Derek Archer

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(May 2002)
Echo (aka Derek) made a welcome return. He was selling his CDs this week though it doesn't feature songs from his legendary unpublished musical. "Love At First Sight" was a straightforward, down the middle love song. "Tonight" is on the CD and "is about true love if there is such a thing". Oh, love, love, love, all you need is love. Is it all you need? Maybe. Who can say?

(October 2003)
Derek Archer, the man with the ambition to write and perform a musical, made a welcome return tonight. The title track from the musical "Modern Times" started his set. Uplifting, melodic and with a pleasantly resolved ending all the ingredients for a musical hit were there. Sample lyric 'it doesn't take a revolution/ or a temporary solution/ to change'. The title "Friends Forever" said it all, and this universal song really connected with the audience. Finishing with the melancholy, warm and resonant "Loneliness", there is a chance Derek's unashamed romanticism may well reach a much wider audience.