Leonard Cohen, Chuck Berry, Wu-Tang, Arcade Fire, Portishead, Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde, Paul Simon, St. Germain, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Picasso, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Johnny Cash
Sounds Like
Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.
"Samuel Markus's debut New Dawn is a woodsy, honey-dripped stroll through folk country with excursions into rock and indie. Markus has a shadowy whisper and distant acoustic guitar that sound familiar and old like he is playing some song found written on tattered bark from a tree somewhere in the dark woods between Tom Petty and Neil Halstead's houses."
-Tracer
"This is a no-fuss singer songwriter; superbly crafted songs are embellished with sympathetic reason and empathetic deftness as The Only Ones create accompanying backdrops that are as haunting as they are up-lifting."
-Toxic Pete UK
"Make way for the fabulous, dark and mystical title-track ‘New Dawn’. Aided by hooky female harmony vocals, exquisite lead guitar and stuttering melody his music is lifted to a level difficult match."
-American UK
"One of Markus' strengths is his voice because it speaks in sun tones, and with each song I find myself imagining a different time of the day, or a different temperature of the light outside my window. Marry that voice with a great set of poison pen lyrics, and you have a first rate album."
-Encore
"New Dawn is fully evolved. These tunes remain in the heads of their listeners, but their intelligent and narrative content makes them welcome additions to cerebral playlists."
- PlugInMusic
"A real smorgasbord of rich musical tastes. A writer that can turn his hand to many styles, almost effortlessly."
- Leicester Bangs UK Album Review
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Sam! I was so looking forward to hearing you live again but I have to work tonight it turns out! They fired the only other waitress on Valentines Day so I've been working all week even though I am really sick :-( I hope I am well to play my show at Crane's on Tuesday and hope to see you there! Break a leg tonight! Peace, Emma
