MUSIC REVIEWS: Roger Salloom
Roger¹s music appears on the 2006 Grammy Ballot in an uncommon 8 categories!
The doc. film about Roger was recommended by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in Grammy Magazine as one of the top 16 films in the last 3 years.
Roger ³is... a superb story teller with a good sense of rhythm and a great sense of timing, and the music is incredibly infectious.²
Rolling Stone Magazine
For every singer-songwriter that manages to flirt with the spotlight, there are too many who get lost in the madness we call rock 'n' roll. Salloom has been described as "America's best unknown songwriter" and whilst many will dispute that claim, there's no denying that the man is a gifted artist in the folk-pop style and if you can imagine a hybrid of Dylan and McCartney, then you might come close to imagining the music of Roger Salloom.
Kevin Matthews, Fufkin.com
³He has this positive genius with words.²
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
³HE¹S still writing tunes which worm into your heart.²
Boston-Worcester Phoenix
Indeed, the songs on his recent CD "Eventually'' and on the soundtrack for "So Glad I Made it'' can be haunting as well as catchy and instantly likable.
Richard Duckett, The Worcester Telegram and Gazette
The sweetest surprise is that Salloom's new material is much superior to the old, Š with an engaging delivery reminiscent of Steve Forbert, Keith Sykes and Loudon Wainwright III.
Richard Harrington, The Washington Post
His voice is the most extraordinary thing. It has something of Bob Dylan's rasp in it, but its warmer, with a richness all its own. His singing casts a spell your attention is immediately riveted to its smooth, honeyed texture.
By Kristy Eldredge, GloriousNoise.com
Singer/songwriter Roger Salloom may be the definition of an underground superstar.
IndianapolisMusic.Net
³...The writing talent of Dylan or Guthrie... musical genius...hilarious and tragic, kindhearted and careless, all the complexities of a real human being.
IMDb
Roger is the subject of a feature length, award-winning, music documentary titled:
So Glad I Made It, The Saga of Roger Salloom, America¹s Best Unknown Songwriter by filmmaker, Chris Sautter (the film also appears on the 2006 Grammy Ballot).