Tom Meltzer

“Literate and loopy."     

--Mike Joyce, Washington Post

“Tom Meltzer writes songs Merle Haggard might have written if he'd gotten mugged under the Williamsburg Bridge one rainy night...”     

--Mark Jacobson, Esquire

“Uncommonly clever lyrics, a mixture of precisely tuned observations and snappy two-liners.”     

--Jon Pareles, New York Times

“Tom Meltzer is a witty obsessive who translates his insecurities into comical appreciations of baseball, women, Brooklyn, Cubism, family and Neil Young.”     

--Ira Robbins, Trouser Press

“Tom Meltzer's open, friendly voice personifies the slightly weird boy next door.”     

--Dirty Linen

“Meltzer sees the world through insecure eyes, a world where the ice is always too thin, the fire is always too hot and the earth is always too shaky. His observations usually have a beginning and an end; in between, he's usually clever, funny, and entertaining."

---Dan Aquilante, New York Post

“Meltzer is a step above really good... His songs really stay with me.”     

--Dave Beltrane, Dirty Linen

Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief review: “An eclectic amalgam of folk, country, rock and soul, accented by the highly developed songwriting skills of Tom Meltzer and Paul Foglino and a shrewd sense of humor.”    

--Jim Caligiuri, CMJ Country

“Paul Foglino and Tom Meltzer have got most of the tunemeisters on Music Row eating their dust.”     

--Philip Van Vleck, Raleigh Spectator

“5 Chinese Brothers know how to make country music smart and city music with heart.”

--Entertainment Weekly

“You are brilliant and wonderful.”     

--Nora Ephron, rejection letter for soundtrack music