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Amazon.com After two modestly successful singles in the late 1980s and a barely noticed 1990 album for Capitol, Joni Harms has consciously ignored nearly everything that's happened musically during the past decade, including the successes of Twain and Hill. On After All, her first album since 1998's Cowgirl Dreams, Harm's taut, springy twang combined with honest, unadorned Western music makes for an irresistible package. She sings optimistically amid mariachi horns on "Ay, Yi, Yi, Yi" and swings deftly through "Every Cowgirl's Dream," "Weakness for Cowboys," "Cowboy Coffee," and "A Cowboy Wedding." On the title track she commandeers the shuffle, often used to propel morose laments, to frame an unabashed declaration of love and devotion. "Millie," her tribute to waitresses, possesses a reverence that rarely infuses most waitress tunes sung by men. While "I Want to Sing for You" overdoses on earnestness, that's a mere anomaly. Reveling in "the sound of twin fiddles" and "three-quarter time" in "West Texas Waltz" and the homeland virtues of "Sunday Go to Meeting Clothes," Harms reflects a contentment that transcends Music Row's Survivor-like competitions for fame and staying power. --Rich Kienzle
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Joni could have been a great mainstream country singer, if traditional country music were commercially viable for major labels. On this album, Joni sings honest country songs, with traditional acoustic backing. Joni wrote all the songs, sometimes jointly with others, which have been inspired by Joni's life on a ranch, and of that type of lifestyle in general.Songs like Every cowgirls' dream, Weakness for cowboys, Cowboy wedding and Cowboy coffee give a revealing insight into cowboy culture which can only have been written by somebody who has lived through it all.Joni proves her ability to sing more general country songs on West Texas waltz (very different from the Joe Ely song of the same title), Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, More than your eyes can see, Keep on dreamin' and It'll happen when it's time (a song which asks about the weather for farmers).The song Millie is inspired by a waitress that Joni remembers from her Nashville days, who always provided great service and always made customers feel welcome.I want to sing for you is a tribute to her fans, who are surely increasing in number all the time.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.
