'Crooks'
"On the complex and triumphant Crooks, his third full-length and first billed with band Los Federales, Dana Gross sounds fully arrived, mucking around in musical styles and perspectives born from the soil and kept alive by a passion and dedication that the elites have long forgot."
- Nick Shroeder, The Portland Phoenix
"On the complex and triumphant Crooks, his third full-length and first billed with band Los Federales, Dana Gross sounds fully arrived, mucking around in musical styles and perspectives born from the soil and kept alive by a passion and dedication that the elites have long forgot."
- Nick Shroeder, The Portland Phoenix
'Juggernaut'
'"Juggernaut” gets better with each listening as more of its intricacies are revealed...Got plans for a road trip or do you just need to hang out on the porch looking up at the stars? Or are you looking for a damn good record to add to your collection? Then pick up a copy of “Juggernaut”...'
-Aimsel Ponti, Portland Press Herald
'We Left the Roadside'
“Honest, raw, sincere and most of all realistic. Eleven well-written songs from the heart. Issued on his own label, "We Left the Roadside" D. Gross brings his compositions back to a natural simplicity. An exceptionally beautiful album!”
- Johan Schoenmakers
'"Juggernaut” gets better with each listening as more of its intricacies are revealed...Got plans for a road trip or do you just need to hang out on the porch looking up at the stars? Or are you looking for a damn good record to add to your collection? Then pick up a copy of “Juggernaut”...'
-Aimsel Ponti, Portland Press Herald
'We Left the Roadside'
“Honest, raw, sincere and most of all realistic. Eleven well-written songs from the heart. Issued on his own label, "We Left the Roadside" D. Gross brings his compositions back to a natural simplicity. An exceptionally beautiful album!”
- Johan Schoenmakers
“There are two types of performers out there. There are the manufacturers, who calculate, create and present something that, according to their specifications, should work as an interesting piece of music. And while we've all fallen prey to this artifice at one point or another, the persona of one of these conjurers crumbles like an old cookie upon closer scrutiny. Not so with the other kind of performer who might be called a vessel, where raw emotion and creation spill out of some wellspring inside. These types can't help themselves.
Many Maine ears can tell just by feel that roots alt-country artist D. Gross lands squarely in the latter camp. Gross treasures his grandmother's banjo, which he toted around the Carolina hills because he figured he might learn something there. He's found a kindred spirit in another vessel-type, Samuel James, and his writing is drawn from provocation, not what he thinks might sound good.”
- Mike Olcott, Portland Press Herald
Many Maine ears can tell just by feel that roots alt-country artist D. Gross lands squarely in the latter camp. Gross treasures his grandmother's banjo, which he toted around the Carolina hills because he figured he might learn something there. He's found a kindred spirit in another vessel-type, Samuel James, and his writing is drawn from provocation, not what he thinks might sound good.”
- Mike Olcott, Portland Press Herald
“Showing extensive delta blues influences, almost every song has an appealing hook that grabs a hold of your foot and gets it tapping. And don’t worry about your head bobbing either. That’s not an involuntary muscle spasm, that’s just Dana Gross’ manipulating of those steel strings getting into your nervous system. (If it persists more than one week, please see a doctor). Each song feels like a piece of classic country. I was half expecting to somehow hear June Carter’s angelic voice chime in on a few tracks. And Gross’ vocals have taken a large step forward with this release. They are an ideal blend of raspiness, heart-warming, regretful, and a slight hint of a southern slur.”
- Bill Baker, Radio Free Chicago
- Bill Baker, Radio Free Chicago
“Here’s a helpful signpost: if you see that D. Gross is playing, head in that direction.”
- Chris Busby, The Bollard
- Chris Busby, The Bollard
