Electronic Press Kit
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"Mr. Harrison is a jazz-trained guitarist and composer, but on his new album, 'Passing Train', he steps into the position of a roots-haunted singer-songwritwer with a knowing, yearning tone."
— Nate Chinen, NY Times
“Guitarist-singer Harrison describes his music as a trip 'along the seams of jazz, country, blues and spirituals, and music from around the world.' That's an ambitious task, but he brings it off, in a collection filled with surprising, but utterly convincing, shifts of musical emphasis. Harrison is on to something both innovative and compelling, and he deserves a much wider hearing.”
— Don Heckman, LA Times (Best of 2004 list)
"We list Joel Harrison in the jazz section primarily because that’s where he started out, but few artists seem less content to stay put. With Wishing Well, just out on Intuition, Harrison reveals yet another facet of his artistic totality: the sandy-voiced, soulful singer of Americana-drenched songs. Rest assured, however, that the instrumental component remains at a high level, and we can’t decide whether it’s the sly arrangements or Ben Wittman’s production that makes the whole thing so seductive."
— Steve Smith, Time Out New York
Joel Harrison consistently proves to be one of the most restless, protean composers and improvisers on the local scene, plumbing the depths of country- and folk-music traditions for inspiration and raw material.
— Time Out New York
"The arrangements, playing, and soundscape are nothing short of spectacular, lending a haunting, authentically scary/prairie + New American Heartland kind of vibe probably never before quite evoked in a manner like this. Thus, Harrison is on to something genuinely new and thoroughly up-to-date."
— Jan Dennis, Audiophile Audition
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