Search - Joni Harms :: Cowgirl Dreams

REAL COUNTRY STILL LIVES!

Keith F. Lynn | England,United Kingdom | 02/03/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Thank God for real country artists like Joni Harms!Having bought Joni's first-and still my favourite-album 8 years(! )ago,I have waited and waited for her next release.And believe me,this was very well worth the wait!Joni has one of the very best voices around,superbly suited to true Country music and she puts it to excellent use on these songs.She is also an excellent musician. Joni must love your State of Montana because she has followed up "The Only Thing Bluer Than His Eyes"(my favourite track of all time)with a superbly haunting "Blue Montana Moon",a beautiful ballad which is complimented in the smooth relaxation stakes by an equally excellent "Long Hard Ride". This album features excellent,real-country ballads and some nicely-light foot-tappers and is only let down by 1"Rocker"and it's too-short playing time. But then,Joni could make an hour-long album and it would still be too short whilst she treats us to this kind of real,great,old-fashioned Country!"

First of two great western albums from Joni

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 08/06/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Joni's first album was Hometown girl, a mainstream country album released ten years before this on a major label, and I believe there may have been one or two others after that on a small independent label. Nevertheless, this was the first album of Joni's to make a real impact.This is the first of two traditional country albums with a strong western flavor that Joni recorded on the Warner Western label. It now seems that there will be no more as I cannot access Joni's website any more. On this album and its follow-up (After all), Joni sings honest country songs, with traditional acoustic backing. Joni wrote all the songs, jointly with others, which have been inspired by Joni's life on a ranch, and of that type of lifestyle in general. The western theme is most obvious in the opening Belle Starr (about a contemporary of Jesse James) and the closing Long hard ride, but many of the other songs are full of western images. However, my favorite song here, Catalog dreams, is one of the few that could work in almost any setting - it is about a poor family dreaming about what they could buy from a catalog if they had money. Joni is in fine voice throughout on this very upbeat album. For those seeking traditional country music, it doesn't come any better than this, with or without the cowboy songs."

What a voice.........

wistfulgirl | Wakefield, VA | 01/22/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard this wonderful voice..on a country mix CD of new artists..... I played it over and over and over...., till I bought the CD! Then I played it over and over and over...hehe! It's quick, crisp, fresh....clearly the most beautiful voice country music has heard in a long time! If your looking for trendy, stylish... don't waste your time... this is true western type country!"