Reviews: Dave Riley
2008 Blues Music Awards Nominee--Acoustic Album of the Year!

Living Blues Nov. Chart - #15 - "Travelin' the Dirt Road"
Bluesville "Picks to Click" December 2007 - "Travelin' the Dirt Road"
"Riley has become one of the finest delta blues guitarists of his generation, a talented songwriter, and a commanding singer with just the right blend of power and grit."
          --Rob Lehrian-Supporting the Blues-Aug 2007

"Riley plays electric guitar and sings with the kind of raspiness a bit similar to Muddy Waters."
          --da bookman-musicforamerica.org-Aug 2007

"Riley's guttural vocals hit with the impact of a sledgehammer, and his guitar work is like a heat seeking missile that leaves nothing in its fiery wake."  --Jim Hudnut-Blues Beat-Fall 2007

"a deep southern guitar player and singer whose vocal chords bring the Delta home."
          --Jim White-Pittsburg Post-Gazette-Sept 2007

"powerful, throaty vocals are steeped in urban blues tradition."
           --Jim Shortt-The Scene-Oct 2007

"Riley is a true Mississippi Delta bluesman, about as real as it gets. "
          -Phil Whipple-Maine Blues Society-Oct 2007

"grinding you with his thorny guitar and creosote voice. "
          --Dennis Rozanski-The Baltimore Blues Rag-Oct 2007

Dave has a "wonderfully gruff and powerful, world-weary voice."  He goes "full-throttle!  The sport coat came off, the volume came up, and the party got down." --James Walker, Show Review from Nov. 20, 2007--Friends of the Blues - Nov 2007

"Riley's voice is, in turn, heart-rending, impish, playfully lascivious, and pugnacious."
          --David Whiteis-Living Blues-Oct 2007

Read Living Blues July-Aug 2001  "Breaking Out" Feature on Dave Riley

Reviews:  "Travelin' the Dirt Road"
FIVE HATS! "Blue Witch Records proves the deep stuff is still out  there and young at heart. A recording that reverberates with a  totally homespun sound of both country and city blues...another prominent example of the music's true calling."
          Dirk Wissbaum - Big  City Blues - Oct-Nov 2007

FOUR STARS!  This "musical partnership is a winner. . . . serious playing, but there is fun on every track."          Larry Rogers - Arizona Republic Sept 30, 2007

"very good, Chicago-styled traditional blues album. Highest recommendation."
          Jim Shortt - The Scene - Oct 2007

Travelin' the Dirt Road "takes the listener on a musical journey through the Delta.  A must-have CD for traditional blues fans!"              Maine Blues Society - Sept/Oct 2007

"These are your daddy's deep and dirty blues from the Delta driven over the blues highway to Chicago -- the devil's fiery music still burning bright, a heavenly sound, indeed. . . . The Blue Witch couldn't have a better blues broom to dust with."              Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sept. 10, 2007

"rootsy, no-frills blues . . . This is a winner."          
          Mark Keresman - Phoenix New Times - Sept 20, 2007