Album Of The Week

"Bill Baker är en trevlig ny bekantskap och en amerikan som verkligen sticker ut, trots att han är helt ny på min karta. Dessutom ett bevis på hur mycket bra musik som kommer från andra sidan Atlanten, trots att knappt någon på den här sidan det stora havet vet vem det handlar om. Rekommenderas!"

- Torbjörn Berlin / Berlin Calling -

"Det här är 8 fantastiska sånger som lyser upp tillvaron med sina texter, där undertecknad anar viss sakral känsla i musiken. En skiva full av nåd och vardagliga betraktelser som är just sådär man önskar att vandra omkring i albumets betraktelser. Bill Baker är för min del en artist att lära sig känna och lyssna på med sant nöje."

- Micheles Kindh / Blaskan -

"Bill has become a familiar name on the Washington DC music scene. His award winning and critically acclaimed songs and voice have made their way across the States and onto main stage venues at Kerrville Folk Festival, Merle Fest, Kennedy Center, Strathmore Arts Center, and Barns At Wolf Trap, as well as performances in Europe."

- Kenneth Bremer / Blue Desert -

"Each song can shine with its respective individuality, and by the fact that the musicians radiate their absolutely harmonious density, which sounds like a casual session among good friends. And that's exactly what they were able to convey to me as a listener, here is really a good mood, and especially when a song like 'Uncloudy Day' appears, yes, it drives away possible existing clouds and lets the sun into the heart!"

- Wolfgang Giese / Musik An Sich -

"Bill Baker's 'Such, etc. & What' feels like an album that you don't listen to once, but that you return to again and again, because it feels so good. The result is a record that does not imposes, but sticks. An album that takes you along without pulling, without pushing. For lovers of authentic, unforced americana with strong roots character, this is a particularly fine addition to the collection, an album that knows exactly what it wants to be and does so with conviction."

- Fred Pach / Muziekwereld -

"Bill Baker's 'Such, etc. & What' is all in all a somewhat wondrous album. It remains unclear whether these songs have been on the shelf for three years or more. It's good that for the fans of Bill Baker that these tracks can finally be heard."

- Jaks Schuit / Real Roots Café -

"The album ‘Such, etc. & What' from American musician Bill Baker and his band The Diviners was recorded in 2023, but was released in Europe at the end of August 2026. It contains 8 tracks that last in total about half an hour. Within that time frame we get music in different styles, covering jazz, folk, country, blues and even a Louisiana cajun song."

- Valére Sampermans / Rootstime -

"Together with co-producer Gantt Kushner, who complements Bill Baker's guitar work nicely, and the input of some guest musicians, we invariably come up with just over half an hour of listening pleasure in inspired passages."

- Cis van Looy / Written In Music -

"Bill Baker (vocals, electric guitar and slide) is adequately accompanied by his musicians, Derek Brock (vocals and guitar), Scott Giambusso (bass), and Steve Bloom (drums), in a short (8 songs for just over 30 minutes) and essential album, which makes you want to listen to it again and again."

- Paolo Baiotti / Late For The Sky -