Album Of The Week

"Sammantaget bjuds vi här på en bra mix av rock, lite blues och americana. Dessutom låtar med väl avvägd harmoni i bakgrunden och en instrumental skönhet i 'Pacific Breeze', som låter som en slags avslappnings-musik i kombination med sådant där du med fördel lyssnar på i nattradion när du glider fram i mörkret med bilen, och vill inget annat än fortsätta framåt ett tag till."

- Torbjörn Berlin / Berlin Calling -

"Ed Haaker och vännen Keith Lynch gör bra musik som håller rakt igenom. Lite specifik rock i stilen, som också påminner om E.L.O. på något sätt. Trevligt album från en artist som vet hur man får till rockmusiken inför sommaren."

- Micheles Kindh / Blaskan -

"Ed Haaker was born and raised in Southern California and began singing, playing guitar and writing songs in his 20's. He loves the music of Tom Petty, Neil Young and Jimmy Buffett, which played a huge part in setting him on the musical path."

- Kenneth Bremer / Blue Desert -

"Ed Haaker Project's ' Born To Rock' is an excellent album, filled with great americana and rock tunes, and a feast to enjoy, from all involved."

- Paul McGee / Lonesome Highway -

"The 10 gutsy tunes of 'Born To Rock' are dipped gently in a 50's through 70's rock aesthetic, but nothing too retro. The title song has the energy of Bob Seger, but not Bruce Springsteen. At times, they whip out a ZZ Top feistiness. Good effects, always entertaining. Not as threatening as The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Clash, or as creative as The Kinks, but there’s muscle on their musical bones."

- John Apice / Americana Highways -

"Ed Haaker did a very fine job here, because the album has an authentic, nostalgic 70's rock feeling, and that’s exactly what he wanted to achieve on his 2nd album, 'Born To Rock'."

- Gabor Kleinbloesem / Strutterzine -

"The Ed Haaker Project perform 10 songs composed by Californian musician Ed Haaker, which appear on his 2nd full album 'Born To Rock'. However, the vocal work on these tracks is provided by producer and guitarist Keith Lynch and Jim Kimo West from Hawaii. Next to heavy guitar based rock songs, we can also enjoy a few melodic rock ballads and one great instrumental guitar track called 'Pacific Breeze."

- Valére Sampermans / Rootstime -

"Ed Haaker Project's 'Born To Rock is an album with 10 songs that takes us through various genre forms, from classic rock, through softened hard rock, blues rock, and americana. The songs possesses melodies leaning towards the 1980's. Yes, we can hear many vintage elements on this album, but that was clearly a choice of Ed and his companions."

- Branimir Lokner / Time Machine Music -