BALCONYTV.COM 29/08/2008 PRESENTED BY TOM MILLETT - Classic Rock Society July/Aug 2006 'A great voice, amazing songs, stunning title track, a great guitar style, unique song writing voice not to mention wry touches of humour - this album should make Brian Houston a household name'
- Mojo **** 'Sugar Queen is bristling with hope joy love and fabulous songs'
- Uncut *** 'A writer of considerable warmth and wit'
- Acoustic Magazine August / September 2006 'Sugar Queen is an album filled with fantastic acoustic propelled songs -- and excellent it is too'
- Belfast Telegraph. 'Another immaculate example of Houston's conversational pop songcraft!'
- Maverick Magazine July 2006**** 'An Irish treasure waiting to happen.....Houston's brand of lively and passionate folk rock demonstrates his finely tuned melodic sense and clever, astutely commercial writer's ear...his shear exuberance as a performer...Houston is a natural communicator....an extremely unpretentious artist.....far from being a cheerful but vacuous crowd-pleaser...Houston ensures that there is heartfelt lyrical substance behind every song... a glimpse of his easy humorous rapport with an audience...ensures that a spin of this well crafted album invariable ends in a smile'
