He’s the master of musical melancholy… A love-struck lyricist with a talent for the turn-of-phrase … The tsunami of Detroit New Wave … Meet award-winning, multitalented singer-songwriter Scott Campbell. If those aren’t enough hyphens for you, how about “well-known”? After all, he’s been name-dropped in such national rock mags as, say, Rolling Stone. Locals and international rock-aficianados alike are hip to this ever-progressing, ever-evolving folk-punk-rocker. And see how the hyphens keep on coming? How about “under-appreciated”? As in, when will Scott Campbell get the widespread recognition that he deserves?
This article appears in May 2-8, 2001.