| "An absolute gem - a completely stunning debut album" Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2 "... the album I've listened to the most this fall is by The Cactus Blossoms ... It's true and traditional country, folks” Craig Shelburne, Country Music Television “It's easy enough to phone in a cornball imitation of old country ... It's another thing entirely to live and breathe the craft of writing and singing a good country and western song as The Cactus Blossoms have done" Nikki Miller, City Pages (Minneapolis) "The Cactus Blossoms have quickly turned into the Twin Cities' most beloved new traditional-country act” Chris Riemenschneider, Minneapolis Star Tribune "Stunning debut [5 stars]” Duncan Warwick, Country Music People (UK) "... harkens back to the roots of country with their earnest songs and pristine harmonizing” Chris Roberts, Minnesota Public Radio "They sound like a jam session in Hank Williams’s basement, but they didn’t become a sensation by pure imitation. Their edge is real, their harmonies hard-earned." Minnesota Monthly Magazine |
 Minnesota Monthly 11/1/2012 Best Regular Gig - The Twin Cities Greatest Hits 2012 Minneapolis Star Tribune 9/21/2012 Ripe for the Pickin' City Pages 4/18/2012 Best Album of the Past 12 Months - 2012 City Pages 4/18/2012 Best Country Band - 2012 Walker Blogs 3/12/2012 Viewfinder: “Cactus Blossoms at the Turf Club” Minnesota Public Radio 10/7/2011 The Cactus Blossoms keep vintage country music alive  No Depression Record Dept. Lonesome Highway AmericanRootsUK.com Hymie's Vintage Records Fatea Magazine songs:illinois Sound & Tonic Blabber 'N' Smoke |