TOP PRESS
"What is this hope I hear on their voices? Even when singing songs of heartbreak, there is an ever-present optimism and peace about them. They sing of home, and I feel at home."
-- Sarah Crisman, Pegasus News
"...a wide range of instrumentation and a beautiful, organic sound..."
-- Pete Freedman, Dallas Observer
PAST PRESS
09/29/11 -- Denton Record-Chronicle Review, Folk Brigade Draws on Mountain Sounds: "Lyrics are reminiscent of the macabre and imaginative, of folk music by Welsh immigrants to Appalachia."
09/29/11 -- Dallas Observer DC9 Blog Review of Floating Feather: "Loosely fitting under the vintage umbrella of neo-folk, this well-thought-out group of tunes boasts a variety that never seems cobbled together by force. Instead, a spirit of unity between the album's sonic traits and the group's comfort with the material shines powerfully."
08/03/11 -- DFW.COM Writeup on the Fox and the Bird: "the rustic, ethereal veneer of songs like Ghost or the slyly comic Women in the Kitchen belies the earthy, kinetic energy evident in the band's musicianship"
07/29/11 --Dallas Observer the Fox and the Bird's Road to the Album Release
07/28/11 -- DFW.COM Reviews the Fox and the Bird Album Floating Feather: "these works bloom most fully in concert, where the full-throated, multi-part harmonies can reach full roar and the intoxicating clatter behind them blows forth like a summer wind sweeping through the tall grain"
07/28/11 -- D Magazine Reviews the Fox and the Bird Album Floating Feather: Why the Fox and the Bird Are Not Folk
07/27/11 -- Pegasus News Reviews the Fox and the Bird Album Floating Feather: "No over-produced sounds full of electric buzz are found here..."
01/29/11 -- ButIJustLikeMusic Blog Reviews the Fox and the Bird Performance with Beaten Sea at Lochrann's, noting "the anticipation of the nearly-finished album due out sometime this Spring."
01/06/11 -- D Magazine's FrontRow Blog Notes Fox and the Bird as an Act to "keep an eye on in the coming year."
01/05/11 -- The Dallas Morning News' QuickDFW Blog Highlights Wheeler Sparks (of Fox and the Bird) as a Musician to Watch in 2011
12/31/10 -- Dick Sully (Local Music Critic) Reviews the Fox and the Bird Christmas Performance at Murray Street as Dallas Family Band -- "The Dallas Family Band are storytelling folk, believing folk. They are evocative narrators, even with borrowed material from antiquity."
12/24/10 -- But I Just Like Music Blog Reviews and Recaps the Fox and the Bird Christmas Performance at Murray Street as the Dallas Family Band
12/23/10 -- Dallas Oberver #7 'Biggest Local Music Story of 2010' Highlights the Dallas Family Band, a Folk Collective Created by Fox and the Bird, Beaten Sea and Others
12/23/10 -- D Magazine's FrontRow Blog Signs Off for 2010 with a Quick Recap of the Fox and the Bird Christmas Performance as the Dallas Family Band
12/20/10 -- Dallas Observer Review of Fox & the Bird Christmas Performance with Beaten Sea, lalagray and Other Members of the Dallas Family Band at Murray Street in Deep Ellum
10/22/10 -- Dallas Observer Ticket Giveaway and Review for the Fox & the Bird Show at Kessler with Paper Bird and Bosque Brown
7/19/10 -- Dallas Observer Awards Showcase Pictures: Folkin' It with Fox and the Bird
7/18/10 -- Dallas Observer Review of Fox and the Bird 2010 DOMA Showcase Performance: "the male members of the half-folk-moon would alternate lead vocals from time to time, lending the proceedings an air of togetherness."
6/16/10 -- D Magazine Review; A Shifting Cast of Musicians Form a Musical Collective: The Dallas Family Band..."Wheeler and Ray rounded out the Fox and the Bird, along with Daniel T. Hall, as a kind of nexus of The Dallas Family Band, being already an amalgamation of songwriters."
5/13/10 -- Dallas Observer Review; Dallas Family Band Busks its Way to Success: "The Family Band is actually a group of bands—bands whose names are plastered on marquees all over the DFW area."
1/23/10 -- The Neener Blog Notes Fox and the Bird as its 'Pick of the Day' in the Lead Up to the NX35 Festival in Denton: "I’m a sucker for multiple harmonies, playful melodies, and a wide range of instrumentation so these guys and gals are most definitely one of my favorite local acts."