Tod Hughes
Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2013 | SELF
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Press
Nashville Music Guide
www.nashvillemusicguide.com/time-slows-down-by-tod-hughes/
"Roots music at it’s best. Top charting talent with this artist is a given. He’s a storyteller, a sage, a word man. He’s a magical bard.
His songs are real from the heart and soul. He writes about truth, life, love, the stuff you want to forget and the stuff you want to remember.
The lyrics are melodious and stick with you for hours which I think is why I went back so many times to listen."
Popwrapped
http://popwrapped.com/tod-hughes-offers-album-time-slow-down/
"Roots Rock has another star player on the team. With the talented Tod Hughes from Calgary, Alberta releasing his inspired and honest new album Time Slow Down, many listeners are going to put this well-produced and quirky album on repeat. Mixed with a beautifully clean sound, it is interesting to see that the gritty-live-pub-band sound still remains intact"
Vancouver Weekly
http://vancouverweekly.com/tod-hughes-makes-time-stand-still-56006-2/
"Tod Hughes has the ability to appeal to all age ranges as well as across several (musical) genres, often challenging the human brain’s necessity to categorize....
...Basically categorizing Hughes’ work on Time Stand Still is like hypothetically taking Robert Plant’s “Sea Of Love”, and mashing it with Rosemary Clooney’s “Sway” and Elvis Costello’s “You’ll Never Be A Man”, it’s like a familiar oddity."
Daily News Service
http://www.dailynewsservice.co.uk/tod-hughes-debut-album-time-slow-down/
"If you are looking for fun in a bid to put a smile on your face this album will positively surprise you."
No Depression- the Journal of Roots Music
http://nodepression.com/article/tod-hughes-brings-delightful-time-slow-down
"Catchy melodies are also intertwined throughout the album as Hughes seemingly pens a song for every mood. His impeccable craftsmanship brings memorable verses and choruses that shows his growth as a musician and songwriter, as this is the follow up to Changing Gears, his prior EP. Showing off how he has honed his skills, we hear a more mature side of Hughes, that is fine-tailored for the masses.
From start to finish Hughes makes an accessible record of stunning songs that will lure you in everytime...forever."
The Big Takeover
http://bigtakeover.com/recordings/tod-hughes-time-slow-down-self-released
"Time Slow Down, released May 8th, is a record with artistic and thematically diverse depths that only reveal themselves further upon repeated listens, and it is also a record that will never fail to reward the listener or put a smile on their face."
IAE Magazine
http://iaemagazine.com/entertainment-reviews/music-reviews/tod-hughes-time-slow-down-lp-music-review/
"Tod Hughes has released his new 9-track LP, Time Slow Down, a solid work of folk music art filled with meaningful songs that warm the heart. Similar to artists like John Fogerty, with the potential to bring us what Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead gave us vocally, Tod has a very structured sound and every track is worth each second you spend strolling down its musical pathways. Nothing about Time Slow Down says mainstream radio, but with artists like Tod you can’t expect to get a chart-topping pop record. Hes a crafty writer who paints pictures on the walls of your mind that seem like real events. I love this kind of writing and if you’re anything like me, you’ll appreciate what you hear."
Skope Magazine
http://skopemag.com/2016/05/19/tod-hughes-time-slow-down
"Tod Hughes creates a timeless masterpiece with “Time Slow Down” with a sound
that touches the soul."
Scallywag Magazine
http://scallywagmagazine.com/tod-hughes-time-slow-down/
"Time Slow Down has elements of indie country, jazzy backdrops, roots, rock, and singer-songwriter clarity. He looks back and forward with the same zeal. Mistakes were made, fun was had, stories were created, and here they are. Tod Hughes is serious about these life lessons. He’s also funny. Hughes’s voice at times sounds like John Prine’s, especially on the track “Darkness That Cries.”He is reminiscent of Randy Newman on “Drinking Coffee in a Hipster Place” with maybe a little Fred Schneider from the B-52s thrown in as he comically laments about the good old days of gas station coffee you can chew. On the “Time Slow Down,” Hughes creates a love song of sorts to Canada, possibly specifically his native Winnipeg and his adopted Calgary. Whomever it’s meant for, it’ll stay in your head. Lovingly skirmishing with the world, Tod Hughes is clearly have a good time. And we’re having one with him."
CMUSE
http://www.cmuse.org/tod-hughes-time-slow-down/
"Canadian singer-songwriter Tod Hughes’ first full-length album is a refreshing blend of roots, folk and rock over nine tracks combining personal lyrics with broader themes."
Neufutur
http://neufutur.com/2016/05/tod-hughes-time-slow-down/
"Hughes is able to make an effort here that remains with one long after the CD has ceased to play"
Mid Tennessee Music
http://www.midtnmusic.com/tod-hughes-delivers-one-of-a-kind-heart-and-soul/
"Tod Hughes new album Time Slow Down is the most refreshing roots rock record I’ve heard this year. Within seconds of clicking play I was hooked and you best believe that thing is getting repeated…again and again."
Viral Pirate
http://viralpirate.com/drinking-coffee-hipster-place-tod-hughes/
"If you’re a fan of the likes of Dire Straits, John Fogerty, Wilco and the like, you’ll love Tod Hughes"
Blogcritics.org
http://blogcritics.org/music-review-tod-hughes-time-slow-down/
"There is something so raw and authentic about it that one can’t help but feel Hughes is a friend by the end of the final tune."
Music-news.com
http://www.music-news.com/review/Underground/11883/Album/Tod-Hughes
"The opener and title track 'Time Slow Down' caught me right away and I found myself listening on repeat as it seemed to cleanse my soul...Beautiful two-part harmonies with an angel-voiced woman make this song irresistible."
Www.shortandsweetnyc.com/2016/07/tod-hughes-time-slow-down/
...His seemingly oft-mined light-hearted sensibility is not all it seems. “Darkness That Cries” ends the album and it is a killer, really. Hughes croaks the lyrics out, talks some of it, strumming slowly before we get the big folk-country, commercial chorus. This is an expansive tune, if not in production, in lyrics and intent, just as on-par with classic country songwriting and delivery. It’s a wonderful end to a very good album indeed.
www.onrequestmag.com/#!reviews/
A heartfelt, emotional experience is the only way to properly describe the incredible sound of Tod Hughes and his most recent album, "Time Slow Down." The folk-rock singer/songwriter has created a unique and original blend of mellow, soul-searching music and story-driven lyrics. Telling tales of love, heartbreak, fear and fun with his sound, Tod Hughes has created a one of a kind record that connects audiences across multiple generations.
AntiMusic
www.antimusic.com/reviews/16/Tod_Hughes_-_Time_Slow_Down.shtml
An album title like Time Slow Down suggests songs about life in the fast lane. However, Tod Hughes is by no means speeding down life's highway. Rather, he's a more of a stop and smell the roses kind of guy, and his music is smart, funny and entertaining.
http://wedoitfortheloveofmusic.com/tod-hughes-time-slow/
‘Time Slow Down’ has all that soul-touching crammed into one memorable album. Stand-out tracks include ‘Coming Home to You,’ an energetic piece that will have you on the edge of your seat, ‘One of a Kind’ with its sizzling guitar lines, and definitely ‘Drinking Coffee in a Hipster Place’ which takes a cheeky glance at millennials flooding coffee shops with their faces glued to their monitors.
www.withguitars.com/tod-hughes-time-slow/
Hughes shows his chops with his poignant storytelling in his newly released LP, Time Slow Down. His latest record portrays a poet on the verge of something great, as he plays with his consciousness and inspirations to create a highly upbeat and timeless roots album. Hughes has spun a record that gives bursts of folk rock intermixed with country lovin’ fun.
www.thebigskystatebuzz.com/a-the-homepage-featured-story/hughes-time-slow-down-nods-to-inspirations-while-striking-out-on-its-own-in-enjoyable-ways
The more I listened to this album, though, I found myself rather enjoying it due to the high quality of musicianship, and the way Hughes gives nods to his influences, people like Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Neil Young or Leonard Cohen, without ripping them off. Plus it’s just GOOD music, period.
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Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
Tod Hughes is a Canadian storyteller, who writes real music that comes from the heart. Songs about love, hurt, happiness, fear, disappointment and fun. A subtle message of hope is thread through the stories which are sometimes serious, and even a bit dark, while at other times slightly tongue in cheek. A live performance is guaranteed to be a fun event, which will leave you humming to yourself. The toe tapping melodies and memorable choruses will stick in your mind for days after hearing them. They are told with truth and respect, and played on real instruments by real people! Tod wrote and sang all of the songs on his first EP entitled "Changing Gears" which celebrated life and change, as well as on the newly released follow up full length LP, called "Time Slow Down". The full length is being released on CD , vinyl and digitally though the Orchard, a Sony company. Time Slow Down features the local musicians in Tod's band, called the Tod Hughes Project. Tod likes to say it is more a collective than a band, with each skilled musician bringing their own talent and interpretation to the songs which Tod has written and sings.
Although Tod has a uniquely personal style of singing and performing, he draws inspiration from the great storytellers of our time, men like Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, JJ Cale, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen. Tod's music resonates with folks of all ages.
Tod was born and raised in the musical hot bed of Winnipeg, Canada and lives with his family in Calgary, Canada. Tod is active in the local music scene, business and charity in the community. Many of Tod's concerts put on are for the direct benefit of charity, where all proceeds go to support those in need. These charities have included education in developing countries, micro-finance and the recent refugee crisis in Syria.
Tod believes music comes from the spirit inside and is meant to touch the soul of the hearer, as well as the performer.
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