Eleanor McEvoy’s new album Love Must Be Tough features a band of Ireland’s finest session players and songs from a wide range of writers. Also available Love Must Be Tough limited special edition (MOSACD304) hybrid SACD/CD with two bonus tracks.
Truck & Driver “Album of the Month” 5 out of 5 stars
If you’ve yet to come across Eleanor McEvoy, this superb blend of covers and originals is the perfect place to start. Like a female Van Morrison, she swings from the Stones to Dave Edmunds and from country to jazz and the most booze-sodden balladry since the Pogues. Tough-skinned and soft-hearted, or maybe the other way round, McEvoy sounds like the sort of woman who might greet you with a bottle of red one night and a rolling pin the next.
Word Magazine
Irish singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy pulls off a bit of a first by covering songs originally sung and written by men. The songs range from Jagger and Richard’s “Mother’s Little Helper” through Sly Stone’s “If You Want Me To Stay” to the gem “Shame On The Moon” from the pen of country songwriter Rodney Crowell.
BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends
Clive Anderson declares Eleanor McEvoy’s live performance of ‘Old New Borrowed and Blue’ “Excellent”
BBC Radio 2 Terry Wogan
Terry comments after playing ‘Old New Borrowed and Blue.’ “Yeah we love that, that’s a good one huh? We”ll hear more of that again.”
