Reviews for TALES OF TEN MEN (2012)
Soundtrack To My Day:
"There you have it, a complete collection of stories telling a variety of tales of love and loss, of friends and lovers. This is what Every has always done best, and he proves he still has it. His words and voice speak so directly to the heart, touching a pool of shared existence."
Queer Music Heritage:
"Brett’s stories are unique, sometimes poignant and humorous, and always thoughtful, with a voice that sounds like his heart is breaking."
"There you have it, a complete collection of stories telling a variety of tales of love and loss, of friends and lovers. This is what Every has always done best, and he proves he still has it. His words and voice speak so directly to the heart, touching a pool of shared existence."
Queer Music Heritage:
"Brett’s stories are unique, sometimes poignant and humorous, and always thoughtful, with a voice that sounds like his heart is breaking."
Reviews for FAIRY GODMOTHER'S GONE TO VEGAS
Photo by Angela Forrester
Towleroad/Modern Tonic (March 2010)
"11 striking gay love songs as smart and trenchant as prime Randy Newman or Tom Waits. "Mr Smith" confronts the homophobic father of the narrator’s lover. “Swing By” contemplates a one-night stand with a business traveler. And Every’s deep-voiced warble — reminiscent of Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice, "A Girl Like You") — is the perfect foil for Bette Midler’s piano ballad "Come Back Jimmy Dean." Every’s a welcome addition to the fold of gay singer-songwriters like Stephin Merritt and Rufus Wainwright." ( full article here)
DNA Magazine (March 2010) -
"Handsome, dapper and blessed with a deliciously deep voice, Aussie singer/songwriter Brett Every delivers an album of gay love songs... ahhh"
SX Magazine (Feb 2010) -
"One of the Emerald City's finest gay singer/songwriters... Brett's the olive in your martini"
SYDNEY STAR OBSERVER (Jan 2010) -
"Most affecting is Every’s gorgeous cover of Bette Midler’s heartbreaking piano ballad Come Back, Jimmy Dean, showing the gruff-voiced troubadour can hold his own with any of the singing divas he admires."
AFTERELTON.COM -
"Some of the songs, like “Close” and “The Night is Not Long Enough,” are immediately catchy and infectious, and should, by all rights, be getting regular airplay on more outlets than they’re getting. But other songs, like “The Fire That Was Never Lit,” are more ambitious – and downright brilliant in their perfect melding of understated, evocative lyrics with a haunting, but ultimately cathartic tune.
And yes, Brett is back with his proudly openly gay self, not just in “The Fire That Was Never Lit” (which is about a love for a man who isn’t, or is choosing not to be, gay), but also in “Mr. Smith” (about a defiant teenager taking on the unaccepting father of his boyfriend) and “Prince Charming” (another infectious tune about the real-life Prince Charming who is standing right before someone who has been rejected, even though that person stupidly refuses to see).
I’ve written before how we’re inundated with media here at AfterElton.com – a daily dump of books, movies, CDs, and TV screeners that we do our best to sort through and give our opinion about. Truthfully, much of it isn’t even worth a review, much less a rave.
Brett Every’s fairy godmother’s gone to vegas is in a different category entirely. It’s a brilliant piece of a work by a truly unique singer-songwriter. I said it before, but I’ll say it again: if there’s any justice in the world, we’ll be hearing a lot more from Brett. And I’ll be able to say, “You heard him here first.”
(Read full article at afterelton.com)
"11 striking gay love songs as smart and trenchant as prime Randy Newman or Tom Waits. "Mr Smith" confronts the homophobic father of the narrator’s lover. “Swing By” contemplates a one-night stand with a business traveler. And Every’s deep-voiced warble — reminiscent of Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice, "A Girl Like You") — is the perfect foil for Bette Midler’s piano ballad "Come Back Jimmy Dean." Every’s a welcome addition to the fold of gay singer-songwriters like Stephin Merritt and Rufus Wainwright." ( full article here)
DNA Magazine (March 2010) -
"Handsome, dapper and blessed with a deliciously deep voice, Aussie singer/songwriter Brett Every delivers an album of gay love songs... ahhh"
SX Magazine (Feb 2010) -
"One of the Emerald City's finest gay singer/songwriters... Brett's the olive in your martini"
SYDNEY STAR OBSERVER (Jan 2010) -
"Most affecting is Every’s gorgeous cover of Bette Midler’s heartbreaking piano ballad Come Back, Jimmy Dean, showing the gruff-voiced troubadour can hold his own with any of the singing divas he admires."
AFTERELTON.COM -
"Some of the songs, like “Close” and “The Night is Not Long Enough,” are immediately catchy and infectious, and should, by all rights, be getting regular airplay on more outlets than they’re getting. But other songs, like “The Fire That Was Never Lit,” are more ambitious – and downright brilliant in their perfect melding of understated, evocative lyrics with a haunting, but ultimately cathartic tune.
And yes, Brett is back with his proudly openly gay self, not just in “The Fire That Was Never Lit” (which is about a love for a man who isn’t, or is choosing not to be, gay), but also in “Mr. Smith” (about a defiant teenager taking on the unaccepting father of his boyfriend) and “Prince Charming” (another infectious tune about the real-life Prince Charming who is standing right before someone who has been rejected, even though that person stupidly refuses to see).
I’ve written before how we’re inundated with media here at AfterElton.com – a daily dump of books, movies, CDs, and TV screeners that we do our best to sort through and give our opinion about. Truthfully, much of it isn’t even worth a review, much less a rave.
Brett Every’s fairy godmother’s gone to vegas is in a different category entirely. It’s a brilliant piece of a work by a truly unique singer-songwriter. I said it before, but I’ll say it again: if there’s any justice in the world, we’ll be hearing a lot more from Brett. And I’ll be able to say, “You heard him here first.”
(Read full article at afterelton.com)
Reviews for CAMPING OUT
"Once a year a new artist comes to my attention and for lack of a better phrase, 'blows my brains'... 'Camping Out' is "one of the best I've heard this year, and one of the best parts is how unorthodox it is... If you're like me and have always wanted to be serenaded in that way, then this album delivers. These are the songs that you wish were written to you." [gay.com]
Read full interview at ampedout on gay.com
"I defy anyone not to be impressed by the languid infectiousness of 'Til The Eyes Adjust', the jazzy groove of 'Devereaux' (about, yes, The Golden Girls’ Blanche), and the quiet, but cathartic build of 'Camping Out'... If there’s any justice in the world, we’ll be hearing much more from Brett in the years to come". [afterelton.com]
Read full interview at afterelton
Read full interview at ampedout on gay.com
"I defy anyone not to be impressed by the languid infectiousness of 'Til The Eyes Adjust', the jazzy groove of 'Devereaux' (about, yes, The Golden Girls’ Blanche), and the quiet, but cathartic build of 'Camping Out'... If there’s any justice in the world, we’ll be hearing much more from Brett in the years to come". [afterelton.com]
Read full interview at afterelton
