Jeffrey Halford & The Healers Prove You Don’t Need to Start Over to Keep Moving Forward
Rating: GREAT. Used Parts is a rich, generous, deeply human album from a songwriter who has spent thirty years figuring out exactly what he wants to say and how to say it without wasted motion. It’s a record for open roads and late nights, built on real stories and real scars.
Halford is a leader in the European Americana Scene
Highlights: Used Parts reinforces Halford's long-term credibility in the European Americana scene. The songwriting, emotional authenticity, evolving sound, and live reputation, presents this album as a natural artistic progression. Strongly recommending both the record and the upcoming European tour.
"Jeffrey Halford & The Healers have again delivered a wonderful album. Used Parts is an album to cherish."
Gerrit Schinkel praises Used Parts strong roots-rock drive, soulful vocals, tight rhythm section and stylistic range from Tex-Mex to funk and ballads. highlights the musicianship throughout and ultimately calls it “an album to cherish.”
"Used Parts makes for a genuinely distinct offering given Halford and the Healers’ credibility and command. The power and potency clearly can’t be denied."
Halford and company could be considered a rootsier version of the E Street Band or Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Band, groups that have their own personality and perspective while still keeping a focus on their leader’s arched intents.
He is simply an excellent observer with an extraordinary sense of those moments worth telling.
Exciting, almost spherical sounds create an enormous fascination from the start, and the immensely intense voice of Halford – full of charisma – that begins a few seconds later holds this arc of tension effortlessly.
"A mature album where blues and rock effortlessly find each other."
"A confident artistic step forward" praising Jeffrey Halford's authentic blend of Americana, blues and rock while highlighting his growth as a songwriter. The reviewer values the album's raw, vulnerable atmosphere and reinforces Jeffrey's strong reputation in the European roots scene.
