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"...a combination of wit and muscle that's hard to resist." James Cassara, Rapid River Arts, on Joywood, Oct. 2004 (full review below in archive)
"Joywood" rocks and rolls along in a head-noddingly effortless way. Superior American bar-room rock and roll, and well worth a listen." -- Americana UK Sept 2004
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- "Other
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"...a
sweet roots-rock collection packed with mandolins, chiming pop melodies
and easy rhythms." -- Michael McCall, Nashville Scene
(full preview below in archive)
“….a
tough but pretty new album … Joywood comes complete with
sidewalk grit" and "pop sparkle.” --- The Tennessean, June
19, 2004
"Joywood
is a sought-after collection....a desirable album that will
encourage singing in the rain, dancing in the streets and a simple
smile." -- Lindsey Keen, NowOnTour, January 2005
"On
the new Joywood, singer songwriter Pagetta veers into
pretty-good-bar-rock territory...some of the slower tunes have an
adult-contemporary vibe that recalls Marc Cohn...." -- Time
Out NY, July 22-29, 2004
"Nashvillian
Joe Pagetta's Joywood CD rocks with drive on this tune..."
--
Robert
K. Oermann,
Music Row Magazine, on
"When She Moves" from
Joywood, July 2004.
"His
newest record, Small Worlds, calls to mind easygoing Northeastern
folk like Ellis Paul with a little sleazy 1970's N.Y. rock a la
Lou Reed thrown in. "
"...a
complete miniature world of restive contemplation and filled-out
melody...filled with wonderful observations on how doubt works as
a force within personal relationships...a toughened attitude and
right-sized rock format that should please any John Mellencamp fan."
-- T.E. Lyons, Louisville Eccentric Observer June 28,
2000 on cuts from Recollections of Maybeville
