Album Notes

Here's what listeners are saying:

"Joel Dobbins is a unique young voice, mixing wit and gravity in a manner not generally seen in an artist his age. Joel Dobbins’ 2008 release Unreal (his third) is an exciting and unique look at a young artist as he develops. This might be the sort of album you hang onto."
-Wildy (Wildy's World)

"You blow me away with what you do with music."
-Chad Kenneth

"This is some of the best music I've heard in a very long time."
-Lindsay Van Osten (Red Banana Media)

"How can people not go crazy when they hear you play?"
-Joseph Dabney

"That was effing inspirational."
-Samuel Werner

"He is just amazing, what he can do. I'm just befuddled."
-Ryan Matz

“Joel is a brilliant young songwriter..."
-Dave Blackledge (Pennsylvania Musician)

"I so groove on your lyrics, sometimes I feel like you live inside my head."
-Jodi Ulatowski

"Your music is mind blowing!"
-Phoenix

"There is simple sincerity."
-Joel Brown

"Listening to his music is like taking the craziest upper in the universe. Everything else is colorless."
-Maureen McBride

"Dude. You're a musical genius."
-c02

"Wunderkind."
-Fullis Conroy

"You're worth more than the going price."
-Josh Houde

"Word on the street is that you're the nicest guy ever!"
-Danny Greene (Former President of SOMA-PSU)

"People just want you."
-Brett Kerschner (The Spike)

"I hear you can do almost anything."
-Sandy Painter

"Not afraid to take chances."
-Bob Michael

"This stuff is a cut above the usual fare of myspace and even radio and VH1 and MTV."
-Gary E. Andrews

"Loving him is easy cause he's wonderful."
-bentbrokenandtorn

"Beautiful."
-Tina Shafer (New York Songwriter Circle)

Joel Dobbins grew up in New England and is currently residing in State College, Pennsylvania. His latest album "Unreal" (11.1.08) is the third release in three years from this self-educated artist. Joel plans to use the money from music sales to put himself through college while supporting Compassion International and World Vision, who serve the poor throughout the world.