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“A complex symphony of sound”
SF Station
San Francisco, CA
"Ancient instruments, dusty vibes, wrist-slitting tension”
Fort Worth Weekly
“Incredibly written and wonderfully performed”
Adventures in Live Music
Dallas, TX
"It's hard to get your fill of Telegraph Canyon, a rustic eight-piece band from Fort Worth, currently working on the follow-up to 2006's All the Good News. Guitarist/vocalist Chris Johnson spins dark-hued tales of love, loss and life that spring to life on pedal steel runs and angelic organ fills. Timeless yet immediate, it's the sound of America, torn from the depths of an observant soul."
Star-Telegram
Fort Worth, TX
"A lesson in beauty sent back your way in waves."
Dallas Observer
“One of the brightest new bands”
Star-Telegram
Fort Worth, TX
“Telegraph Canyon navigates the pre-apocalyptic universe by the light of bright acoustic riffs and to the march of thunderous beats, everything guided by the spirit of frontman Chris Johnson’s ominous, the end-is-near lyrics.”
Fort Worth Weekly
“Telegraph Canyon expertly blends the rustic, organic tones of harmonica, viola, organ and acoustic guitar with the technological muscle of intricately processed electronics.”
West Coast Performer
San Francisco, CA
"These songs would soar in a parking garage, dive bar or even Bass Hall"
Star-Telegram
Fort Worth, TX
“Telegraph Canyon’s densely layered All the Good News is rife with spiritual doubt and instrumental variety. There’s Chris Johnson’s delicate, urgent acoustic guitar and banjo, high-lonesome harmonica, and agitated, haunting voice, plus Tamara Cauble’s violin and the mononymic Sherilyn’s synth splashes. Despite all the Southern Gothic grandeur, however, this septet manages impressive interludes of rocking out.”
Fort Worth Weekly
“Telegraph Canyon’s debut album, "All the Good News", is informed by the kind of country-twinged folk rock that has survived and grown in the Texas music scene long after being left for dead by many tastemakers. But with up to seven members filling out the roster, Telegraph Canyon are also able to expand on the conventions of the alt-country movement. So quieter songs, driven mainly by acoustic guitar and singer Chris Johnson's brainy wordplay, may be followed by stompers that aim for U2 levels of bombast. And with a new album on the way for 08, more expansion (if not more instruments) will be on the way soon.”
The Staplegun Singer
San Francisco, CA
“Telegraph Canyon's All the Good News is a burnished, folksy gem that captures one of the area's finer songwriters, Chris Johnson, offering one absorbing sonic sketch after another."
Star-Telegram
Fort Worth, TX

Telegraph Canyon - Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 2/14/09 from You and Yours on Vimeo .

Chuck, Andrew & Chris performing acoustic at Hal Samples SPACE studio in Dallas for the unveiling of George Fowler's Beautiful Delusion. Dec 19, 2008
Old Dark Hymns from Casey Parks on Vimeo .