Tom Baxter EP

Tom Baxter is blessed with a talent to melt even those who feel inevitably bored around singer-snoozing-songwriters. For a debut release the maturity of his voice and the arrangements are gobsmacking.

Maurice O'Brien, 28 Jun 2004

Tom Baxter is blessed with a talent to melt even those who feel inevitably bored around singer-snoozing-songwriters. The Jeff Buckley comparisons are unavoidable given the power and quavering breathiness of his voice, right down to the graceful Columbia label on these beautifully packaged three tracks. But for a debut release the maturity of his voice and the arrangements are gobsmacking. ‘My Declaration’ is a stirring pledge to self-betterment, starting as a simple piano track before developing into full blown epic that manages to harness the power of an orchestra without sounding cheesy, ‘Joanna’ is a love song in the purest sense, while the heartbroken ‘Half A Man’ demands to be served under late night and candles.

Maurice O'Brien

With the first two nights close to selling-out, Tom Baxter has added two additional acoustic shows in the Dublin Academy.

2008-09-03 - News

Summer festival duties completed, Tom Baxter switches into acoustic mode for a brace of Dublin shows on November 25 and 26.

2008-08-18 - News

Blondie, Ash and Tom Baxter among the biggest musical line-up Galway Arts Festival has ever seen.

2008-06-18 - News

Tom Baxter has apologised to fans after postponing his upcoming Irish tour due to illness. The seven date tour was due to start tomorrow, May 2.

2008-05-01 - News

Tom Baxter's second album, Skybound, has just topped the Irish album chart. But it was a record that only got made after Baxter personally financed the sessions with his other talent of figurative art painting.

2008-02-21 - Interview

Chart-topper Tom Baxter has announced a May concert in Dublin.

2008-02-06 - News

Wispy-voiced troubadour Tom Baxter is to play an Irish tour this October.

2007-08-16 - News

London singer/songwriter Tom Baxter is heading to his spiritual home of Ireland for two dates.

2007-05-18 - News

For all the romanticism and swoonsome sentiment, Baxter’s sound is frightfully muscular. Aided tonight by a string quartet, his set is bracing and uplifting in spades. Predictably, ‘Half A Man’ builds to a swooping crescendo, ‘The Moon & Me’ is brimming with vitality and substance, while his heartfelt rendition of ‘Almost There’ is almost unbearably perfect. As it was always meant to be, ‘My Declaration’ is an inspiration, intensely stirring the senses with little more than a perfect falsetto and a string quartet.

2005-04-20 - REVIEW

For all the romanticism and swoonsome sentiment, Baxter’s sound is frightfully muscular. Aided tonight by a string quartet, his set is bracing and uplifting in spades. Predictably, ‘Half A Man’ builds to a swooping crescendo, ‘The Moon & Me’ is brimming with vitality and substance, while his heartfelt rendition of ‘Almost There’ is almost unbearably perfect. As it was always meant to be, ‘My Declaration’ is an inspiration, intensely stirring the senses with little more than a perfect falsetto and a string quartet.

2005-04-20 - REVIEW

For all the romanticism and swoonsome sentiment, Baxter’s sound is frightfully muscular. Aided tonight by a string quartet, his set is bracing and uplifting in spades. Predictably, ‘Half A Man’ builds to a swooping crescendo, ‘The Moon & Me’ is brimming with vitality and substance, while his heartfelt rendition of ‘Almost There’ is almost unbearably perfect. As it was always meant to be, ‘My Declaration’ is an inspiration, intensely stirring the senses with little more than a perfect falsetto and a string quartet.

2005-04-20 - REVIEW

For all the romanticism and swoonsome sentiment, Baxter’s sound is frightfully muscular. Aided tonight by a string quartet, his set is bracing and uplifting in spades. Predictably, ‘Half A Man’ builds to a swooping crescendo, ‘The Moon & Me’ is brimming with vitality and substance, while his heartfelt rendition of ‘Almost There’ is almost unbearably perfect. As it was always meant to be, ‘My Declaration’ is an inspiration, intensely stirring the senses with little more than a perfect falsetto and a string quartet.

2005-04-20 - REVIEW

Not the greatest of songs, but Baxter’s warm honey tinged vocal mesmerises, sucking the listener in. A bit cringe-worthy at times, there’s still enough here to warrant further investigation.

2004-10-18 - REVIEW

Fresh from his Bic Runga support slot, Tom Baxter will play four dates across Ireland

2004-09-23 - News

Sony love him, so do the music mags and so will you. Good looks, soulful music, a major label act with an indie heart – how can Tom Baxter go wrong?

2004-08-25 - Interview

Sony love him, so do the music mags and so will you. Good looks, soulful music, a major label act with an indie heart – how can Tom Baxter go wrong?

2004-08-18 - Interview

Sussex-born Baxter has been confirmed to play support on Bic Runga's Irish tour

2004-08-04 - News

Tom Baxter underlines his 'next big thing' credentials on July 26 when he swings by Dublin's Sugar Club.

2004-07-06 - News

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