Greg Poppleton

"His style harks back to a pre-jazz age of bel canto singing; he named the likes of Henry Burr and even Enrico Caruso amongst his influences, in a recent chat with The Syncopated Times. Such idols show themselves in Greg’s version of “The Charleston” when, in the final chorus, he holds several syllables in impressive portamento slides. These, with his half-spoken, quivering vibrato, do a lot to refresh an otherwise very well-worn standard; something he achieves again and again with “Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue” and “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.”
Dave J Doyle, The Syncopated Times (U.S.A)

"It would take an extremely jaded heart not to smile and tap your feet, much less dance around the room, to Greg Poppleton."
Budd Kopman, All About Jazz (U.S.A)

“Last year at the Melbourne Jazz Festival and the Thredbo Jazz Festival I saw some great acts

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"His style harks back to a pre-jazz age of bel canto singing; he named the likes of Henry Burr and even Enrico Caruso amongst his influences, in a recent chat with The Syncopated Times. Such idols show themselves in Greg’s version of “The Charleston” when, in the final chorus, he holds several syllables in impressive portamento slides. These, with his half-spoken, quivering vibrato, do a lot to refresh an otherwise very well-worn standard; something he achieves again and again with “Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue” and “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.”
Dave J Doyle, The Syncopated Times (U.S.A)

"It would take an extremely jaded heart not to smile and tap your feet, much less dance around the room, to Greg Poppleton."
Budd Kopman, All About Jazz (U.S.A)

“Last year at the Melbourne Jazz Festival and the Thredbo Jazz Festival I saw some great acts. I made Greg Poppleton an offer to play at the Waiheke International Jazz Festival ON THE SPOT.”
John Quigley, Director Waiheke International Jazz Festival, www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news.

“Greg has captured that decade's [1920s] vocal style to perfection,”
Kevin Jones, 102.5FM Fine Music Sydney, formerly jazz critic for The Australian

The Poppleton Effect © Kerrie Foster
"The way that Greg moves round the audience
and picks out whoever he will,
and sings to them through his own megaphone;
you see the crowds get a thrill.


He sings songs from back in the twenties,
and he dresses in clothes from back then.
The consummate entertainer,
we could have him back time and again."

“Fresh, original, filled with musical integrity...Boy do these guys swing!”
Gerard Beulah Jr, JazzReview.com (U.S.A)

“The band knows what to do in terms of style”
Donny Harvey, MuzikReviews.com (U.S.A)

"We must say, Greg Poppleton's music always hits the spot - so authentic sounding!"
Women's Vintage Radio, Gillespie Network (U.S.A)

“Greg has the natural knack of sounding exactly like a 1920s singer”
John Buchanan, Jazz Festival and Concert Producer

"You certainly have nailed the 20s vocal stylings!"
Bill Lawson Jazz On The Terrace Radio Adelaide

"Captures the essence of the swing years with uncanny accuracy"
eJazzNews.com (U.S.A)

"Just too fun to ignore!"
CFBO Radio (Canada)

“Captures the essence of the swing years with uncanny accuracy. 5 Stars”
John Gilbert, eJazzNews.com (U.S.A)

"Damn, I wish I had known you when we had a theatre. We would have called you over to perform with us in a minute! The thing that got both Lynn and me, besides your great voice was your ability to "sell a song" and your particular energy and pronunciation which came across as completely American! Not sure an Australian would see that as a compliment, but you were singing what amounts to virtual American "folk" music. And that trio, which I mentioned at the time, was an absolute knockout. " 
Lance Belville, Writer / Theater Director, San Francisco

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