| Front Porch | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Joy Williams |
| Cover: | Joy Williams - Front Porch.png |
| Alt: | Joy Williams on the front porch of a house in the country |
| Length: | 43:13 |
| Label: | Sensibility/The Orchard |
| Producer: | Kenneth Pattengale |
| Prev Title: | Venus |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
Front Porch is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Joy Williams. It was released on May 3, 2019 by Sensibility Recordings.[1] It was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards.[2]
On AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, "Working with producer Kenneth Pattengale, who is best known as part of the Milk Carton Kids, Williams strips away any contemporary affectations, keeping the focus directly on the songs and her plaintive, powerful voice."
On PopMatters, Chris Conaton wrote, "And it's hard to deny that Front Porch is Williams at her best. It took some time for her to come to terms with it, but this is an album that embraces Williams' legacy from the Civil Wars and incorporates it into her own musical personality."
On NPR, Jewly Hight said, "She's framed Front Porch as her return home – to a stripped-down, acoustic palette... to Nashville, the Southern, music-making city where she's spent most of her professional life following a coastal California youth... For Williams, there's a balance to be struck between theatrical and intimate expression, and embracing warmth and simplicity as an approach... doesn't require abandoning poise and polish."[3]
Credits adapted from AllMusic[4]