Word on the Street...

The Tennessean - January 2002
Formerly signed to Atlantic Records and widely recorded as a Christian songwriter and background vocalist, Spence has pulled together a show long on funk and trippy rock ‘n’ roll made mighty by his soul cry of a voice. more...

The Nashville Rage - January 2002
You can walk around with your eyes as wide open as you can possibly get them, taking in everything around you and processing it all to your heart's content, but most of the time that enlightenment doesn't come...Or you can walk along for a decade, doing what you think you're supposed to be doing and BAM! There it is.

In Review - May 1999
Cher just cut his song. Prince loaned him a studio. And even Amy Grant digs the music of Nashville’s Judson Spence. So when will everyone else get it? more...

CCM - May 1996
...The result is PainFaithJoy, a project that showcases Spence’s resourcefulness as much as it does his talents. The songs plumb the depths of his experiences in life and love to draw the listener in with lyrics allowing one to nod in recognition and agreement as often as bobbing along with the rhythm. more...

Hard Report - November 1988
This guy has some grit to him and that’s no lie and, if this show was any indication, Mr. Spence is going to be working out his mojo on audiences for a long time to come. more...

Billboard - October 1988
Striking young Mississippian has vocal chops to spare and shows them off in this compulsively listenable, and danceable, debut. more...

CMJ New Music - October 1988
...Next day a tape shows up. It’s cued to side two, so the first thing we hear is “Hot & Sweaty” and I’ll be Sam Shazammed if it isn’t one of the best dance tunes we’ve heard in months. more...

Gavin Report - 1988
Spence has all the dynamic qualities of a superstar—composer, arranger, performer...one of the five most magical sweeps of music I’ve heard this year. more...


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