Album Notes

"This little-known gem infuses originality and simplicity into her straight-ahead country songs. A refreshing breath of fresh country air." -Los Angeles Reader

"Joyce is a dazzling voice. She brings humanity, humility, and humor into her intimate rural portraits with songs fresh as a Shasta daisy!" - Van Dyke Parks

SING OUT!
January '98
By R. Warren "I'm still trying to figure out why Joyce Woodson isn't better known. Her terrific voice puts across her Western-tinged songs like an ace baseball pitcher, and her accompanists make up a perfect team. Here's another example of how production works with the music, not against it. Producer Marty Rifkin usually adds just a couple of instruments to each songs, and does so with an elan missing from most contemporary recordings. With a voice as beautiful as Woodson's, anything more would be a travesty. Woodson relocated from Southern California to Nashville, and her music subtly reflects the move.