Moo-Town Productions: Press
About MOONEY TUNES AND MAYNARD MELODIES
"Mooney has a way of welcoming a listener to his clan, even as that welcome includes a 19-verse song of introduction to everyone attending a family reunion. Mooney displays the simple wisdom of keeping family memories alive for posterity."
"Outstanding - way to go! Love the music, the concept, and the art work."
Kevin Mulvenna (Dec 22, 2007)
"Boy oh boy oh boy!"
Larry Penn (Dec 22, 2007)
"That's a fine CD! You've highlighted and frozen those folks in time."
Art Thieme (Dec 22, 2007)
"Thanks so much for sending me your new CD. I loved it! You did a wonderful job on both "She Taught Us To Sing" and "When You Tried". What a wonderful tribute to both of your parents. Both songs brought tears to my eyes."
Mary D. (Dec 30, 2007)
"The CD is cool! It's a nice piece of work!"
Joseph T. Ruback (Jan 12, 2008)
"Thank you, thank you, thank you for the wonderful album! It is a family treasure of wonderful music and memories."
Rachel L. (Jan 19, 2008)
About CROSS ME, FOOL!
"Your CD is WONDERFUL! Congratulations on a superb recording, emotionally moving and delightful."
Bonnee (Jul 10, 2007)
"A collection of straightforward, earnest, acoustic folk originals about the usual suspects - war and peace, domestic violence, homelessness, fundamentalism - balanced by several songs of love or gentle spirituality. The group musters some nice vocal harmonies throughout."
"Your group's wonderful music (is) easy on the ear. 'Cross Me, Fool!' cracks me up!"
Tom (Feb 8, 2007)
"Thanks for the CD! We did so enjoy the recording and intend to keep it for ourselves. If the children want to hear it they will have to come here! We don't intend to let it go."
Uncle Dale & Aunt Millie (Jan 17, 2007)
"The more you listen to the CD, the better it gets!"
Gary L. (Dec 10, 2006)
"Thank you very much for sending me your album. I found it very enjoyable. Special thanks for the buzzard song ("Springtime In Ohio"). Buzzards have had a lot of bad press. I'm a buzzard booster!"
Antonia (Nov 24, 2006)
"What a delight! Worth waiting for! We love "I've Come to Take My Boy Home," and always find it moving. "Let Peace Prevail" gave me goosebumps.Your CD is amazing. Thanks for making it."
Mary (Nov 18, 2006)
"I seem to be sidling into a middle-aged romance. "Take My Time" was a perfect expression of my current mental state. Thank you, Moxies!"
Satisfied listener (Nov 12, 2006)
"LOVE the CD!"
Moxie Chicks fan (Nov 10, 2006)
About THE MOXIE CHICKS
"The funny name matches the quintet's free-spirited attitude!"
Dave Fidlin - North Shore Herald (Aug 25, 2005)
"You don't have to be a Hollywood insider to figure out what happens when musicians get together at parties. Someone eventually starts singing or strumming and, before too long, a full-fledged sing-along has started. That is how many bands unwind, but for Milwaukee's Moxie Chicks, that was the moment a few diverse artists and friends became a full-fledged band. The fun and spontaneity of that first performance has carried over even after nearly five years of performing together. The group's fun and irreverence is captured even in its name."
Matthew Olson - The Waukesha Freeman (Jul 22, 2004)
About ONE BALL OF CLAY
Five stars! "I want to listen to it again and again. I was looking for an upbeat CD on peace. This is just that, plus great music by any measure."
Five stars! "This is a must have collection which reflects our troubled times in the best of folk music traditions. A great collection - each song stands on its own but also adds to the theme- one of the best I have heard in a long time, kind of a modern HARP...."
“A consummate compilation of Milwaukee’s finest folk…who share the vision of ‘change through peace’ with some very beautiful music.”
- The Shepherd Express (May 16, 2002)
“This collection is better than most.”
Colleen Moore - Dirty Linen (Oct 1, 2002)
“Archival and interesting.”
Victor K. Heyman - Sing Out! (Sep 1, 2002)
"'Peace Light' is probably my favorite on the album. It's a jaunty tune with great vocal harmonizing by the Recycled Angels...Pamela Means ('Mule') sings with a great deal of passion. She has a wonderful voice and wraps her almost sultry voice around the words...John Stano's 'Be All You Can Be' injects some humor into the proceedings. It's a fun, sarcastic song."
- Green Man Review (Mar 2, 2005)
About JYM MOONEY
"Fabulous songwriting talents!"
Sandy Weisto - The Coffee House (Dec 31, 2007)
“A local folk hero.”
- The Shepherd Express (Mar 2, 2005)
“One of Milwaukee’s premier folk artists.”
- The WMSE Transmitter (Mar 2, 2005)
“His songs explore personal concerns and idiosyncrasies…Mooney sounds like he could be a mellow Midwestern cousin of Loudon Wainwright III.”
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Mar 2, 2005)
“Jym Mooney is my favorite Milwaukee songwriter.”
- Fritz Schuler, Golden Ring Folklore Center (Mar 2, 2005)
“As a songwriter, Jym’s craft keeps getting better and better.”
- Larry Penn (Mar 2, 2005)