“Amy Engelhardt makes with the air guitar licks to accompany her Gibson Firebird-worthy mouth music.” – Washington Post

“Her finely honed sense of silliness developed long before she joined The Bobs... Engelhardt has mastered The Bobs’ demanding material while adding her penchant for absurdity to the group’s already zany shows.” - San Jose Mercury News

“Amy Bob's great songwriting contributions carried on the tradition of the original Bobs lineup, where the humor was more subtle and laced with a bit of performance-art edge. ” - Daily Hampshire Gazette

Amy Engelhardt’s voice can be brassy or gentle or even quasi-operatic… she hits impressive high notes…Amy adds her own level of dry wit, and her singing is superb,” – Metroland

“Latest recruit Amy Engelhardt has kept the level of hilarity and serious harmonizing high.” - East Bay Express

“Amy Engelhardt sings her cheeky “How Did This Thing Get in Me” from the perspective of the Virgin Mary, with Shearer voicing a befuddled Joseph, a Jerry Lee Lewis-styled perennial in the making, although it may not appear in the program of your local church’s Christmas pageant just yet.” – Chicago Sun Times

"Amy Engelhardt sings one of the funniest Christmas songs of all time (“How Did This Thing Get In Me?“). - KQED, San Francisco

“Amy Engelhardt brings the show tune chutzpah with a "Great Balls of Fire"-styled lament from mother Mary.” - Mistletunes

“Christmas Without Tears” was also deeply funny, never more so than during Amy Engelhardt’s “How Did This Thing Get in Me?” – Blu Notes

“Her lyrics are witty, trenchant and persuasive, and she’s set them to melodies that lull you into enjoying them as catchy tunes—until they veer into contrasting territories. In other words, she’s got the craft down cold, if not better than most because she has a rare and intelligent edge in wordsmithery… an impressive balladeer, with a rich voice and the ability to paint an evocative portrait with a poetically few words…The debut of a witty, bright, affecting singer-songwriter.” -Metroland Magazine

"The lone female member of the legendary Bobs, red-headed ball of energy Amy Engelhardt brings us a powerful one-woman show in 'Not Gonna Be Pretty.' Every one of these 13 songs is a funny-sexy-insightful-hip-refreshing-autobiographical-poetic-rocking winner..." - Primarily A Cappella

"… catchy songs, reminiscent of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s poprock catalog... winning" - The New York Times

“...like a very bawdy Disney movie, with hummable pop music to match... smartly plotted and irrepressible... - TimeOutNY

“Lovably silly and immensely tuneful... a decidedly American, pop rock charmer...fluid and genius writing... a score that is heart-pumping, contemplative and altogether wonderful…Bastard Jones is a show you hope to see on Broadway one day..." - BroadwayWorld

"If I could fill this review with synonyms for “brilliant” it still wouldn’t be enough, or do justice to just how good Bastard Jones is... a rock musical extravaganza... catchy and powerful songs." - StageBuddy

"Bastard Jones is rockingly tuneful, sexy, silly... an infectious score." - QLife

"…A ribald, raucous and bawdy pop rock musical... The bouncy rock score by Engelhardt to witty lyrics by Acito and Engelhardt has discernable influences in Gilbert & Sullivan, Cole Porter and 60’s British pop songs… sharp and irreverent entertainment." - TheaterScene

“Engelhardt’s music is tastefully varied, making bold choices even in comedic numbers. ” – The Reviews Hub

“Brilliant, empathetic, charismatic and endearingly funny…” – The Sisyphus Journal

“Combining bemusement with whimsy, she conveys the quirkiness of everyday life, in songs that are like musical analogues of observational standup comedy… echoes of Joni Mitchell…The originality and intelligence of Engelhardt's lyrics evoke John Forster, the four-time Grammy nominee, well known to listeners of National Public Radio….Engelhardt is so fundamentally likable and her lyrics so clever and poignant…a riotously funny hour of song.” – BroadwayWorld

“After hearing a chunk of Engelhardt’s songbook, it’s understandable why she gets kudos for her songwriting. She brings a comedienne’s sensibility to her lyrics, which can be poignant, provocative and playful all in the same song… her elastic, three-octave, mezzo soprano can almost get lost in the shuffle.” - Cabaret Scenes

“Sorrowful, hopeful and ultimately enlightening… Engelhardt’s delivery is truthful and conversational —beautifully non actor-y..." - NiteLifeExchange

“Devastatingly beautiful." - Talkin Broadway

“It’s often said that art has the mystical ability to heal. Engelhardt has achieved that... Impact ignites its pathos all through its journey with soaring effect.” - First Night London

"An emotional tour-de-force love letter from America to those who created powerful human connections from tragedy.”- Edinburgh List

“Engelhardt puts her tremendous storytelling talent to its best use... a shocking, absorbing show with a straight-to-the-heart power only well-crafted songs can evoke.”' – Words and Music