Press reviews

Alex Houghton, "Happybody", MAPL 888-AH03, 2002

I first heard Alex Houghton while cruising the Internet about 4 years ago. I was looking for some good acoustic guitar music, and she fit the bill. Oh, and the CD was inexpensive through Canada with the favorable exchange rate. I liked her percussive style, keeping a strong bass beat whi e dancing in and out of melodic lines. Her latest effort Happybody, her third CD, continues to reveal her abilities as yet another indie artist who is finding her own superb voice without a label.

Alex Houghton, "More Love," 888-AH04, 2006

Canadian guitarist Alex Houghton's fourth offering, "More Love," is a collection of ten passionate finger-styled instrumentals. A relative new comer to the guitar, Houghton did not take up the instrument seriously until her early twenties. Making up for lost time she fervently studied composition from Carlton and the Ottawa Universities, developing a remarkable proficiency on her instrument. For "More Love," the artist uses a variety of musicians to form rich musical landscapes, resulting in an alluring tapestry of gorgeous tone poems. Houghton has an extraordinary gift for composition.

Alex Houghton “More Love' 2006

The last album “Happybody” released in 2002 by Alex Houghton is an awesome piece of art which got a lot of critical acclaim by her fans and the press. Alex Houghton is a Canadian acoustic guitarist and composer, her pennings draw from a very wide perspective, with influences coming from as well jazz as classicalmusic. Now 4 years later there is “More Love” which is an intimate CD where a lot of fellow musicians join her on a adventurous musical journey. The whole album has a band setup with trumpet, bass, acoustic bass, violins,cello, drums and percussion.

Penguin Eggs talking about the album "Happybody"

Album number three from Ottawa's Alex Houghton, an acoustic guitar player who is developing not only her own playing style but exuding a compositional confidence in the process.Happy Body is subtle and understated, but infectious.The haunting Compression evokes a Miles Davis influence complete with Kevin Turcotte on trumpet.