TESTIMONIALS AND PRESS
Kyle Donovan is a rare and beautiful talent … with a voice that lifts, he sings notes that feel like fire flies on a moist summer evening alongside a deep and slow moving river … this isn’t mundane … it’s invigorating. Few voices are as pure and unwavering in tone and pitch, or as sweet and sensitive in emotion. Kyle’s quietly expressive stories of life are reminiscent of the best storytellers … none less than Paul Simon, Kyle’s strongest and most obvious muse. “Then and Now” is a love album – the best kind; it’s inspirational. That the album is self produced, self recorded, self mixed and mastered is testament to Kyle’s unrelenting faith and courage in his immense talent. It simply sounds fabulous.
Chris Kresge - The Colorado Playlist
Taking cues from master songwriters like Cat Stevens and Paul Simon, both vocally and lyrically, Donovan presents an album that examines the human experience through personal narratives of love and loss and the befuddling relativity of time. His voice, a clear, effortless tenor, celebrates and soothes as easily as it laments and unsettles.
Caitlin Rockett - Boulder Weekly
... the former student of philosophy draws on his penchant for penning material with a compelling blend of mystery and commonality while simultaneously displaying impressive vocal and instrumental talent. |
With 'Be a Boy,' singer/songwriter Kyle Donovan hopes to connect listeners to their own experiences with deep questions and to remind them of their own innocence at one time or another. |
From the moment Kyle Donovan sings the opening line off his new album 'One distant star on the interstate, guides me back home to you,' his high falsetto sets the stage of an immaculate folk record to come. His striking tenor sits front and center throughout Then and Now, supported by top-notch playing and solid songwriting.
Brian Johnson - Marquee Magazine
Kyle is one of the most intentional and thoughtful humans I know, and an immensely talented musician. |
The entrepreneurial folk singer... often comes across as an eternal optimist. |
Donovan allows his vocals to run and his pitch to soar as he delivers a message that is as important as it is real. |
Kyle Donovan plays... with a gentle yet impassioned touch that wraps you around his lyrics like a soft blanket. |
The artist is as grounded as his narrative harmonies. |
Like sonic cognac. |
With an absolutely astounding vocal range... Kyle Donovan sounds like the long lost love-child of Carly Simon and Art Garfunkel. The instrumentation that supports him is lovely, but over and over Donovan's voice is what draws all of the attention, and for great reason. It's beautiful. Spare, acoustic, infectious. ...Donovan's voice [is] an emotive yet understated instrument that conveys yearning and reflection, a touch of melancholy, and a sense of growing possibilities... Earthly strums lay the foundation... but it's Donovan's evolving vocals that set the tone of each number. |
Kyle's raw, velvety vocal range carries you alongside his strumming melodies and honest lyrics. His intonations are so clear, you feel like he's in your living room. Donovan's wonderful voice...regularly steals the spotlight There is a crystal clarity to Donovan's voice that is both poignant and transcendent... His music straddles something between balladic folk songs and gritty acoustic rock: think part Nickel Creek, part Fleet Foxes, with a dab of moodiness reminiscent of Drive-By Truckers. The acoustics on the EP are incredible, but not quite as incredible as the songwriting and lyricism. |