BOSTON GLOBE 1/17/23
(JAMES SULLIVAN)
“During Conway’s last months, after they’d moved his bed into the main living space of the farmhouse, friends came and went, Foucault says.
‘…It felt like when it got down to the wire and Bill was obviously about to check out, it was such a beautiful way to die. Most people sequester themselves or end up in a hospital bed. This was people cooking, laughing, drinking, making music, and taking turns to go and talk to Bill. I think the project is a pretty natural extension of what felt great about that.’”
FOLK ALLEY 1/26/23
(KIM RUEHL)
“Posthumous tribute albums are often compiled by record labels or other parties who want to make a buck off the songs of a great player. But Further On was compiled by the friends and frequent collaborators of late drummer and songwriter Billy Conway. Thus, each of the people singing their friend’s songs had recordings, performances, and daily lives indelibly marked by Conway’s influence.
Indeed, the songs resonate with the kind of love and affection that can only come from a circle of dear friends. There is a sung-around-a-fire vibe to the whole album, even where the arrangements become lush and electric.
WORCESTER MAGAZINE 3/29/23
(VICTOR INFANTE)
“Perhaps, ultimately that’s the secret of this album’s power: Conway’s songwriting, certainly, but also the way the artists feel so inextricably bound in the music, how that connection feels less like a band and more like family.
By the time the album ends…the listener has been witness to something immensely moving and deeply profound.”
ARTS FUSE 1/27/23
(SCOTT MCCLELLAN)
"It’s not surprising that it took eight different singers, a few guitarists playing on acoustic, electric, and pedal steel instruments, two saxophonists, a trumpeter, a harmonica dude, a bassist, and — of course — a tasteful drummer to create an accurate portrait of Billy Conway. In fact, Conway’s friends and family who came together to make Further On: The Songs of Billy Conway could have loaded on a whole lot more, as through Conway’s long, celebrated career as a drummer there seemed to be no boundaries or barriers to his creativity."
GREENFIELD (MA) RECORDER 2/1/23
(SHERYL HUNTER)
“Further On is a labor of love and their warmth and respect for Conway shine through in these performances, but perhaps more importantly, this is an album of excellent songs.”
WMOT NASHVILLE 1/20/23 (ANA LEE)
On the making of the album, Jabe added, “Further On: The Songs of Billy Conway, was our way of pouring our collective love and grief into something tangible. It was the one thing we knew how to do: to honor our beloved friend in a way that would have made him smile ear to ear. A bunch of life-long friends and loved ones, in a room, making music together. And the music we were making was his. The songs are incredible, as was Billy Conway, and we thought people should hear them.”
TWANGVILLE 1/17/23
(MAYER DANZIG)
The results are a moving tribute to Conway and his artistry.”
