— China Reevers, PASTE MAGAZINE
Excerpts:
“...Jim Bianco has offered the world a slap-in-the-face, a vigorous wake-up call with stinging honesty, softened by laughter and played out as if the soundtrack to a raucous party that Bacchus would support.”
“... your new favorite party anthem.”
— Mike Ragogna, HUFFINGTON POST
“LA-based Jim Bianco doesn't shy away from his renegade depths.”
— KCRW, ARIANNA MORGENSTERN - Today's Top Tune
“The modern day Joe Cocker has just arrived into the music scene.”
— Lonnie Nemiroff, SHOCKYA
“" Jim Bianco is full of wit, heartbreak, lust, comedy, and fun, but all with a great amount of honesty."”
— RACKET MAG
“Witty and thoughtful songs about love, stalking, and favorable winds blowing up skirts”
— Sarah Rodman, BOSTON GLOBE
“Songs like 'Goodness Gracious' are the sort that could turn any girl into a Rock of Love stripper.”
— ARRISSIA OWN TURNER, LOS ANGELES CITY BEAT
“Bianco's songs have an obsessively attractive and tough sensibility…Bianco is his own man, his own songwriter.”
— DAVID STEINBERG, ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
“....dancers from as far away as Paris
have taken a shine to Bianco's music (no surprise, thanks to the horn
arrangements on his record "Handsome Devil")”
have taken a shine to Bianco's music (no surprise, thanks to the horn
arrangements on his record "Handsome Devil")”
— Kevin Bronson/ Jeff Miller, LA TIMES
“Full of bawdy horns and lusty percussion, Jim Bianco's "Handsome Devil" is something of a naughty musical.....”
— Billboard Magazine
“......Bianco has catapulted himself onto a level of eclectic songcraft on par with Elvis Costello and Tom Waits."”
— Liam Gowing, LA WEEKLY
“Smart-aleck Jim Bianco will have you laughing and humming along with his flip, hip skewered takes on the male libido"”
— Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia Daily News
“... his style has evolved into a universe that is distinctly his own."”
— -Sir Robbie Gennet, Keyboard Magazine
“"....one of the years most lyrically provocative releases."”
— Ron Wynn, Nashville City Paper
“Bianco's songs ... products of a clear fascination with old-school jazz, blues and swing, coupled with an unabashedly commercial embrace of popular melody ...”
— Liam Gowing, LA WEEKLY
“...the most enjoyable (show) in Los Angeles"”
— MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE
“"...one thoughtful, original package "”
— PERFORMING SONGWRITER MAGAZINE
