07 September 2019
Bman’s Blues Report gritty Sweet or Mean review
“I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Sweet or Mean, from Eliza Neals and joined by guitar player/band leader Popa Chubby, it’s a screamer.” Gritty that’s how you guys want it that’s how I always sang it. I know there is going to be some critics who don’t get what I... Read More
05 September 2019
Down at the Crossroads incomparable Sweet Or Mean review
"Raw, emotional, gut-wrenching, rasping, gritty – where do you start and stop to describe the incomparable Eliza Neals?
03 September 2019
Keys and Chords overwhelming Sweet or Mean review
“Eliza’s unique talent is immediately realized in the exciting “Pawn Shop Blues” and “Blackish Gray”. Poppa’s important guitar art gives shape to all the songs and the radio-friendly “Bitten By The Blues” spins among all that blues rock violence.” Overwhelming yes it was and Ted and I were fast in the studio. It did not... Read More
18 August 2019
“Pawn Shop Blues” SiriusXM BBKing’s Bluesville RACK-OF-BLUES Five Weeks!
Well the music gods have spoken and everyone is listening to “Pawn Shop Blues” after it was entered into Rack-of-Blues and regular rotation in July! “Pawn Shop Blues” stayed in the top 15 blues songs in the world for 5 weeks. The combination of Eliza Neals plus Popa Chubby along with the stellar musicians and... Read More
15 August 2019
Blues Magazine Netherlands ‘Sweet or Mean’ review
“…(incorrect)” Wrong… we send out so much material to help readers, critics and fans understand what the story is. Eliza Neals wrote the songs on piano. Some of the songs and their structure pre-date the album by over 5 years. I perform most of the songs live before the sessions to the musicians or they... Read More
13 August 2019
Concertmonkey searing review of “Sweet Or Mean”
“The opener is a searing blues rocker with fantastic fat slid work by Ted Horowitz in the lead role. Ted is pushing the song forward with its excellent gliding with the bottleneck... Eliza Neals has a classically trained voice, but with the grit of Janis Joplin and Koko Taylor in her voice, she manages to... Read More
12 August 2019
Soundguardian’s Epic “Sweet or Mean” review
“Exactly 25 minutes and 43 seconds were enough for my body to counteract the soul-rock-blues flu that had crushed my musical being. Detroit Eliza Neals’ new EP of amazing musician “Sweet or Mean” is the cause of my acute “pain” from which I still haven’t fully recovered.” Soundguardian my Croatian blues lovers has given me... Read More
11 August 2019
Rock Doctor’s Hot “Sweet or Mean” review
An EP of originals from Eliza here capable of blowing the roof off of any roadhouse on Route 66 or in the Delta. Sweet Or Mean is genuine, lowdown, shit-kickin’ bad-ass blues.