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Feeling stressed & in need of some quality time?
Then don’t go any further than Mike d e Velta’s latest cd “Frontline”.
Mike’s wonderful voice & music will flow over & into you as he sings his beautiful songs. Each song on this cd is very addictive, the more you listen to it the more things you find to love about it. Congratulations Mike & I’m very proud to play your music on my show.
Wendy Rudin Presenter Spirit FM 91.1

"Lady Luck - An interesting arrangement & song that someone like Paul Simon would have been proud of. Although probably "labeled" a modern folk/roots love song it had a medieval ballad feel to it for me that really works".
Bill Dewdney DJ of Highway 49 Blues 2CCC

Mike De Velta’s up-tempo ‘Come Back Baby’ features an extremely talented harp player who drives the lively pace of this punchy, rootsy toe-tapper. Spoons, bones or other simple percussion device add a brilliantly primitive under-current to a track featuring rich, clear vocals. His ‘Fifteen Days’ is the least bluesy of all the tracks but is a very tuneful acoustic piece. The slight hollow echo effect on the mike and bluish turnarounds make this an interesting listen.
Steve Barnes "The Blue Note"

A fine acoustic album indeed.Stand out tracks for me in "Fav" order are: 4-9-5-1-2 as well as a couple of nice instrumentals.(Referring to "On a Backdrop of Silence")
Terry "Tekka" Iredale DJ of HotFM

Mike De Velta’s track, 15 Days is the most sophisticated on the disc. A solo acoustic song full of rich jazz harmonies reminding us that the boundary between blues and not blues cannot be easily defined, and perhaps nor should it.
Michael Hardy "CanberraBlues Society"

PETE’S POEM
One thing that will make your life complete
Is listening to Mike De Velta
With slide guitar finger style, folk and
Blues from down the delta
With a ukulele, lap guitar he doesn’t need 17 lagers
There’s nothing this man can’t do
He even does Indian ragas
So lay back in the Nannup hall
There’s no need to swelter
Just sit back and listen to a master musician
The legendary Mike De Velta
Peter Capp "Nannup Music Festival WA"