"Brian
Cutean's repertoire of original songs and lyrics are introspective,
satirical, delightfully absurd and always acoustically gentle
to the
ears..."
The Austin American Statesman
"Brian
Cutean ...or QTN, as he whimsically prefers to spell it, is a
stellar example of the unreconstructed hippie-folkie archetype:
Gandalf-esque appearance, penchant for convoluted puns, and socially
and psychically conscious songs, not to mention an uncanny ability
to sprinkle fairy dust on any audience and instantly get everyone
on his wavelength. Cutean's protean, peripatetic path has spanned
two decades and several states, often including Oregon. His first
(vinyl!) album came out on his 33-1/3rd birthday. Now, he's celebrating
45 with a new (OK, so it's a CD) single release, featuring "Food,"
a potent anti-poverty groove that's long been a staple of his
live shows."
Willamette Week
"macier
than funkio" Daniel Flessas host of The Outside World, KBOO
Portland
"Brian reminds people that things change." Ross Johnson
"Wandering
minstrel Cutean is a nimble guitarist and appealing singer whose
jaunty folk songs and contemplative ballads are filled with personal
reflection, social commentary and pure whimsy..."
Willamette Week
"Brian
Cutean sings softly about cerebral things. His introspective
folk music follows the traditional minstrel mode of telling stories
without judgement, without so much personla doctrine it overburdens
the soul...The
lyrics reflect his light sense of humor and strong sense of irony.
He presents the songs with the hand of subtlety, crafating poetic
stories about life, history and natural things..."
The San Marcos Daily Record
Cutean runs
the gamut from activist to seer..."
The Grand Rapids Press
"Touching
lyrics, smart guitar work and lyrics that reach you deep..."
The Eugene Weekly
"Thought
provoking word spinning and finger plucking...a laid back meld
of lively lyrics, wacky wordplay and stories from the spaces
in his heart...a social commentator in the classic tradition
of a bard singing for his
bread; a melodious punster who brings grins to his listener's
lips and vagrant thoughts to their stirred-up minds..."
The Southeast Examiner
"With
his guitar and high tenor, Cutean's songs are playful, energetic
and
honest."
The Oregonian
A free ranging
mix of folk, jazz, blues and beat and sometimes-relevant,
sometimes-irreverent lyrics. It's music that aims to please but
doesn't
take itself too seriously..."
The Medford Mail Tribune
"Unpretentious,
clever, soft, magnanimous with a wry sense of humor and a
love of irony..."
Common Ground
"It's
the lyrics that will pull you in at first. From wild tales to
outright poetry and soul-touching truths, his singing ranges
from absurd to inspirational and from tragic to hilarious. It
is impossible not to be
touched by the passion of Cutean's words.
"But the genius of a Brian Cutean performance is his mastery
on the guitar. After hearing a set that makes you want to sob
and scream all while you have a smile on your face, Cutean will
take the stage with an
instrumental number that will let your soul run free while your
body dances
across the room..."
The Tacoma Reporter
"He's
pretty distinctly himself."
Peter Wilde folksinger, in the Eugene Register Guard
"...Cutean
is, like so many Austin songwriters who use folk as a starting
point, an unclassifiable and irreverent acoustic performer..."
The Austin Chronicle
"The
music, albeit sweet, lively and emotionally soothing. is the
underlay
for Cutean's clever. quirky, magical lyrics that touch on deeper
levels of
being human..."
Hipfish
"[He]
delights in wordplay, putting words together that have probably
never
been properly intorduced before, but make sense... in a cerebral
way..."
The Holland Sentinel
"Blending
an ethereal voice that can reach the high notes with a style
of
guitar and harmonica playing that ranges from melodic to jazzy,
Cutean
artfully blends many styles of music..."
The Chicago Heights Star
"His
irony and wit pervade his stories while they celebrate mental
and
environmental perspectives. Cutean revels in wordplay and wild
poetry as
his observations careen between the ridiculous to the prophetic..."
The Boulder Daily Camera
"The
truth of the music is easy to find. You feel it. In the words
of
simplicity, in the simple melodic line that still involves, intrigues,
draws the listeners in to the surprise, the conundrum solved..."
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