“Former Red Clay Rambler Mike Craver is a walking anachronism, a songwriter of extraordinary talent who distills elements of traditional British and American folk song and Tin Pan Alley into a mesmerizing original blend. Based on turn-of-the-century stories from Craver's Piedmont North Carolina heritage, "Wagoner's Lad" is a breathtaking song cycle, filled with vividly detailed characters relating their bittersweet first-person ballads, accompanied by Craver's keyboards and guitar, and sung in his warm, engaging, and intimate style. This is, quite simply, a timeless disc of rare and profound beauty that grows better with each new listen.” --Gene Hyde, DIRTY LINEN

""Pardon the sound of one critic gushing, but "Wagoner's Lad" is the finest disc I've heard this year -- bar none."
-- Joe Vanderford, INDEPENDENT WEEKLY

“Mike has this amazing ability to write songs of a period that are so perfect and so exact, almost better than the originals.” --Garrison Keillor, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

"One of North Carolina's most talented artists." --THE SPECTATOR