Ted Hawkins

Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #38 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Rolling Stone (8/25/94, p.90) - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...YEARS is a passionate collection of gospel, soul, country and blues songs about mortality, perserverance and transcendence that are given credence by the artist's own experiences as an ex-convict and street singer..."
Entertainment Weekly (4/1/94, p.54) - "...A remarkable L.A. street singer, Hawkins crafts passionate yet plainspoken combinations of soul, blues, and country music in a croak that crosses Sam Cooke with Otis Redding...." - Rating: A
Stereo Review (7/94, p.83) - Performance: Real As Rain/Recording: Basic - "...Ted Hawkins is a former L.A. street singer ...[who] has refined a personal mix of blues, soul, folk, and country, and performs as if he was channeling the shades of Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson... tremendous..."
Option (8/94, p.104) - "...His performances exude a hard-earned state of grace that is deeply spiritual...sparce arrangements give Hawkins's husky,
soulful voice plenty of room to wander, and the trip is invariably worth taking..."

For more than 20 years, 58-year-old singer/songwriter Ted Hawkins has been one of
America's best-kept secrets. Over five previous records – only two of which are available
domestically – Hawkins' reputation with musicians, critics and European audiences has
grown, while popular acclaim in his native country remains elusive. Hopefully, The Next
Hundred Years, Hawkins' major-label debut, will begin to change that. Years is a... More >