The Duke & The King Enrapture Some Of UK's Most Influential Critics On First Tour

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - "The greatest singer-songwriter you've never heard...[Simone Felice] goes places few artists ever touch." - LONDON TELEGRAPH

"The exquisite 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' is already one of my favorite albums of the year...[Simone] did drop kicks off the bass drum like Joe Strummer with the 101'ers." - UNCUT
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The Duke & The King - the new band featuring Simone Felice and Robert "Chicken" Burke - completed its first ever tour last week, previewing songs from their debut album 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' (August 4/Ramseur Records), and leaving some of the UK's most influential music critics spellbound.

London Telegraph critic and Mercury Prize judge Neil McCormack called Felice "the greatest singer-songwriter you've never heard," raving, "I went to a gig last week as good as any I have ever seen, by a relatively unknown singer & songwriter (and performer) working at the very highest level of his art...It's a kind of cracked country soul thing, with a dash of psychedelia, and at the heart of it are Simone's songs which are, honestly, the best I have heard in a while, touching the hem of Dylan by way of Gordon Lightfoot...
There is a boldness to Simone's writing, the fierceness and fearlessness of complete honesty that pushes them into places that simply take the breath away...When he tells stories from his own life he goes to places few artists ever touch...These songs are good enough to be sung by the whole world, if only people got to hear them."
Read his entire review here: https://tinyurl.com/DKtelegraph

Likewise, Uncut Magazine editor Allan Jones hailed 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' as "one of my favourite albums of the year...[It's an] often lush mix of dreamy Topanga ballads, country soul and gospel."
Check out his review here: https://tinyurl.com/DKuncut