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Published 2025-05-07 06:00

"Sammantaget är det här musik som tar sin tid att få på plats, mest för att det är kräver sin lyssnare, och att Gallway bjuder på toner i en typisk singer songwriter genre, och serverar sin mörka, men vackra stämma, kryddad med toner, som långt ifrån kan sorteras in i närmaste dussin-fack."

- Torbjörn Berlin / Berlin Calling -

"I det delikat utmejslade gitarrspelet används med omdöme reverb och pedaler för att framställa lämpliga twang-aktiga figurer. Något som är en ren njutning att sjunka in i. Skepnaden på de 8 låtarna pendlar raffinerat från aningen komplexa strukturer till förhållandevis okomplicerat beat. Detta avskalade 4+ projekt förtjänar att lyftas fram för att det blivit en träffsäker och ömsint hyllning."

- Mats Hallberg / Kulturbloggen -

"Peter Gallway lärde känna Laura Nyro 1969. De blev vänner, han såg henne uppträda, de satt i hennes lya och spelade tillsammans. Nu, över 50 år senare, ger Gallway ut sitt hyllningsalbum till sångerskan och pianisten, i all enkelhet titulerat 'Laura'. Nyros fans lär ha koll på samtliga låtar här. Själv har jag alltid känt till hennes existens, men aldrig direkt lyssnat på henne. Peter Gallway har med 'Laura' fått mig att göra det nu, vilket jag är väldigt tacksam för."

- Robert Ryttman / Zero Magazine -

"Many artists in the past have recorded albums filled with their versions from the Laura Nyro songbook, but Peter Gallways’s 'Laura : The Music Of Laura Nyro' is exceptional, and perhaps next time, a few more than just 8 songs."

- John Apice / Americana Highways -

"A longtime friend of the late Laura Nyro, Peter Gallway has covered her material before, but here he goes all in, with a full solo collection that embraces both familiar and lesser known songs. There’s been Nyro retrospectives and anthologies, but a full profile raising reassessment of her work is still lacking, but, until then, Gallway ensures the flame keeps burning."

- Mike Davies / Fatea Magazine -

"As a love letter to an inspiring talent from the past, this is worthy of your attention. It will remain, at best, a bucket list pleasure for the talented Peter Gallway who continues to both inspire and innovate with his own musical output and unique creative muse."

- Paul McGee / Lonesome Highway -

"With 'Laura', Peter Gallway pays tribute to the immense talent of his contemporary, Laura Nyro, At the same time his style is so different from Nyro's that the first listen to this album was certainly a shock. Where Nyro was one chunk of dynamic energy on her early songs, Gallway brings these songs all by himself in his familiar, stretched, somewhat sinister sounding way. That takes some getting used to for those who know the originals, but more you listen to them, the more you can hear the sincerity with which Gallway approaches these songs and draws them to his own style. It makes 'Laura' a tribute in which you can clearly hear Peter Gallway's personality, but also how much he honors her talent."

- Eric van Domburg Scipio / Heaven Magazine -

"“Great musicians are often also fans of other great musicians because of their talents of singing and songwriting. That must also be the main reason for U.S. artist Peter Gallway to record a tribute album, ‘Laura’, with 8 of his favorite songs from Laura Nyro, the fantastic singer songwriter who deceased too early at the age of 49 years in 1997.“

- Valére Sampermans / Rootstime -

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