorit Cafe: Book Review
"Ryder maintains the high energy, gravelly singing..., and his dynamic stage performances"... -Diane Gale Andreassi
Check out the review at UDetroit.com
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