Press Reviews
” .. a first-class guitarist …… a brilliant fingerpicker!” The Times (GB)
“..displays Melrose as one of the best Celtic-based fingerpickers on the scene…” Acoustic Guitar (USA)
“Bow down — a guitar god is in the house, or at least in the CD player. In a breathtaking 52 minutes, Ian Melrose graces us with 15 tracks and 21 Scottish fiddle tunes played on the acoustic and slide guitars. When it’s all over, we’re agog at his virtuosity, but also blessed for the beauty he’s brought us, all for the cost of a CD.” Rambles (USA)
…world-class! …. There aren’t many acoustic musicians who play with so much soul as this brilliant fingerstylist.” Jürgen Boebers-Süßmann – WAZ (D)
The atmosphere was amenable and the audience attentive until Ian played. Suddenly the mouths of everyone in the room, including those on stage, dropped open. Could this guy play! Even Curly Boy made as if he was exiting the stage when Ian finished. By his third song in the round, the anticipation buzzing around the crowd was electrifying …. It is one of those amazing experiences of which festival memories are made.”
Folk Prints (Can)
Ian Melrose’s playing possesses a clarity and purity which can only arise out of great virtuosity, refinement and a sense of tone ..
Oberbayerisches Volksblatt (D)
With his guitar he manages to transform simple folk songs into works of art. Melrose’s beautiful playing can call up grey skies, let the sun shine or the flowers bloom – so picturesque are his powers of expression.”
Rhein-Sieg Rundschau (D)