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| In a complicated world, Cam Penner finds beauty in simplicity, with an honest, spare approach to folk music that is refreshing in an age filled with so much insincerity and irony. Singing uncompromising songs about redemption and truth, Penner is a voice for the disenfranchised, a storyteller for those who never reach their destination. Penner's fiercely personal lyrics are complemented by a gentle acoustic guitar style, and the defiant heroes of his songs are weary, but they are never defeated. | |
| "There's a freshness here outside comparisons that grabs me and demands attention." | David Obermann, Folkways KUT Austin, Texas, USA |
| "This record has caught me completely by surprise and has touched me in ways that music rarely does. This is 46 minutes of honesty and beauty that is quite simply wonderful." | The Music Critic UK |
| “Few figures are singular and driven as Canadian songwriter Cam Penner. His album, Trouble & Mercy, is as haunting a musical landscape as any you’ll pass through this year. Cam Penner delivers songs scorched with dramas caught on an emotional knife edge. His songs are stark; this is raw matter, the world seen through a cracked windshield.” | Album of the Week The Independent UK |
| "Penner is an acoustic troubadour, a rough hewn voice in the wilderness telling tales of living on the fringes, of constant traveling and of low to no income survival. Trouble & Mercy has an insight that comes from viewing the world from the ground up. It has dirt under it's fingernails but warmth in its heart and is, as a body of music, attractive and inviting. This Canadian singer/songwriter who has tenderness and grit in equal measure has made a stripped down album and a good one." | Lonesome Highway Scotland |
| "Americana doesn't have to come from America, and Canadians Cam Penner and The Gravel Road prove it beyond doubt." | Clint Weathers FreightTrainBoogie.com |
| "Cam's new record, Trouble & Mercy is devastating...The type of songs when emotions and thoughts float to the surface and surge through your body uncontrollably." | Hero Hill Halifax Canada |
| "Further proof that the best Americana comes from Canada." | Americana UK UK |
| "....I can't recommend this man enough, if you get a chance, go and see him and get Trouble and Mercy." | Folk Radio UK |