" This is raw, no frills, home made music, gutsy country / soul "
- AmericanaUK

" Fournier writes about the darker side of life but with humour. A winning tunesmith "
 - MI Magazine, Stockholm 

" This guy's quite the piece of work, and he's the real thing.This brilliant ragged roots rock is stuff that
 very few people do anymore."
 - Amazon.com

".Two of the hottest, crankiest garage country discs since the heyday of Sun Records - don’t bet against such a prolific tunesmith."
 - Doug Taylor, The Coast Weekly

" Whiskey Stars catapults Fournier into the forefront of Canadian roots music "
 - Bob Klanac, Scene Magazine

" Fournier’s a Canadian who proves that some of Americana’s best talents aren’t even American."
 - Tony Peyser, Santa Monica Mirror 

" Sounds like it was thrown down in a four day drinking binge with minimum overdubs. Think of Haggard or Kristofferson & you are almost there. This is hard living, hard drinking blue collar America" 
 - Peter Gow, AmericanaUK

" Joe Fournier offers up a second effort, Whiskey Stars, that just may outshine his great debut,  Raw Sugar Shed."
 - Miles of Music.com

" One hell of a songwriter, capable of producing rootsy little gems that stop you in your tracks, make you grin like an idiot, and hit the repeat button to hear them again."
 - Doug Gallant, The Guardian

" Another little gem forged from the literate twang of Joe's hard scrabble heroes Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, John Hiatt and John Fogerty ... 4 Stars ! "
 - Sandy MacDonald, Halifax Daily News

" Merle Haggard meets Creedence Clearwater Revival. Whiskey Stars holds up beside the best of Americana and roots music for its passion and feeling."
 - Lonestar Times

" Raw amplified guitars, Shel Silverstein drug era inspired lyrics ...not to be missed." - Jon Phillbert, CMP (UK)"

 The dreaded second album has done something that I thought that it couldn't do - it improved on the first! "
 - David Blue, Net Rhythms

" Fournier conjures up the sound of a smoky Texas roadhouse. Snatches of Creedence and Merle Haggard get mixed with a rebellious punky sound, while vocals land somewhere between Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello. One of the most successful mixes of blues, country and rock I've heard in recent years." 
- Harmen van Aurich, Heaven Popmagazine (Netherlands)

"Energy packed rock, country, folk and blues with catchy tunes. Joe Fournier brings a freshness to the roots rock / Americana genre."
- Bart Ebisch, Alt.Country Netherlands

"Shit kicking swamp rocking gutbucket Springsteen in a tin bathtub woohoo rock n roll and cool cover. Best track...all of them!"
- Shaun Belcher, Flying Shoes Reviews

"Joe proves Canadians can be belligerent, opinionated and irreverent with the best of them... with a gift of looking at the mundane through his eccentric brand of humor and insight."
 - Laurie Joulie, Take Country Back Magazine

" Joe Fournier fuses power pop, rowdy Stonesy rock, and traditional country together and makes it sound as rootsy and americana as anything Steve Earle has released.
 And a hell of a lot more fun, too."
 - Scott Homewood, AmericanaUK

" Soaked in a rootsy rock vibe, peppered with jagged guitar hooks and Dave Edmunds-inspired vocals. A junkyard Bakersfield rant, complete with a trashy Telecaster breaks and an out-of-control drummer with too much time on his hands."
 - Sandy MacDonald, Halifax Daily News

" A rootsy sound that lands itself somewhere in between John Hiatt and Rockpile. He has the beats, the hooks and the punch to make this self-produced disc sound like anything he wants. We think it sounds great! "
 - Miles of Music

 "Bursting with wry humour and with too many good riffs, Raw Sugar Shed has a grubby, unrefined appeal." 
- Helen Keen, Maverick Magazine

"Each song on Raw Sugar Shed is a little nugget of craft, attitude and emotion. A songwriter as good as Joe Fournier won't be kept in the shed for long."
 - Jim Kelly, Canadian Musician Magazine

"The album is incredible. We talked it up for about 15 minutes on the show. Our music people were ravin'!"
 – Matt Rainie, CBC Radio

".Swampy, greasy and loaded with wry social commentary. Raw Sugar Shed is a great record."
 - Bob Cianci, Music Scene, River Reporter

" Raw Sugar Shed is one of those gems...a 12 track eccentric masterpiece."
 - David Blue, NetRhythms UK