Rolling Stone
“3.5 Stars… Though Wolfe’s songs are classically pop Linda Vista is situated in one of Tin Pan Alley’s darker corners. There’s a sense of perpetual defeat in Wolfe’s parched tenor, adding a layer of pathos to his brittle pop.”
iTunes Review
“On his third release, this adept singer/songwriter conjures up visions of L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, populated by alienated loners, jilted lovers and similar misfits. (Linda Vista) stands as a skewed tribute to Wolfe’s stomping grounds, served up with an elegant tunefulness.”
American Songwriter
“Henry Wolfe’s latest record Linda Vista plays like the soundtrack to a cocktail party after a sunny California day. The album, recorded live rather than track by track, is classy and tasteful, with simple arrangements and understated vocals comprising its majority.”
LA Deli
“The melodies Wolfe performs with his five piece could pass for the slightly unorthodox methods of a young Randy Newman… his words are pungent, with the smarts to charm a middle-aged lady into liking him and convincing him to drive her up to Margaritaville. But the music is anything but ironic – Wolfe’s slick strums and pacific rhetoric are just a way to communicate the pains of unrequited love.”
LA Weekly
“Henry Wolfe’s ultracharming bluesy piano will make you want to fall in love.”
LA Times
“Fresh Faces of 2011″ – The songs of Linda Vista are “sturdy, smart, and immediately hummable.”
LA Record
“The Henry Wolfe experience can uplift or crush you like one of those nights or epiphanies that transform the heart from a blood-pumping organ into a hallmark illustration.”
Buzzbands.LA
“Wolfe instills as much charm as melody in his pensive, pointed songs, and possesses enough of both to exhibit substantial star power.”
My Old Kentucky Blog
“Someone Else, the first single from Wolfe’s debut LP Linda Vista, is a perfect confection of Broadway sass and breezy, California sunshine folk.”
The Boston Pheonix
“3.0 Stars – Had Henry Wolfe released Linda Vista in 1978, he would have been an AOR songwriting sensation.”
Times Square
“With Henry Wolfe, even if he wasn’t living in California, his music has California written all over it. There are a few musical styles that California can be associated with, and Wolfe’s melodic and reposed alternative folk-pop sound is definitely one of them.”
WKUT (NPR – Austin)
“Wolfe has an ear for melody that falls somewhere between Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson.”
WXPN (NPR – Phila.)
“Wolfe puts a unique spin on the singer-songwriter tradition.”
L Magazine
“The music was beautiful – gentle and
meandering, played by an unquestionably talented group.”
Time Out New York
“L.A.’s Henry Wolfe is the singer-songwriter behind the agreeable, mellifluous acousti-pop song “Stop the Train.”
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