07/06
"High-end acoustics on parade"
write-up in The Practice Room This is a great online
resource for a wealth of musician/guitarist info. They did a nice brief on Graceworks Music guitar reviews
and sound samples.
04/05
reviews "Sweet Devotion--Heart" CD by
Ken Totushek
"Ken Totushek's album, Sweet Devotion, is a collection of acoustic guitar arrangements of hymns and spirituals as well as two originals by the artist. However, before you think this is "religious" music, please take the word of an agnostic music reviewer (a lapsed Catholic if you want to know the truth). These really are sublime and soul-warming instrumentals (there is no singing on this CD, although I think there is a vocal version of this album available). You'd have to have a heart of stone to not be comforted by Totushek's
gentle and soothing way with these songs, as they gently unfurl with
patience and unabashed open-hearted love..."
full
review here...
by Bill Binkelman
5/18/02
reviews "Pilgrim Song" CD by
Ken Totushek
"Featuring the artist playing
an assortment of acoustic guitars, as well as percussion, drums,
bass and mandolin (and on one cut, synth strings), Ken Totushek's
CD, Pilgrim Song, is a most pleasant and enjoyable way to spend
seventy minutes..."full
review here...
by Bill Binkelman
1-3-02
Providence Journal write-up in "Band Spotlight" on Ken
Totushek and new CD, Pilgrim Song
"Every guitar tells a story"
BY VAUGHN WATSON Journal Pop Music Writer
12/13/01
article regarding Ken and his
new CD, Pilgrim Song
"Guitarist releases CD for Sept.
11 victims" By
Ted Hayes
12/19/01
Providence Journal artist website site on Ken, his music and new
CD, Pilgrim Song
The
purpose of the
American Families
Assistance Fund
details, established as a result of the 9/11/01 attack on our
country
(Excerpt below
from World Vision's Website link)
1. To provide memorial/funeral
assistance
2. To provide emergency life needs -- many people are without
places to stay, need food, clothing, and other basic necessities
3. To help with financial hardship -- thousands of jobs were lost
and people will have difficulty paying their bills
4. To provide grief/trauma counseling -- we want to help pay for
the training and deployment of grief counseling in the churches