"Like a less-raspy Ray LaMontagne, or perhaps a huskier Jason Isbell, Milwaukee (by way of Chicago) singer-songwriter Mike Mangione’s got that soul thang going on in his voice – at once vulnerable enough to telegraph that he’s known heartache, yet with just the right hint of swagger to suggest he’s not afraid to take another chance at love. On

"Like a less-raspy Ray LaMontagne, or perhaps a huskier Jason Isbell, Milwaukee (by way of Chicago) singer-songwriter Mike Mangione’s got that soul thang going on in his voice – at once vulnerable enough to telegraph that he’s known heartache, yet with just the right hint of swagger to suggest he’s not afraid to take another chance at love. On Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows”), the followup to 2005’s There and Back, Mangione surrounds himself with some likeminded players – among them, guitar whiz brother Tom and Samples keyboard virtuoso Karl Dietel – as well as a three-piece string section, and the results light up the night with, well… you know. Soul" FRED MILLS, Blurt Magazine