Alive(2004) reviewed on
Not Your Average Folk.com
What if Jesus was Gay?  On
The Claprood and Whitley
Show, WRKO 680
Click here to listen to Their
discussion
Bryan was recently
interviewed by Fintan Dunne
of Ireland and
http://www.breakfornews.co
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Click here to listen to their
conversation
"Bryan sings like,  we're lucky he doesn't own a gun."
-Chris Adams,  Filter Magazine
"An outstanding songwriter and performer, who is
both a throwback to days gone by and a distinct
glance into the future."
-Tom Moore, U1 Production
"A star is born!"
-Fintan Dunne,  Break for News
"You will be inspired."
- James Obrien, Club Passim
Alive(2004) review, Notyouraveragefolk.com

by Joseph Dumer

"The greatest half-hour of your life" could easily describe Bryan McPherson's latest record entitled
"Alive." Recorded in the basement of Club Passim, Bryan played the feature spot and shared the past
years of his life with the listening ears of the folk world, describing his dark struggle with addiction and
the lasting effects of broken relationships. 2004 marked his hopeful and energetic response toward life
and slowly, surely, the Passim recorded album entitled "Alive" evolved itself into lyrics of beauty and
belief, furiously exploding themselves into floral fireworks of the poetic seed sprouting over the rolling
meadowlands of his ever-talking acoustic guitar.
In the track "Time Goes Bye", Bryan shows his humorous, satirical side by opening with "Sometimes I
can't get out of bed / And sometimes, I can't even get out of bed!" And after taking flight over the
skylines of Boston and running from the police, Bryan takes you on a questionable journey of spoken
word tumbling amongst the landscape of his single strings dancing with the sitting and standing equalizer
knobs of Passim's soundboard. The song, "What if Jesus was Gay?" could surely uplift your mood in
times of frustration with our unforgiving society.
Visit http://www.bryanmcpherson.com/ for tour dates and more information

by Joseph Dumer, Not Your Average Folk.com
Bryan is featured in the
Spring 2007 issue of
Melisma Magazine.  "Tufts'
Premier Journal of
Independent Music and
Culture".  The article is
available in Adobe PDF and
is on page 16.  Click here to
download.
"McPherson is a raw emotional performer whose
abilities as a Singer Songwriter are only dwarfed
by the passion he projects on stage.
- Miguel Miro-Quesada, Melisma Magazine
Fourteen Stories is reviewed
in the May 2007 issue of
The Noise
Link here
"Maybe this isn’t the type of disc to throw on at a
party, as it might act as an anti-convulsive and force
people to stop partying and start listening"
- Mike Loce, The Noise
Fourteen Stories(2007) Review in the May issue of The Noise, Rock Around
Boston

"The sense of urgency that Bryan put into his songs is striking. Here’s a young guy with obviously a lot to
say, and in Fourteen Stories he tell tales of despair, struggle, and life at its depths. On a close listen,
there’s almost a Lou Reed type vocal cynicism in some slower tunes, which is cool. Simple chord
structures, repeating themes, and the music actually just serves as a vehicle for the stories in the lyric.
You don’t always need Electric Light Orchestra to tell honest songs. Maybe this isn’t the type of disc to
throw on at a party, as it might act as an anti-convulsive and force people to stop partying and start
listening. But it is great for those nights when the moon is low, the sounds of the city offer only dire self-
reflection, and the optimism to be found in life grays with each passing moment."    

                by Mike Loce, The Noise
Fourteen Stories is given
another great review in the
June 2007 issue of The
Noise, Rock Around Boston
Link here
Fourteen Stories(2007) Review in the June issue of The Noise, Rock Around
Boston    

In the opening bars of the first track, “Poor Boy,” I can see that Bryan is going to use his acoustic
strumming as a jackhammer to demolish society’s long standing cinderblocks of bullshit and he does so
with little ceremony. Bryan sounds like he’s been up all night, pissed and drinking strong coffee, and then
he and his accomplices hit the record button. His delivery is about passion and conviction (not to be
confused with items of similar product name sold by Bush/Cheney/Rove Axis of Truly Evil). On the CD,
we get Bryan singing with such force that we can see his cords fraying—like a drunken punch in a bar
fight, crudely thrown but with true heartfelt conviction. Bryan’s thoughts,  however, are quite lucid. If
you’re a lyrics nut, you’ll love this stuff. He turns the tables on the aforementioned Axis: “the klan of the
bushes/ button-pushin’on-lookin’/wiretappin’, finger-snappin’/attackin’, patriot/…So don’t ya terrorize
me!” Today being an angry man isn’t trendy, it’s a civil responsibility. Go Bryan go!   

                 by Dan Leary, The Noise
"paints his artist class with a detailed honesty usually
found in literature.  McPhersons live performances
are even more intense than the tracks on his new cd
(Fourteen Stories)
- The Boston Herald
Bryan is interviewed by The
Dorchester Reporter.  June
28th, 2007
New review in August 2008 edition of Music Connection Magazine.
Bryan was recently interviewed by 'The Truth Can Be Brutal' A new Music
Blog.  You can read it here http://www.thetruthcanbebrutal.com
NEW!
Bryan listed in Music Connection Magazine Hot 100 unsigned artists