"...a remarkably talented & broadbanding pan-idiomatic artist, he's also proven to be a veritable dude ..."
—David Torn
"Ric is a painter, using the melodies of strings to communicate beautiful colors. He plays beautiful guitar."
—Phil Keaggy
"...complex and compelling. The melodies remain in my head while the lyrics circle in my memory. The words wear well as they leave room to dream. The message is good medicine, it makes me feel better every time."
—David Wilcox
"Ric Hordinski layers stark acoustic, twang grunge electric and pretty lap steel over ...confessional, confrontational vocals."
—Guitar Player Magazine
"Ric Hordinski plays and sounds like warm cashmere feels - and somehow performs a magic trick by keeping a luminous transparency in his production."
—Rob Fetters
"Hordinski shows himself to be the rarest kind of virtuoso - one w ho knows when not to play...and what not to play. "Music is not just about notes," he says. "It's about the space between the notes." And what makes Hordinski's music so compelling is that it transcends both notes and spaces, communicating to the listener something that transcends the literal."
—Reid Davis, Pastemusic.com
"...A must, well informed pop, heartfelt, delivered with authority and presented with rapturous diversity, held together by Ric's guitar mastery and gift of lyrical vulnerability.
—Bill Mallonee
"...A smoldering, ambient wash of beautiful guitar noise using digital delay and every bit of immense talent."
—The Flagpole - Athens, GA
"Listening to Hordinski at his best is like watching someone throw a really well worded fit. His work ...will leave you breathless."
—Dave Canfield, Cornerstone Magazine
"**** Quiver is ...a seamless, stunning piece of work ...mixing Beatle-esque riffs ...with warmly sensual vibrato-laden guitar ...beautiful..."
—Larry Nager, Cincinnati Enquirer
"**** Quiver. The songs smartly blend a number of Hordinski's influences, including the Beatles, Bruce Cockburn, Phil Keaggy, and David Wilcox (who appears on the album). But those ghosts inhabit an ambient guitar atmosphere which is pure Hordinski. Using fancy fret work and digital effects, he produces an inordinate variety of different guitar sounds -- sonorously quivering vibrato, aggressively buzzing grunge, cleanly shimmering beams of ambiance, and rushes of reverberating rhythm which bounce from wall to wall like Speedy Gonzales on fast-forward.
"There are some transcendent recordings here ...vastly sprawling, hypnotically lulling aural atmospheres, inhabited by unwieldy webs of spiraling melody. The songs seem like spacious, mysterious rooms, waiting to be filled with images. One can't help but hope Hordinski soon gets another shot at composing for film."
—Daryl Cater, All-Media-Guide
"...a gorgeous instrumental album filled with stacks of lushly layered and textured guitar tones. The obvious comparison is to the instrumental work of uber-producer Daniel Lanois as the two share a fondness for airy effects and omnichords, but this has more intimacy and warmth than anything Lanois has played since his Acadie album. Each cut has a tone and personality entirely its own... Another excellent project from Hordinski."
—Todd Brown, True Tunes
