Thursday, 05 November 2009
JEFF JENKINS
“What can you hear in my voice?” Jack Howard asks in the opening cut of his new album. He has a voice like Don Walker – a storyteller’s voice. Howard, best known for his work in Hunters and Collectors, is also a fine songwriter – check out If I Were A Bird, which simply soars, aided by the stellar playing of Jo Schornikow on piano, Kieran Jones on double bass, and Jeremy Hopkins on drums. Recorded at a high school and in Howard’s bungalow, I don’t think this album had a big budget. ...
Thursday, 05 November 2009
NEIL ROGERS
"Jack Howard has returned with a new band 'The Nightbirds' and a new
album called 'Lost Horizon'. Jack and his band have recorded a beautiful
set of focussed songs that will surely go down as his most accomplished
and fully realised release so far! Quality stuff."
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Sunday, 16 September 2007
JEFF JENKINS
Jack Howard was part of the hunters and Collectors horn section, but with this album he’s shown he’s also a fine singer-songwriter. There’s plenty here for Hunters fans to savour, and The Long Lost Brothers, including former Sports member Ed Bates on pedal steel, add an exquisite rootsy edge. The album also includes a bonus six-track EP, Don’t Fade Away, that Jack recorded with guitarist John Berto. Overall, there’s nothing particularly fashionable about this record, but it’s passiona...
Sunday, 16 September 2007
JUSTIN GREY
This latest solo album - his fourth since 2000 - sees former Hunters & Collectors multi-instrumentalist Jack Howard further stake his claim as a respected and talented Australian singer-songwriter in his own right. Throughout these 17 tracks - the first 11 of which were recorded with Howard’s band The Long Lost Brothers, and the final six of which were intimately recorded with the sole help of guitarist John Berto - Howard’s tasteful trumpet runs are predominant. At times Howard’s t...
Sunday, 16 September 2007
JAMES POWER
Like his acclaimed previous album Let’s Fall In Love, former Hunter and Collector Jack Howard’s latest release illustrates and accentuates both his great songwriting skills and musical diversity. From the guitar-based rock of the opener Let Me Live or his signature trumpet talents on both the smoky I have Counted The Ways and the bluesy jazz of My Lucky Day, Howard and his terrific band of Long Lost Brothers have delivered an album that showcases some great local talent.
JAMES POWER
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