AMY OBENSKI

“Obenski’s sul­try song­writ­ing style grows out of a deep need to exam­ine every­thing around her. ‘My inspi­ra­tion comes from my ana­lyt­i­cal nature—I’m an observer of things, the way peo­ple act, the way social inter­ac­tions occur and my rela­tion­ship to them. And it often turns into a song.’ Beau­ti­ful bal­lads that were orig­i­nally straight piano/guitar com­po­si­tions have sonic string arrange­ments on the newest release, Grow to Catch the Wind.” View the whole article.

Good Times Santa Cruz
Decem­ber 2011

“I had the plea­sure of wel­com­ing Amy Oben­ski to the Brook­lands Radio stu­dios for a live ses­sion dur­ing her recent trav­els through Europe, and I was left with fond mem­o­ries of a charm­ing, elo­quent and clearly pas­sion­ate singer song-writer who writes gen­tle and ear-pleasing songs. Her voice is effort­less, and pos­sesses a def­i­nite warmth and charm as she deliv­ers each verse. Her songs are well writ­ten and pro­duced with great string and piano arrangements.

Her brand new album, “Grow to Catch The Wind” is a col­lec­tion of exquis­itely pro­duced songs, each one bet­ter than the last, and one of those rare albums where every track is lik­able. I par­tic­u­larly like “Watch It All Fall”, a deli­ciously melan­cholic song with great keys, strings and mem­o­rable hooks; “Res­o­lu­tion”, a haunt­ing piece with very catchy cho­rus and mag­nif­i­cent cello arrange­ments; “Anchor” is one of those songs you could eas­ily play dur­ing a cold icy winter’s night in a warm room by an open log fire and instantly feel OK with the World!

Amy Oben­ski will cap­ture your heart and her songs will leave you with a warm glow. “Grow To Catch the Wind” has rarely been away from my in-car CD player since I received my copy of the album, and I dare say Amy’s voice and music will accom­pany me on many more journeys!”

David Durant
Head of Live & Unsigned Music
Brook­lands Radio (UK)
Decem­ber 2011

“From her abil­ity to raise money on Kick­starter to pro­duce her newest CD, to hav­ing a song appear on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Amy Oben­ski is a 21st cen­tury girl with 19th cen­tury style. Her muse is lyri­cally haunting—like chas­ing dreams the wrong way up one-way streets—cascading in between lush string arrange­ments. In per­son, Oben­ski takes the oth­er­worldly charm of Ste­vie Nicks, the Wic­can god­dess with the golden pipes—but more au nat­ural and less drug-induced. Think Cow­boy Junkies meets Natalie Mer­chant in a methadone clinic. ”

DNA
Good Times Santa Cruz
Decem­ber 2011

“With Jazz-steeped com­po­si­tions that move from haunt­ing to sooth­ing in one intu­itive swoop… we find a tal­ented artist reach­ing her cre­ative peak. Soak­ing up the eclec­tic beauty of her sur­round­ing Santa Cruz and infus­ing it into her music, Obenski’s honey-flowing tunes pos­sess incred­i­ble depth and a nat­ural grace.”

Per­former Mag­a­zine
2008

“Amy Oben­ski is the sort of artist who deserves to achieve big things, and with any luck she’ll do just that and ride the wave of the female singer/songwriter genre in its post-Feist-iPod resur­gence… it is likely that her new release From the Deep will con­tinue her rise to stardom.”

Sil­i­con Val­ley Metro
2010

“…Inti­mate and emo­tive orig­i­nal tunes oscil­late between the con­fes­sional and the acutely observational.”

Good Times Santa Cruz
2007

“Oben­ski will hook even the most hard­ened cynic…”

Per­form­ing Song­writer
2007

“I can’t believe this is only Amy Obenski’s sec­ond record. The songs on Kite are not only fan­tas­tic, but there doesn’t seem to be a sin­gle wasted note. Obenski’s voice is haunt­ing and the arrange­ments com­pli­ment the vocals per­fectly… Great record and I can’t wait to see her live.”

High Bias

2006

“Santa Cruz ‘native’ Amy Oben­ski sounds like a native of the smoky urban den of New York City. Her voice is pas­sion­ate and gen­uine with sin­cere lyrics and gen­tle song­writ­ing. As far as female singer/songwriters go, often they go unno­ticed and it’s unfor­tu­nate. Amy Oben­ski employs breathy jazzy vocals with lux­u­ri­ous catchy hooks that bend and drip down your spine giv­ing you a nice tin­gle of delight.”

Smother Mag­a­zine

2006

“If you’re a nascent musi­cian, you may feel as though the like­li­hood of releas­ing an album and hav­ing it gain nation­wide atten­tion must be a strug­gle bor­der­ing on the impos­si­ble, even in this era of Myspace super­stars. Well, it’s not impos­si­ble, and I’ve got the CD to prove it: Kite, by Amy Obenski.”

Estro­ge­nius Radio
2006