"Boss Tweed, Five Little Lies EP. Just because a band has rockabilly influences doesn't mean it has to play dress up and be a retro act. These tunes could be mistaken as coming from another era (the one Brian Setzer dreams about), but the group is also decisively modern, thanks to guitarist Gerard Egan's tasteful hollow body Gretsch playing, Eric Reed's steady rhythmic drumming and singer/bassist Carolyn Sills from-the-heart bluesy singing. It'd be really easy for these guys (and gal) to cheese it up and get flashy, but they don't, and that makes all the difference."

VERN SMITH, THE MOTOWN HOEDOWN , CJAM 91.5FM ( Windsor - Detroit)

"Slickers out of Brooklyn, Boss Tweed makes thinking person's rockabilly-blues, and it's all very smart that they publish old-school on vinyl. But I still say music is more a visceral thing - songs that make you drive too fast, thinking and feeling things you probably shouldn't, and that's why 'Buzz Like Houseflies' makes my top-ten." 


MICHAEL DREGNI, VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE 2008

"When the band's eponymous debut CD arrived in 2005, we raved about the band's loungey rockabilly. Now, they're back with a vinyl EP featuring two stellar tunes. The band's original "Buzz Like Houseflies" is a romp, pure and simple. This is rollicking rockabilly with plenty of reverb and twang. And yet Sills' soulful vocals injects a twist that makes it all new. The flipside is a cover of "Perhaps..." The ballad becomes a seance set to melody, conjuring up a misty past of dim juke joints and neon-lit roadhouses from the end of time. The effect is mesmerizing." 


MICHELLE TERRANOVA, DJ GO KAT GO RADIO! WHNU 88.7FM
'Swing meets cool jazz & blues with a touch of country twang - that's what you get from NYC trio Boss Tweed.  They supersede generic stereotypes, and Carolyn’s voice soothes your tired soul, leaving you aching for more on this self-titled release.' 


MICHAEL DREGNI, VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE 2006
"[Sills'] vocals resonate with a throaty anguish, torch songs sung straight from the heart... Egan's licks are cool and classic… it's rockabilly recast for a new era." -

THE BLUES BUNNY
"This trio has an intimate musical style based around the interplay of guitarist Gerard Egan and drummer Eric Reed.  And in vocalist (and bassist) Carolyn Sills’ they have the perfect accompaniment.  She has a floating, soaring quality to her voice that just works perfectly with this material.  Highlights are “Pretty Violent” and “Done Wonders” both of which perfectly showcase their stylish, understated approach." -

JONATHAN ROSES, mel.opho.be
"... Sills' soulful, powerful and well thought-out melodies stand out in the mix with a larger-than-life feel.  Her style harkens back to the age of blues and soul singers, but her lyrics delve into the dark side of the rainbow, bringing to mind shadowy street corners and vaguely menacing situations... Gerard Egan is as adept at breathing new life into familiar-sounding blues riffs as he is at generating inventive ways to bring rockabilly music into the new millennium... drummer Eric Reed's work is solid and extremely fluid... his intuitive feel for what exactly is needed pervades the album... this is a voyage that you will want to take more than once." 


ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS:


Carolyn's interview on Boss Tweed & the Blues with French-based magazine Blues Rocks the World


Boss Tweed plays to a swarm of jovial music students in Lodz, Poland


FAN REVIEWS (FROM MYSPACE, iTUNES, ETC):

Simon Partridge, UK singer extraordinaire
"Your version of "Perhaps" is one of the most exciting recordings I've heard in a very long time - I am SICK with envy!!"


Big Vibe
"It's nice to find a group of musicians that project a genuine interest in getting a great sound and cooking together-- fans of Rockabilly stuff should definitely give this a spin but I think anyone who likes cool-sounding guitars will dig it. The vocals remind me of a great soul record."


Senetskij
Great jet-fuelled twangy sound, and Carolyn's voice is wonderful! After stealing a car, I'll get drunk in a smoky lowdown pub listening to "Perhaps" ... Cheers from Liguria, Italy!