- Canada Roots Music Report#3 - Thank you Radio & your listeners everywhere for your support!
Still going strong on the Canadian Roots Music Report Chart at #3 this week (in the top 5 for 7 weeks, 18 weeks on the chart).....#27 on the USA Top 50 Blues, 7 weeks on chart. 'Live At The Palais Royale/Soulsville III' was in the Top 15 Beach Music CD's for 16 weeks, and single 'Hold Your Head Up' charted 16 weeks on Cashbox Top 40 Beach Music Charts, peaking at #17. MP3DL:CAROLINA

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- CHRISTIAN WEEK REVIEW: From shadow into the full sunlight - By D.S. Martin/ChristianWeek
Should I admit I'm not a huge fan of live albums? Often they're echoes of better studio recordings, only released to stay in the public eye between more worthwhile projects...read more
•New Review From Mary4Music: Peter 'Blewzzman' Lauro captures the essence of what Brooks is all about musically and wraps it up poignantly on how the music makes him feel...read more.
•Huntley Street: Brooks performed on Huntley Street recently and has 2 new videos of songs from Live At The Palais Royale/Soulsville III. Carry Me shows Brooks right at home on the slide and No Turnin', a song he wrote for Clarence Fountain of the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, who he met at the Huntley Street studios.

•Blues Review 11-07-09- Danny Brooks 'n' the Rockin' Revelators Live at the Palais Royale
Some people are confused about the nature of the blues. The uninformed might be under the impression that upbeat blues is as oxymoronic as the term "government oversight". For those, I present Danny Brooks and the Rockin' Revelators latest album, "Live at the Palais Royale". This a<<Selection in Document>>lbum couldn't get you down if it tried! "Righteous Highway" transcends all thoughts of genres, creating a niche for itself among the all time great hybrid tracks in music history. If there was a "Gospel Soul" category on the charts, "Righteous Highway" would climb to the top in the blink of an eye. One of the most well-written songs I have heard in ten years. It's not always easy to sell records that have a positive message. Sometimes, it is just a little easier to cut a record that sells to the lowest common denominator. "Live at the Palais Royale" does the exact opposite, elevating the art form to a sonic pipeline to the soul. This is an album that will be perfect for college kids, away from home for the first time, in need of some great music to keep them going. -Christopher Llewellyn Adams

•BROOKS BLUES AMBASSADOR: The Blues Hall of Fame, in Clarksdale Mississippi have inducted Danny Brooks as 'Blues Ambassador' to Ontario, Canada. The Blues Hall Of Fame is a National Heritage Foundation, being so designated by the US Congress. Thank you!/ HH Records

•MAPLE BLUES: JOHN'S BLUES PICKS - On May 27th, Danny Brooks & The Rockin' Revelators recorded the 3rd installment for the Soulsville Trilogy that was started with Soulsville Souled Out 'n Sanctified and Rock This House. With Alec Fraser producing this time, the full Rockin' Revelators line-up was: Bucky Berger on drums, Dennis Pinhorn, bass, Papa John King, guitar, Lance Anderson, piano & B3, Ed Zankowski, sax, Rocky Verweel, trumpet and Award winning soul shouters Amoy Levy & Hiram Joseph on background vocals behind Danny Brooks on guitar/harp/vocals. These are not live versions of those songs, only one of those is here, but excellent new ones and recording them live was a stroke of genius...read more

•Mark Rheaume/CBC Radio: "If it’s true, as Ringo Starr once said, that “you’ve gotta pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues”, then Danny Brooks has enough life experience to share with a dozen fledgling performers. But more importantly, he has uncommon chops as a musician and songwriter. Anyone who cares at all about music - and I mean REAL music that comes from the soul - should make themselves aware of Brooks winning blend of blues, R&B, and Stax". -Mark Rheaume

•Endless Summer Network: Beach Music & Shag Music- Bulletin! Authentic Soul Singer!
Danny Brooks and the Rockin' Revelator's epitomize the journey of the Seeker who entered the dark forest to view the Grail without the Shroud, defeated their demons in battle, and returned triumphant with 'Live At the Palais Royale', soaked in 'Blues, Sweat, and Tears'. As much as you loved Danny before, prepare to open an even bigger space in your heart. Danny put new solos, horns, and depth to his 2005, self-penned 'Other Side of the Clouds' for this release. That's just the beginning. Danny Brooks lays down some a-u-t-o-b-l-u-e-s-o-g-r-a-p-h-y in his 'Carolina' a story that tells it all, except for who the band was that inspired him on the 2nd floor of a Fayetteville, NC hardware store in 1965. 44 years later he is still riffing to the notes that nailed him that day. Danny also wrote 'Hold Your Head Up', 'Hold On' and 'Homestead Boogie' -- still more AUTHENTIC gospel tinged jumpin' blues delivered by someone who has obviously been there, rather than found these feelings in a postcard collection. But the journey doesn't end there, the Rockin' Revelators leap into Blind Willie Johnson's 'Somebody On Your Bond' with an unforgettable familiarity that won't soon pass. Wail on, Danny! - Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Show/John Hook

•CHICAGO's Black Gospel Blog: “When the trouble of the day gets in your way, hold on to yesterday” is a line from Danny Brooks’ 'Hold On'. It could be his motto...Brooks, the blue-eyed soulster from Canada, is back with the third installment of his Soulsville series. It is a recording of a May 2009 performance at Toronto’s Palais Royale. Part blues, part soul, part gospel, part swamp-pop, Live at the Palais Royale is all heart. In fact, it is hard to think of a current singer who demonstrates more admiration for ‘60s and ‘70s soul classics, especially those made in Memphis and...read full review

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