<p>I'm Mike Rud, and I've been playing music all over Canada for the past 25 years. Here are some things the press has said about that music:</p><div align="center"><table class="mceItemTable" style="width: 407px; height: 145px;" data-mce-style="width: 407px; height: 145px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><p align="center"> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p align="center">"he's a hell of a writer and forget about the excellence of his musical ideas and his lyricism - just his touch on his instrument is exquisite."<br> <br> - Katie Malloch, <em>CBC Radio Jazzbeat </em></p><p align="center"><em> </em></p><p align="center"><em>"Rud is nothing less than a revelation. The Edmonton native, who lived in Montreal and studied with the great Jim Hall in New York, delivers fleet guitar lines that demonstrate his world-class talents."<br> <br> -Chris Wong, <em>- The Vancouver Courier</em></em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>