| About Joey Karsten | Joey has written and performed his song "Hold Me Like You Used to Do" on John Mellencamp"s "Falling From Grace" movie soundtrack which got rave reviews in Rolling Stone. Falling From Grace Original Movie Soundtrack * * * * A retro air pervades the album, and even songs like Pure Jam"s "Searchin for the Perfect Girl," Janis Ian"s "Days Like These" or Qkumbrz"s (Joey Karsten) "Hold Me Like You Use to Do" sound like they could have been recorded twenty years ago. Yet this seems appropriate for a record that affirms continuity over fashion, simplicity over variety. Jim Cullen Rolling Stone Magazine April 2, 1992 "An Unheralded Gem" * * * * This collection of songs by some of the best singer/songwriters in contemporary alt-country/Americana is a gem. Starting with a gorgeous Nanci Griffith tune, followed by a Mellencamp penned rocker sung by Dwight Yoakam, John Prine doing one of his own songs but backed by Mellencamp's band, a group I'd never heard of called Qkumbrz (Joey Karsten) singing a beautifully aching ballad, not to mention a Janis Ian song, instrumentals by fiddler Lisa Germano, then of Mellencamp's band, and Johnny M. himself in fine voice (though alongside Dwight, John P., Joe E., Jimmie Dale, Karsten, and McMurtry, his limitations as a singer stand out), and you have a great collection of performances and outstanding contemporary folk and country music. This is one of the best CDs I've heard all year. John Capute Atlanta, GA |
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