“Thank you so much for this very well-written, thoughtfully conceived and frankly, beautiful, piece. Cris, our colleague Emily (who oversees our marketing), and I were all so impressed by it … [it] captures Branksome’s differentiating strengths while also being a really wonderful read – bravo! In particular, we felt that you captured the strong feminist history of the school so intuitively and aptly.”
—Liisa Stephenson, Associate Director, Communications, Branksome Hall
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—D. Paul Branan, CCNL, Advancement/Development Director, Woodland Christian High School
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—Anthony Westenberg, Manager, Marketing & Communications, The York School
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—Chris Coole
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—Heather McCall, Admission Marketing & Communications Manager, Upper Canada College
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—David McBride, Vice Principal of Enrolment Management, Upper Canada College
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—Giselle Fernandes, Holy Name of Mary College School
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—Teralee Brunn, Sunnybrook School
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—Chris Coole, The Lonesome Ace Stringband
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—Allan Spaan, CFO, Robert Land Academy
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—Marianne Matthews, Director of Communications & Marketing, St. John’s-Kilmarnock
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—Kathy LaBranche, Director of Admissions, Trinity College School
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—Doug Deschner, parent of Robert Land Academy
“Just received your review of my album from Sing Out HQ … it is very gratifying to read a review where the author totally gets the point of the whole thing…..!”
—Nick Hornbuckle
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— Joe Seamons
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—Sarah Jarosz’ mom
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful story. It was one of the best I’ve ever had done about me and my music. I could tell from the interview that you were familiar with my guitar playing and I certainly appreciate that. It was truly a fine piece of work.”
—James Alan Shelton of Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
“I’ve had a lot of reviews over the years, but this one goes in my keeper file. What really validated it for me was that you made no bones about not really caring for my previous projects. So, when you said you liked this one it rang true. I truly appreciate you taking the time to put forward your thoughts with such an obvious knowledge of the music. Well written and done with intelligence. I am impressed. Some reviewers don’t handle language as well as you do and don’t take the time to get inside what is going on.”
–Steve Spurgin, responding to my KDHX radio review of his album Folk Remedies
“I’ve read so much of your writing that I feel like I know you. I really enjoy your writing. You have developed a knack for saying exactly what needs to be said to put an artist’s music in context. Everything of yours I’ve read had helped me to understand and appreciate an artist more fully. Always pleased to see one of your pieced on the KDHX site. Just wanted to say thanks for all the great writing, which reflects good, sound thinking.”
–Keith Dudding, host of Down Yonder on KDHX Radio, St. Louis
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–Lynn Lipton, Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association
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–Robert J. Brym, from the preface New Society: Sociology for the 21st Century,
4th ed. (Toronto: Nelson)
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–Tara Burke, from the preface to Social Psychology,
1st Cdn. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin)
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–Adie Nelson, from the preface to Mooney, Knox, Schacht, Nelson,
Understanding Social Problems, 2nd Cdn. ed. (Toronto: Nelson)
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