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NEW CD for 2011, all trad folk:
AMERICAN ANONYMOUSMICHIGAN SINGLE! As heard on A Prairie Home Companion:
THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN MICHIGAN
Latest CD of orignal songs (2009)
No
Worries Now...
greatest hits cd (!?!)
JOEL MABUS -- RETOLDthe one they're all talking about -
THE BANJO MONOLOGUES
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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
"It's not just a wealth of
musical styles or his smooth and expressive voice
that have made Mabus such a fine artist. His songs, which range from thoughtful to silly to poetic,
show that he knows his way around the English language and American culture just as
well ashe knows his way around a fretboard."
Jeff Garrity, CAPITAL TIMES
"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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