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"...country-rooted Americana full of weary determination and
aphoristic clarity, somewhere between the Band and Tom Waits."
- Jon Pareles, New York Times
"...musical postcards that recall a rural Tom Waits, or Greg
Brown in his dark, bluesy moments. He's like that spooky old
guy who lives in a trailer but tells amazing stories."
- Keith Goetzman, Utne Reader
"Big Ben Weaver is 24, has a beard and a dog and favours the
woods of Northern Minnesota. For once, the work clothes tell
a story. He's a startling new talent..."
- Ross Fortune, Timeout London
"...his raw, art-damaged vocal screeds are riveting, invigorating,
illuminating."
- Jim Musser, No Depression
"...the quintessential backwoods antihero, maintaining his private,
stripped-down songwriting style, while leaving the cabin door
ajar for anybody with a curious ear."
- Matt Parrish, The Weekly Dig
"Weaver's brand of youthful rebellion comes filtered through
the mad-staring eyes of a corn-chewing old-timer."
- Henry Day, Q
"Weaver's voice - which makes Lee Marvin sound like Aled Jones
- lends biblical portent to the most mundane detail. A one-man
Brothers Grimm with no happy endings. Enjoy."
**** Uncut
"He has a gift for startling images and melodies that stick
in your mind after a single listen."
-J Poet, Phoenix New Times
"Although he seems burdened with a world-weariness unbefitting
a 24-year-old, it's exactly that incongruity of youth and melancholic
meditation that makes his new album, Stories Under Nails,
so engrossing.
- Travis Smith, Boston Metro
"Ben Weaver is the most exciting young songwriter I've come
across, an American original whose voice and guitar are matched
only by the power of his words. His songs are an incredible,
haunting gift of music."
- Author Larry Brown (1951-2004)
"...strange, skin-prickling tales picked up from the Moebius
strip of a lost highway he's been compelled to travel on....
like a hillbilly Leonard Cohen."
Sylvie Simmons, Mojo
"quite possibly one of the best young songwriters in folk music
today."
- Dirty Linen
"It is no surprise that authors like Brown and critics internationally
praise his work: being wordsmiths they, like Weaver, are enamored
of the wonderful images conjured up by his lines and aren't
worried that the phrasing of such imagery doesn't always fit
comfortably into the rhythm of the music. You may not find yourself
singing along to Weaver's tunes, but they will haunt your dreams.
- Michael Ros, Amazon.com
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