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The latest Joe Pagetta album is available now. Click the album cover for more information about the CD, or visit the music page to listen to samples and the purchase page to pick up a copy.

“… rocker Joe Pagetta('s) ... new recordings....show he continues to explore the melodic strengths and small-group dynamics that make classic rock so timeless.” -- Michael McCall, Nashville Scene, (8/23/06)

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Quotes about Joywood:

"...a sweet roots-rock collection packed with mandolins, chiming pop melodies and easy rhythms." -- Michael McCall, Nashville Scene

"While Pagetta’s musicianship and lyrics were never lacking, his move from mostly acoustic to slightly more electrified arrangements, as well as his ever-developing storytelling lyrics, have only improved with Joywood." -- Whitney Sanford, EC Rocker

“….a tough but pretty new album…Joywood comes complete with sidewalk grit" and "pop sparkle.” --- Peter Cooper, The Tennessean

"After hearing Pagetta's music, it might come as quite a surprise to learn he's not from the American Heartland of the Midwest or from the rugged western frontiers. It carries the twang of contemporary folk and country mixed in with pop hooks and, on his latest album at least, some spells of rocking out." -- Matt Sanders, Southeast Missourian

"Pagetta is gifted with that elusive roots rocker quality of simultaneously sounding both tantalizingly familiar and altogether distinct. His deference to small town America certainly hearkens back to John Mellencamp while his gruff vocals recall more than a bit of Dave Alvin. Toss in a bit of incessantly clever Elvis Costello like turning of a phrase, not to mention Pagetta's own fondness for a catchy hook, and you've got a combination of wit and muscle that's pretty hard to resist. -- James Cassara, Rapid River Arts, on Joywood, Oct. 2004

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