NEW REVIEW!!!
"His songs are s**t, his face is pig ugly, his clothes and hair are a f***ing joke and the show itself is incredibly boring. This combined with his mind numbing interview, winey american voice, un-explained hate for Hilary (some relative probably got the death sentence for f***ing a child and he's still bitter), the fact his every post is a joke and that you have more chance of hearing a decent melody at a snow patrol show mean that I for one think this is bulls**t . . ." - Moonlight Miles X Girlfriend, alt-country.org forums
Five Important Questions With Isaac Mingo
By Anthony Bowman
Isaac Mingo's main claim to fame in Louisville right now is probably from his role in helping establish the monthly Thursday singer-songwriter showcase at Uncle Pleasants. But Mingo also is a musician. One listen to a selection of his songs reveals that his biggest influence is Ryan Adams, specifically the acoustic guitar-and-vocals Adams of Suicide Handbook fame, although Mingo does have one Love Is Hell-esque piano ballad, Solitude. In no way does this influence come through in a negative way. Musicians cant help but borrow and steal from their idols. The trick is just to pick the best influences and steal the best parts of their work. In this, Mingo is a success. In one of his strongest numbers, Dallas, Mingo explores the place-as-a-person motif that Adams and many artists before him have employed, and Mingo uses it just as brilliantly as Adams does with Oh My Sweet Carolina or Dear Chicago. And although the influence is fairly clear and unlikely to be denied, Mingos music is hardly derivative. He simply finds himself a part of a large body of young singer-songwriters paying tribute to the greats, while working to find a unique perspective, and slowly but surely he is succeeding.
read the interview in the blog up there!
"Isaac Mingo, who . . . perform(s) solo acoustic tunes, (is) sure to offer . . . good action . . ." - Leo Weekly, 10/12/05
Ok, so that one was a little edited. But here's a good one:
"You might even get lucky and stumble upon Louisville's Mingo tearing all the girls' hearts apart . . ." - Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/14/05
i have nothing earth-shattering or life-changing to say. i'm a simple, easygoing man who just happened to be given a gift for putting heartbreak into words. you'll find that i use more straightforward stories than metaphors, which i think is a quality that is a little harder to find in music these days. i write every line with careful thought, and i play them with passion, and through that, even if i don't change your life, it is my greatest hope that you will at least relate. thank you for listening.
