★★★★★
Between his actress wife, family ties to a country superstar du jour and pop music background, it's easy to be a little suspicious of Josh Kelley's stab at a career comeback via country music. Kelley, married to Katherine Heigl and brother to Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, saw a short-lived run up the Hot Adult Top 40 chart in 2003. The singer-songwriter's biggest hit, "Amazing," was a neat slice of love song pie, with Kelley's understated knack for phrasing as the cherry on top...
- www.the9513.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Josh Kelley is certainly in an interesting position. He was discovered through Napster, and his career amounted to two albums for Hollywood Records and four hits on Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks. Now, in 2011, his younger brother Charles has made a name for himself as one-third of Lady Antebellum. With MCA Nashville on his side, Josh has put together his country music debut...
- roughstock.com
2011-03-21
★★★★★
In the early pat of this decade Josh Kelley was signed to a record deal with Hollywood Records as the singer/songwriter rebirth happened thanks to artists like John Mayer. While Kelley's first single "Amazing" did remarkably well on the charts, his career didn't exactly sizzle like Mayer and Jason Mraz's careers did. That being said, Kelley carved out a remarkably steady troubadour like career...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
No sophomore slump for this appealing singer-songwriter; Josh Kelley seemslike a bona fide adept, comfortably conversant with any number ofpop-music flavors. Soulful, folk-informed, and unflaggingly melodic,song after song rings straight and true (despite that qualifying firstword in Almost Honest). We won't even hold it against him that heemployed pop production whiz team the Matrix on his current single "OnlyYou."
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Where to begin with Josh Kelley? Well, if you believe that playing with Dave Matthews Band gives you instantly credibility and stardom, then he's a shoe-in. But aside from that small but important fact of supporting that rather large band, Kelley would seem to be just as comfortable in a small cozy room delivering his songs to a few dozens or a couple of hundred people...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Where to begin with Josh Kelley? Well, if you believe that playing with Dave Matthews Band gives you instantly credibility and stardom, then he's a shoe-in. But aside from that small but important fact of supporting that rather large band, Kelley would seem to be just as comfortable in a small cozy room delivering his songs to a few dozens or a couple of hundred people...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
Singer/songwriter Josh Kelley delivers more of the melodic, dewy-eyed pop he's become known for on 2006's Just Say the Word. A compelling presence on record, Kelley has grown as both a songwriter and vocalist since his 2005 debut album, the intimate and soulful Almost Honest...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27