"The guitar work is both robust and elegant, a blend of filigreed folk, raunchy jug band, rhythmic ragtime and fluid country blues....

The lyrics of Mills' four original songs, and the resonant, generous voice that carries them, convey a folksy, whimsical sense of humour and a warm and sympathetic soul."

- Greg Quill, Toronto Star  

"When I heard that veteran record producer and guitarist Paul Mills (aka Curly Boy Stubbs) was recording his own album after three decades of helping other people’s music sound good, I expected an excellent set of acoustic guitar instrumentals. Indeed, that’s what Mills has delivered on half this album: inventive Mills compositions like Stubbs Stomp and London Scratch and fine versions of tunes borrowed from the likes of Doc Watson and John Fahey. The big surprise here is Mills’s emergence as an authoritative vocalist on half of the tracks, again combining strong original material with convincing interpretations of songs like Stan Rogers’s 45 Years, whose classic original Mills produced 30 years ago, and Albert’s Cove, David Essig’s haunting ballad about a suicide in New Brunswick. ****"

Mike Regenstreif, Montreal Gazette

"Your CD is FABULOUS!  Love your voice and your instrumentation is well, ....what can I say!  Masterful."

Maggie Ferguson - The Old Front Porch Radio Show
WXOU-FM Auburn Hills, Michigan

"The most striking track is 'The Ukulele March' ... the dog-gonedest thing I've heard since Gerald Hofnung's tuba quartets."

Mike Miller, Tune Up - Newsletter of the Piladelphia Folksong Society

"...it's his gifts as a songwriter and guitarist that really stand out. Co-produced by Mills and son Trevor Mills, the album is a testament to the respect Mills attracts after more than 35 years in Canadian folk music. The respect spans generations with such veterans as Cindy Church, Bill Garrett, Al Cross and Dennis Pendrith joining Dan Whiteley and son Trevor"

Robert Reid - The Record, Kitchener

And as far as producers go...If only Paul Mills could clone himself...Personally, I consider him to be a genius on both sides of the glass.

Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard Paul Mills work before. He did produce “Touch the Earth” the seminal folk music programme the CBC once had the brains and spirit to air. He did produce and play on most of Stan Rogers’ recordings. He has produced and played with hundreds of other Canadian performers in his 3 decade career as a radio and record producer. He was also one of the founding partners in Borealis Records – Canada’s folk music label.

Hence the title, referring to coming out of the control room into the recording side of the studio – to the other side of the sound-proof glass. Paul has been a performer all these years but he has put most of his energies into the production side and quietly kept his performer side under wraps, Paul Mills, the performer, come out and take a deserved bow.

Mills has recorded nine instrumentals and seven songs on this charming collection. I knew the pickin’ would be good, and it is, in his strong, rhythmic and percussive style, but it was the strength of his singing that surprised me. He takes the four originals and three cover songs into warm, poignant, and whimsical worlds. It must have been an intimidating experience considering all the great performers he has been in the studio with, cajoling and urging their best performances. Here he more than holds his own.

He says it was his co-producer and son, Trevor, who finally pushed him into doing this. Good on ya’ Trevor. It’s a lovely side of your dad’s life that has been unrecorded for too long.

Les Siemieniuk - Penguin Eggs

It was more than 30 years ago at the Winnipeg Folk Festival that Paul Mills first performed using the name Curly Boy Stubbs. He has appeared under that name on most of the albums he has produced along the way. And now with The Other Side of the Glass he has finally recorded his own music under his own name. It is a mixture of old and new music, and it is all very good.

Mills has crafted a wonderful CD that's marked by passion in the songs and in his comments in the liner notes. Read them -- sometimes the stories and relationships to the songs add to the song itself.

Rambles.net

The CD shows off a nice variety of his talents, but his work as a skilled guitarist shines through most brightly. He mainly plays a six-string Grit Laskin guitar, but he also uses a 12-string Laskin once owned by Stan Rogers. He has several of his own tunes, tunes from Doc Watson and others.

There are songs from David Essig and Stan Rogers and a host of songs from his own pen. These are humourous, singable, memorable numbers, delivered in Paul’s soft and gentle voice.

The Other Side Of The Glass is 50 minutes of relaxing enjoyment, whether you are a fan of Paul Mills or Curly Boy Stubbs. It may be hard to find in the local area but if you go to the Borealis Records website, you’ll find it there.

Dan MacDonald, Cape Breton Post