Reviews:

(BILLY SHARFF, No Return From Snockville, 19-song CD)
"There are some beautiful ballads here, particularly the agonized hard-luck tale 'Four Years' and the fiddle-backed, searing but winsome 'Jenny.' [Sharff is] a skilled instrumentalist whose capability for creating soundscapes is unquestionable... I tend to prefer his songwriting to his forays into ambiance. This is perhaps because the songs are often well-written and full of keen insights, as on the morbid 'Song to Sing When Feeling Blue,' the gritty low-down blues of 'Lines and Rocks,' the aptly titled 'Strangest Kind of Blues,' and the exuberant pick hit 'You’d Look Good With a Pipe.' On these in particular, he seldom puts a foot wrong or strikes a false note. The elegiac tone of the final track, 'The End of the Road,' perhaps exemplifies best the insinuating nature of his most resonant numbers. If 'Snockville' is a reference to the legendary Michael Hurley, the comparison is apt. Sharff is also an artist well worth watching." (Francis DiMenno, The Noise, Rock Around Boston.)

“[No Return From Snockville] made the hair on the back of my neck stand up… lyrically chilling and the musical accompaniment was strong.” (Shut Eye Records, Inc.)

"[Sharff's] vocals suggest David Byrne channeling Jim Morrison"
(Julie Bolcer, NewNowNext.com)

[Translated from German] "The CD moves from quiet blues and folk sounds to vigorous rock (e.g., the opener ‘I'm Dead’). Beautiful above all are the soulful ballads (‘Four Years,’ ‘Jenny,’ ‘Song To Singing When Feeling Blue’) as well as the final song ‘The End Of The Road,’ which I especially like." —Roland Leicht, www.prog-rock.info