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reviews for Joe's records ...
"There aren't many
singer/songwriters I would mention in the same sentence as Eaglesmith,
but Fournier is one of them. It's funky, country soul, folk, rock and
blues, with stories that will
make you laugh, cry and cringe, sometimes all in the same verse."
- Barry Dugan, Freight Train Boogie
“Joe Fournier is the real
deal. He simply plays American music with soul and sincerity,
just a
man, his roots and his songs." - Fred "Virgil"
Turgis, Jumpin' From 6 to 6
" Joe writes songs
that come straight from life. I've listened to this album with an ear to ear grin,
from beginning to end ...Brilliant stuff, totally
recommended."
-
John Davy, NetRhythms
"A
genuine eye for detail and storytelling that doesn’t get in the way of a
decent riff...
with lyrics as sharp as a broken beer bottle."
- David Cowling, AmericanaUK
"Joyously sing along with Joe even while his stories are breaking your heart."
- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music
" An irresistible collection of country music ...raw and from the heart. Joe Fournier doesn't do
outpourings of emotions - he sings simple truths." - Michael
Mee, Net Rhythms
" 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
"... the hottest, crankiest garage country discs since the heyday of Sun Records
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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
" 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)
" Fournier conjures up the sound of a smoky Texas roadhouse. 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
for
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,
a junkyard Bakersfield rant."
- 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. Our music people were raving!"
– Matt Rainie, CBC Radio
".Swampy, greasy and loaded with wry social commentary. Raw Sugar Shed is a great record." - Bob Cianci, Music Scene
" Raw Sugar Shed is one of those gems...a 12 track eccentric masterpiece."
- David Blue, NetRhythms UK
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