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| Huey Lewis on ‘Radio Moonlight’ | ‘Tom – Your CD is really, really good – Congratulations! A few of the tunes sound like they could be good pop songs with lyrics. You should be very proud…’ |
| Lee Ritenour | ‘I definitely enjoyed listening to your albums. Great tones and feeling…’ |
| Lawrence Specker, Bay Weekend (Mobile, Alabama) on ‘PLAY’ | ‘It’s probably safe to say that if you like Steely Dan, you’d like this – but Riepl definitely maintains his own voice…’ |
| Gitarre&Bass 06/2006 |
‘No question – Tom Riepl belongs to the best guitaristic all-rounders when it’s about Rock mainstream between Country and Carlton, Morse, Montgomery and Magnum P.I. TV soundtrack – the latter can be heard on a previous album of the Munich based guitarist. Now with ‘Radio Moonlight’ Major Tom starts his own broadcast show, he programmed all instruments, composed most of the tracks and played of course every single guitar tone. And every tone is correct, well, downright perfectly designed into the song. Riepl is a perfectionist and doesn’t run a risk – yet this is missing only at few spots of this successful instrumental album. But then, after a few very well-behaved bars of the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic ‘Free Bird’, he surprises with Country Swing. Yeah, that’s alright, too, when you switch over from night- to morning-radio… A well made album coming in one nice DigiPak – entertaining on a high guitaristic level.’
(Review by Lothar Trampert) |
| Musikexpress 06/2002 |
‘Possibly the best guitar-rock album recorded in Germany so far … instrumental guitar rock at its very best.’ |
| Soundcheck 12/1994 |
‘Tom Riepl definitely ranks with the best…’ |
| Vintage Guitar News Nr. 13, July/August 1998 |
‘Tom contrived to stand out against the expressionless masses…’ |
| M.G.I. – Munich Guitar Institute 1986 |
‘Tom Riepl excels especially in his pronounced talent to improvise in the area of Country/Fusion/Jazzguitar and has a distinguishable individual style. I would additionally like to emphasize his composing skills. Generally speaking the sum total of his solistic skills have attained a class that is otherwise reached by few.’ |
| Soundcheck 09/1993 |
‘Tom Riepl’s new CD is an instrumental album exhibiting great virtuosity with nice power riffs and speedy licks. There are Country, Cajun and Blues elements on this record, but the main theme of the CD is straight Rock. That is the power of this production which always underscores the most important element – Tom Riepl’s guitar.’ |
| Münchner Merkur Journal 18 May 2003 |
‘You got to have this album unconditionally, especially if you have a spot for excellent guitarists. (…) With *Hollymood* Tom Riepl produced a real lovely piece of instrumental music which proves that he easily could keep up with Joe Satriani. (…) And the brilliant guitar player also shows that he is able to master the most difficult thing in Rock music: never let an album without a singer become boring.’ |
| Frank Gingeleit (Modern Dance Magazine/England) 08/2003 |
‘To start with Tom Riepl, Tom is a very well respected musician over here with altogether five solo albums. He’s good enough that a well known Japanese guitar company with a Spanish sounding brand name built him a signature guitar, and he’s the author of a regular column in the German musicians’ magazine “Gitarre&Bass” (“Guitar & Bass”). In the CD booklet “Hollymood”, his most recent release, is described as “a guitaristic ear movie in twelve scenes”, and this is exactly what you get. Tom takes you on a ride over the Hollywood Boulevard and inside film studios with relaxed stop-overs in the Burbank area (where they have music rather than film studios)… Most reviews by others I read so far compared Tom’s playing with Steve Morse (who’s not only the current guitarist with Deep Purple but also has his own allstar band, the Dixie Dregs), but I’d like to go even a bit further. For me personally “Hollymood” was the first record within the Fusion genre since Frank Gambale’s “Passages” that instantly filled me with gratitude, joy and respect at the same time. Maybe Frank is still the “master” but in my ears Tom comes quite close to him. Tom has a scenic approach to his musical topics, which means that his guitaristic showcases are not just showcases but have to make musical sense in a composition and that there’s a good portion of musical humor in everything he does, especially when he’s getting “academic” every now and then. Tom combines instrumental as well as compository skills, emphasizing the Rock and the Jazz elements alike. It’s outstanding that there’s not one weak tune on the whole CD. My personal favorite is Tom’s version of the “Rockford Files” theme, yours might be another one. Overall, if you crave decent and sophisticated modern guitar music, you will be highly rewarded with this excellent album.’ |
| Stef Burns (guitar player with Huey Lewis & The News) | ‘Great CD – nice tone, nice touch…’ |
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| Articles on Tom and his music have been published in the following magazines: | |
| Fachblatt Musikmagazin 10/1988 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / The Only One |
| Musiker (Gitarre&Bass) 11/1988 |
Feature Tom Riepl |
| Soundcheck 09/1993 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Let The Guitar Do The Talkin’ |
| Gitarre&Bass 10/1993 |
CD Tips Tom Riepl / Let The Guitar Do The Talkin’ |
| Soundcheck 04/1994 |
Local Artist Feature Tom Riepl |
| Guitar World (German Edition) 04/1994 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Let The Guitar Do The Talkin’ |
| Soundcheck 12/1994 |
CD Review Uncle Ernie / Tom Riepl |
| Münchner Merkur Journal 23 February 1997 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Planet G. |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung 26 February 1997 |
Feuilleton Tom Riepl / Planet G. |
| Guitar (German Edition) 03/1997 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Planet G. |
| Gitarre&Bass 10/1997 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Planet G. |
| Gitarre&Bass 11/1997 |
Feature Tom Riepl |
| Vintage Guitar News No.12 May/June 1998 |
CD Tips Tom Riepl / Planet G. |
| Vintage Guitar News No.13 July/August 1998 |
Cover Story Tom Riepl  |
| Solo-Magazin 10/1998 |
Tom’s Rack Tips |
| Soundcheck 11/1998 |
News |
| Gitarre&Bass 03/1999 |
News / Messe Preview |
| Gitarre&Bass 01/2000 |
Story Tom Riepl – The Bavarian Boy And His Signature Guitar |
| Vintage Guitar News No. 24 July / August / September 2000 |
Feature Tom Riepl And His Ibanez Signature Guitar |
| Vintage Guitar News No. 26 January / February / March 2001 |
CD Review Doctor J. / Tom Riepl / Acoustified |
| Gitarre&Bass 04/2001 |
CD Review Doctor J. / Tom Riepl / Acoustified |
| Akustik Gitarre 05/2001 |
CD Review Doctor J. / Tom Riepl / Acoustified |
| Soundcheck 06/2001 |
CD Review Doctor J. / Tom Riepl / Acoustified |
| musikexpress July 2002 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Hollymood |
| Soundcheck 09/2002 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Hollymood |
| Gitarre&Bass 09/2002 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Hollymood |
| Gitarre&Bass 10/2002 |
Interview Tom Riepl |
| Gitarre&Bass 11/2002 |
Stringbound Hollymood |
| Gitarre&Bass 12/2002 |
Stringbound ‘The Making Of Hollymood |
| Music Outlook 05/2003 |
Interview Tom Riepl |
| Münchner Merkur Journal 18 May 2003 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Hollymood |
| Modern Dance Music Magazine 08/2003 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Hollymood |
| Barikada World Of Music 06/2005 |
Interview Tom @ Barikada |
| Die Musikseite 29 April 2006 |
Feature Tom Riepl / Radio Moonlight |
| Münchner Merkur Journal 6 May 2006 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Radio Moonlight |
| Gitarre&Bass 06/2006 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Radio Moonlight |
| German Rock News 06/2006 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Radio Moonlight |
| Barikada World Of Music 06/2006 |
Feature & Presentation Tom Riepl / Radio Moonlight |
| Gitarre&Bass 07/2006 |
MOONBOUND (Column) Tom Riepl & Radio Moonlight |
| musikexpress 09/2006 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / Radio Moonlight |
| Gitarre&Bass 10/2007 |
Test/Review Tom Riepl Signature Overdrive Pedal |
| PNP FEUILLETON 26 August 2008 |
Concert Review Tom Riepl & Full House |
| Schöner Bayerischer Wald (Local Magazine) Jan./Feb. 2009 |
Portrait Tom Riepl |
| Gitarre&Bass 07/2009 |
News Writeup Carvin & Riepl |
| Gitarre&Bass Ibanez Special 2009 |
Interview Tom Riepl |
| PREMIER Guitar September 2009 |
Interview Tom Riepl |
| Bay Weekend (Mobile, Alabama) 8 March 2012 |
Story/Studio Report Tom Riepl |
| Gitarre&Bass 07/2012 |
CD Short Review Tom Riepl / PLAY> |
| Gitarre&Bass 07/2012 |
News Writeup Ladner Tomtone Amp |
| Straubinger Tagblatt 6 July 2012 |
Story / CD Review Tom Riepl / PLAY> |
| PNP 19 July 2012 |
Story / CD Review Tom Riepl / PLAY> |
| Bay Weekend (Mobile, Alabama) 26 July 2012 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / PLAY> |
| Good Times Nr.4, Aug/Sep 2012 |
CD Review Tom Riepl / PLAY> |
| Gitarre&Bass 09/2012 |
Stringbound Special PLAY> Lee Ritenour & Tom Riepl
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| Grand GTRs 02/2013 |
Test/Review Tomtone Deluxe Tom’s Signature Amp |
| Sense Magazine/Alabama August 2013 |
Reference in Article Glamorous Guitars |
| GuitarPlayer Magazine January 2016 |
Lee Ritenour talks about Tom and Ladner amps…
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| Barikada World Of Music 08/2016 |
Feature & CD Review Tom Riepl / PLAY> |
| PNP 18 March 2020 |
Story & CD Review Salina Albert & Tom Riepl ‘Almost Empty We Unplugged’ |
| Hog’n Magazine/Bavaria 8 June 2020 |
Interview New Album / Salina Albert & Tom Riepl |
| Gitarre&Bass 08/2020 |
CD Review Salina Albert & Tom Riepl ‘Almost Empty We Unplugged’ |
| PNP 19 August 2020 |
News Message Salina Albert & Tom Riepl – Radio Premiere In California |
| Die Musikseite 5 September 2020 |
CD Review Salina Albert & Tom Riepl ‘Almost Empty We Unplugged’ |
| Barikada World Of Music 11/2020 |
CD Review Salina Albert & Tom Riepl ‘Almost Empty We Unplugged’ |
| PNP 12 February 2021 |
Story Tom Riepl |
| PNP 27 July 2021 |
Person Of The Day PERSON DES TAGES |
| PNP 30 July 2021 |
Story Kulturpreis ging an Gitarrist Tom Riepl |
| PNP 23 August 2021 |
Concert Review Fulminanter Neustart |
| PNP 15 May 2024 |
Story Die Volksmusik der Südstaaten/Tom Riepl & Blues Lighters |
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| Not to forget Tom’s approx. 200 ‘STRINGBOUND’ and ‘SMART COUNTRY GUITAR’ columns in Gitarre&Bass magazine. | |
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