Steve Postell * Renegade Music Group: Press

"Steve is a gifted, sensitive songwriter."

"The work of band leader and songwriter Steve Postell is what makes this album so exceptional. Postell's songs are full of warmth and intimacy."

"Postell is a master of writing songs that hook you with catchy melodies and lyrics and sustain you with their depth."

CD Review
Until You Get Here
Steve Postell

This is a beautifully crafted CD, lyrically, compositionally, and acoustically. There is something about the stories Steve tells that makes you want to sit down and listen, and once you do, you are immediately transported to that place, moment, or feeling he sings about. Poetry and music go hand in hand on this CD: call it prosity, or just good music, Steve Postell’s songs have as varied expressions as the color blue has shades, each one brings you into a completely different climate and emotion as he takes you on his journey through friendships and loves, personal triumphs and universal heartaches.

I’ve seen Steve performing live with friends, and it’s a beautiful thing. The rapport between musicians up there on stage comes through equally on this CD, in guitar riffs, vocal harmonies, and violin solos. Each time I listen, I discover something powerful about the music that keeps me listening until the end of the piece, and although I already know how it ends, I want to hear it end again if only for the satisfaction of the complete expression or idea. And then I wonder what the next song will do.

Steve’s voice is strong when he’s rockin’ out, and supremely delicate and sensitive when he’s playing an acoustic guitar. He’s versatile but has carved out a sound that is uniquely his own. It’s sophisticated, pensive, and smart music that will emotionally move you, and make you feel like you’re standing at the edge of your own cliff, looking back at the kaleidoscope of your life.

Former Little Blue singer Steve Postell is here with a collection of his and his bands albums on Renegade Records and it’s a collection all of you guys who’re into the westcoast scene where softer westcoast stuff a’la Venice, James Taylor and David Crosby meets the traditionally midwestern singer songwriter scene should check out. The main part of the production is really professional all through the recordings and Steve’s voice is very nice, warm and sensitive.
The opening track “Wait Until You Get Here” is a lovely opener and put up the adrenaline on a high level and the production. The album contains a bunch of other nice tunes like the softer acoustic “Angel With A Gun” which could have been a John Prine written tune with James Taylor on vocals, and “Straight For The Moon (co-written with John Oates) which is a more fully produced tune with Little Blue.

The name Steve Postell rang a bell in the mind of yours truly . . . and to the extent that my memory isn’t failing me (and that has happened to me at least once), the man, just like Vince Gill, was once a member of the country rock band Pure Prairie League that will always and forever be associated with the successful number “Amie.” We lost track of the man for a bit and in retrospect that seems to be a real shame because both solo and with the band Little Blue in a time span of 15 years he has brought out four albums that are still available via Renegade Records, Blue Rose and Taxim. Moreover, in his home base of New York (currently Los Angeles) he built up a very strong reputation with his participation in the musicals “Evita” and “The Man of LaMancha,” he was involved as the co-writer of the rock musical “Fallen Angel,” he has appeared live on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, routinely he visits John Oates, and he’s a pal of, among other people, Freebo, bassist for Bonnie Raitt and Hot Tuna. But above all he’s a dazzling singer/songwriter and a first-rate guitarist who, with “Until You Get There,” has brought out an album that, along with some songs that have appeared earlier, is a kind of Greatest Hits. “Travelin’ Man,” “Angels, Horses & Pirates,” “Straight for the Moon” and “Whiskey & Guitars are among Postell’s own favorite numbers and show that the man hasn’t changed a bit. “After all this time, I’m still playing, still writing, still feel most at home with a guitar in my hands.” This must be a glorious feeling, and if in the studio you can also count on the support of Eric Johnson, Eric Ambel, Robben Ford, Jed Leiber, Jennifer Warnes, John Oates, John Pousette Dart and Roscoe Beck, then one can believe that Steve Postell must be a happy and contented man. The album also radiates self-confidence and doesn’t leave devotees who have a thing for artists like James Taylor, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, CSN & Y, Venice out in the cold. (SWA)

Writer and singer Steve Postell is a consummate professional from New York whose brilliant musicianship doesn’t obscure the warmth and sincerity of his music. Who knows? In ten years, Steve Postell & Little Blue might be mentioned in the same breath as America, Little Feat and the Eagles!

I've been devouring your CD, "Until You Get Here". My God. It's spectacular.

STRAIGHT FOR THE MOON This is a great CD. As in the past, the band led by former Pure Prairie League musician Steve Postell (now expanded to include keyboardist Jed Leiber, son of legendary composer Jerry Leiber) aspires to combine the musical styles of Steely Dan and Little Feat and give it a modern twist before turning it loose again. The results are wonderful - ultra-melodic numbers with well-placed guitar solos, proper rock tunes and lovely ballads with a hint of the Blues. With such a great variety of styles, it’s no wonder (but also no problem) that diverse musical guests were called in (such as John Oates, Jeff Pevar and T-Bone Wolk) in order to make the most of these expertly crafted songs.