jason vitelli; press clippings

Lucio Cadeddu from TNT Audio:
". . . Jason's music is an amazing cocktail of soft-rock, pop, blues, folk and even jazz. If I were forced to name an artist who came immediately to my mind the first time I listened to "No photographs" is Elvis Costello, from his earlier albums. Even the timbre of the voice isn't that far (though Jason seems more gifted, sorry Elvis :-)). Other influences (seem to) come from Lloyd Cole, Peter Gabriel, Billy Joel and even Bob Dylan! Consider this list of artists as a reference, just to get an idea, actually Jason Vitelli's music deserves a category of its own."

Frank O. Gutch, Jr. from Rock and Reprise.net:
". . . About the music. Sometimes music steamrolls you, sometimes it leaves you flat. Sometimes it kicks you to the side of the curb and sometimes it almost gives you a heart attack. What Vitelli's does is bring you back, time and again, and I can't seem to nail down why. Or I couldn't until I hit track number five. Tortured Lane (Hobo Song) is what one of my old friends used to call motatin', a driving solid beat dragging me through three minutes and forty three seconds of short bursts of musical sanity broken up by odd chord changes and this weird sense of bobble-headedness (I swear to God, I could not stop my head from bobbing to the beat). Voice up front and void of bells and whistles and as much an instrument of rhythm as music. Bass and guitars on a mission, the rhythm guitar the heartbeat along with percussion, lead guitar adding overdrive before the song winds down into poetic reading and fadeout.

J. Turner from Indie Music.com:
". . . As with strawberries and jumbo shrimp, there are many ways to enjoy No Photographs, but there are three things I know for sure; Vitelli is a talented and capable vocalist, he is also a romantic and a poet, and Harry Connick Jr. better watch his back, 'cause he's not the only sensitive crooner on the block anymore."