“Wheels (Yellow Springs, OH) have been tearing up the summer festival scene and it seems that everyone is taking notice. Even Donna Jean Godchaux of Grateful Dead fame came out to see the band perform… The guys sounded better than ever as they played tunes from their debut CD Fields of Fire.”
- Jimmy Cummings, Buckeye Music Magazine (Sep 12, 2011)
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“They have a sound that is similar to the leaders of today’s folk revival, namely Mumford and Sons, Dr. Dog and the Avett Brothers, with vocal harmonies reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel, and instrumentation similar to American Beauty-era Grateful Dead; something to please every music lover’s sensibility.”
- Jeffrey Wood, Examiner (Jul 02, 2011)
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“When I first arrived at Canal Street Tavern Sunday, May 27, I could barely believe my eyes. We were there to see the group Wheels for the second time in less than a week so I was expecting a decent crowd. But the last time I saw a crowd like this at Canal Street was at the last Werksgiving a year or two ago… Perhaps their youth is the first thing you notice about the band, but that quickly goes away the moment the boys pick up their instruments. These guys take the stage with the confidence you rarely see from young artists… The guys from Wheels have a bright future ahead of them and it was an honor to be a part of this great night. “
- Jimmy Cummings, Buckeye Music Magazine (Jun 04, 2011)
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“Listening to local band Wheels – the poetry of their lyrics, the crispiness of their music and sweetness of their harmonies – the listener may not believe that this group of teenagers have played their instruments for just a few years. Now the quintessential homegrown four-piece band, delivering jaunty folk music with bluegrass roots, but with pop harmonies (think Bill Monroe meets the Beatles) has a full length album to its name and a growing reputation – all in a little over a year.”
- Megan Bachman, Yellow Springs News (May 26, 2011)
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“If Brian Wilson had started the Beach Boys in 1930′s Kentucky, they would have sounded like Wheels. The Yellow Springs folk prodigies possess a maturity and depth far beyond their years. They sing songs of love lost and nostalgic ballads for sweet home Ohio. Hearing them, you’d think they’d been playing bluegrass their whole lives.”
- Benjamin Dale, Dayton City Paper (May 17, 2011)
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