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NEW FOR FALL of 2024:
Lonesome Road
Suite for solo guitar & voice
Songs of the Lost Generation: 1924 - 1928
Americana, Acoustic Jazz & Country BluesAvailable here -- and only here -- as an actual CD album.
It is streaming everywhere else: Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes,
Amazon Music, Deezer, MusicYouTube and more...Check for "Joel Mabus" where you get your streams
For a free listen to any of the songs on
Lonesome Road click here : YouTubeIf you want to own a real, actual CD of Lonesome Road for yourself
or as a gift, you must buy it directly from Joel. how to order
But... click here to learn about a special holiday deal
(there's a free gift) good until the end of this year, 2024.
EARLIER ALBUMS:
Original songs for 2019:
Time & Truth
Available here and streaming everywhere:
Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon Music, YouTubereleased March 2, 2018
Fingerstyle jazz ukulele, old & new!
UKULELE CRIMES
Available here and streaming everywhere:
Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon Music, YouTubeBestseller CD of 2017 is here and everywhere!
Different Hymnals.longing for Christmas?
Holiday CD of instrumental guitar music:
A Parlor Guitar Christmas
or this one -- with singing too:
How Like The HollyOther 21st Century CDs you may
be looking for:Mabus blues project from 2015:
a bird in this world hot disc!Looking for Clawhammer Banjo?
the latest award-winning banjo cd from Joel in 2013:
Pepper's Ghost
& other banjo visitations
and there's Joel's previous hit banjo album from 2007 --
THE BANJO MONOLOGUES
Joel's greatest hits from the 20th Century (!?!?!)
JOEL MABUS -- RETOLD
OR JUST CLICK HERE TO SEE THE WHOLE CD CATALOG
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"It's hard to imagine another artist on the folk scene
who combines the same
concise, deceptively understated, lyrical insight and sometimes devastating wit with such world-class instrumental prowess"
Chris Rietz, MUSICHOUND FOLK, The Essential Album Guide
"Joel Mabus
is a free-ranging fretboard genius and funny, deep songwriter whose warm
voice,
sly humor, and musicianship sweep audiences along for the ride.
"Throughout his career, Joel Mabus has interwoven creativity and
traditional music in satisfying balance. In concert, Joel Mabus connects.
Performing in a gentle, easy manner, he may lull his audience into a relaxed
state, then roll them on the floor with laughter or make them sit up and think,
or stun them with his instrumental pyrotechnics.
"Joel Mabus can be summed up in one word: Style. He oozes with style:
homespun sophistication, mellow innovation, low-key wizardry, and uncynical
minstrelsy."
Cornell Folk Song Society
"Joel is one of those
quintessentially Midwestern American artists...
He has a style we will always associate
with Will Rogers or Mark Twain,
and a great sense of humour which
compliments, rather than contradicts,
some very serious material.
He has perfected the art of
being entertaining without pandering,
he teaches without lecturing,
and does it all with great style."
VANCOUVER FOLK FESTIVAL
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Booking
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Includes promo info, tech sheet, and other details)Online Press Kit
(An easy-to-use page for all your publicity needs -- text and photos)Biography & discography
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current promo shots in 75, 150, or 300 dpi)Who ARE all these people?
(a long, but partial, list of some acts -- both
famous & obscure -- I've had the pleasure to perform with)
FAQ
(detailed answers to frequently asked questions about my techniques
and attitudes concerning playing, writing & performing music)Workshops
(lesson handouts from my festival and camp workshops)Folk Alliance
(archive of Performer's Columns I've written for the F.A. Newsletter)Joel Speaks!
(a songwriter's online journal, or "blog" as the kids say. . Rants, opinions, and whimsy. Currently on extended hiatus, but hours worth of reading is here for the curious.)Links
(a few worthwhile websites)
Email to Joel
Now, two email addresses work for me:joel.mabus@pobox.com -- my 25 year old address that redirects incoming emails to my current "real" address. That still works just fine.
AND
jmabusguitar@sbcglobal.net -- my current "real" address which you might see in my new outgoing emails to you. No need for concern, it is still me!The pobox address is fine. I had a computer crash in November of 2021, which lost much of my address book, so if you wondered what happened to me, please send an email to me, so I can re-load YOUR address in my data bank.
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