★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare First Dance Josh Rouse has always held a special place in my heart. From our first introduction in 2005's Nashville, I was immediately captivated by the ease of Rouse's lyrics and the softness of his singer-songwriter beats. With his latest release, The Happiness Waltz, it's no surprise Rouse continues to amaze and impresses...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-04-15
★★★★★
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Record Label: Yep Roc
Release Date: March 19, 2013
If music history was truly utopian (and we all know it's not), there would be a special study devoted to singer-songwriter Josh Rouse. The expatriate troubadour who makes homes in both Brooklyn and Spain emerged on the alt...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2013-04-01
★★★★★
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Josh Rouse The Happiness Waltz
(Yep Roc)
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Let others grumble over the economic meltdown; Josh Rouse won't be fazed by anxiety mongers. No matter how dreary things become on his side of the world, there's always music making, picturesque Valencia, and balmy days when love reigns.
The Happiness Waltz is Rouse's tenth album...
- www.noripcord.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Release Date: March 19, 2013 If music history was truly utopian (and we all know it's not), there would be a special study devoted to singer-songwriter Josh Rouse. The expatriate troubadour who makes homes in both Brooklyn and Spain emerged on the alt. country scene in the 1998 with his magnetic debut Dressed Up Like Nebraska. A string of critical successes followed beginning with 2000's Home, an album that drew praise from none other than Sir Paul McCartney...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Josh Rouse has been hovering on the peripheries of fame for a while now, never becoming a household name but providing fans of his gentle pop-rock with a steady string of consistent albums. Fittingly then, his 10th studio album is fan-funded, financed by the crowd-sourcing website Pledge Music, and it's a fair bet that not many people who contributed money will be disappointed with the results.
For Josh Rouse does soft, easy-listening pop very well indeed...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Josh Rouse has always been comforting. Recently, he twitched toward bossa nova with 2010's El Turista, a stylistic signifier to his current residence abroad. It didn't quite inspire, but he returned to form with 2011's Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations. The Happiness Waltz is a continuation: a graceful rotation of melodies and gentle reflection. "Won't you tell my woman to bring some speed...
- filtermagazine.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Josh RouseThe Happiness Waltz (Yep Roc) Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 Over the course of 15 years and ten albums, Josh Rouse has kept on a steady but ever-so-slightly shifting path of beautifully breezy folk-pop. It's had its detours here and there, from his embrace of earth-tone, polyester AM pop on 1972, to the flamenco-influenced sounds of El Turista...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
The Happiness Waltz, the latest release from venerable singer-songwriter Josh Rouse, is a pretty solid release. Rouse fills the record with his patented upbeat folk-pop charm, records it in a fashion that reminds you of '70s-era recordings, and sings in a register and sense of ease that is comparable to that of Paul Simon...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
After a couple of albums that incorporated the influences of living in Spain (flamenco guitars, Spanish lyrics,) singer/songwriter Josh Rouse changes course on The Happiness Waltz to make an album that would have fit in well with those he was making in the early 2000s like 1972 and Nashville. Weaving together elements of country-rock, soft rock, Americana, and classic singer/songwriter sounds, Rouse and his longtime producer Brad Jones create a tightly arranged, beautifully constructed sound...
- www.allmusic.com
2013-03-19
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