By Mike Yoder View Source Joshua Ketchmark’s album Under Plastic Stars opens with the gentle strains of “We Were Everything” and, as the past tense of the title implies, it finds the singer/songwriter in a downcast mood. Ketchmark comes across…
By Pamela Bellmore View Source There are likely to be two dominant schools of thought regarding Joshua Ketchmark’s Under Plastic Stars. The first will find Ketchmark’s twelve song collection to be a remarkably unified work, both lyrically and musically, with…
By Jay Snyder View Source From the opening, gentle strum the heart-warming, tumbleweed kicking love song, “We Were Everything” and culminating in the rhythmically pulsating, winding electric guitar leads and spitfire soul vocals of closer “The Great Unknown,” it’s clear…
By Drew East View Source Being a reviewer is really a dream job. You get to discover new music that you’ve missed and sometimes music from established artists that you couldn’t catch either. There’s so much stuff out there with…
By Frank McClure View Source It all started with the debut of MTV for singer/songwriter Joshua Ketchmark. Being turned onto the channel during its birth, the volley of new music videos emerging for the first time sent Ketchmark in a…
By Wendy Owens View Source Peoria native Joshua Ketchmark has truly led a storied life in the music industry with his adventure taking him from small town Illinois to Seattle to LA and beyond. He’s worked with the rock band…
By Alonzo Evans View Source Illinois-bred singer/songwriter Joshua Ketchmark has built a slow and steady career on excellent musical craftsmanship and stellar guitar playing that’s spanned a dozen releases to date. He’s brushed shoulders with Melissa Etheridge and has worked…
By Daniel Boyer View Source “We Were Everything” begins Joshua Ketchmark’s Under Plastic Stars on a decidedly elegiac note, but this isn’t a dreary collection of songs. Ketchmark’s first full fledged solo effort, self-produced and written by Ketchmark, finds this…
By Laura Dodero View Source A longtime collaborator and sideman for many important and legendary musicians, Joshua Ketchmark has made his way in the modern music world based on work ethic and talent. It’s little wonder that his first effort…
By Rebecca Cullen View Source Joshua Ketchmark returns this year to paint yet another clear and captivating series of images in the way that only an experienced songwriter can. Her Voice In My Head sets the scene powerfully for its audience, brightening…
By Eric Schuurmans View Source Joshua Ketchmark, de geadopteerde zoon van een conservatieve lerares en een vader die blues liefhebber was, groeide op aan de rand van Peoria, IL. In de kast van zijn moeder vond Joshua een oude akoestische…
