“There’s an interesting subgroup of composers who sing their own songs, blending aspects of art song and pop. Gabriel Kahane [is one among] four notable practitioners. (Don’t miss Kahane’s “Craigslistlieder,” a cycle of songs drawn from doleful and peculiar ads on craigslist.org.)
--Alex Ross, The New Yorker (Online Version)

“The impressive young singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane describes himself as ‘the bastard child of Alban Berg and Rufus Wainwright,’ a shotgun wedding he pulls off with his piano-bar poetry and adventurous compositions.” –Time Out New York

“[In an afternoon of jazz at Disney's REDCAT] singer/pianist/songwriter Gabriel Kahane—who offered a warmly authentic voice amid all this astounding virtuosity—managed to stand out on his own.” --LA City Beat

“His untrained cabaret voice hides the slippery intervals of his songs, but their quizzical charm and whip-smart allusions are the products of someone who's spent time studying the composers around and before Herr Berg…I was rather impressed.” – Marc Geelhood, Deceptively Simple

“Kahane makes it work … his characteristic style of wistful lyrics and sophisticated chord progressions. Clever wordplay was wedded to sophisticated, elusive compositions, capped by melodies that lingered. ”
– Steve Smith, Night after Night

“Gabe’s songwriting really knocks me out. He’s clearly absorbed a lot of art music but also has a keen pop sensibility. Even though his influences are disparate, his music doesn’t come out disjointed; on the contrary, it has continuity and grace, and he’s already speaking with his own voice. His baritone is deeply resonant and really fills up the room. You seldom hear that kind of voice these days.” –– Brad Mehldau

“Savvy, sophisticated, subversive, and often moving, Kahane's writing draws inspiration from his varied musical mentors, and spins them into something new. There's hope still for the musical theater when writers like Kahane are at work.” –– Ted Sperling

“Gabriel Kahane is embarking on a career as a singer/songwriter. His debut CD reveals a talent that is built for the endurance race in a life-time career. Plug into it all now, for to what venue he brings his music, Gabe will bring the benefits of a growing hipster crowd embracing his signature works. The kid is inevitable — the heir apparent of a celebrated musical family, finally emerging from the deep end of a fabulously gifted gene pool.” –– Van Dyke Parks

“Some of his songs are deceptively pretty: piano pop ballads that, at first glance, resemble something by Elton John, but the key changes and time signatures suggest the dexterity of someone who may have spent his formative years at Interlochen. So many notes!” ––Sufjan Stevens

"Gabriel Kahane's songs are made to last. By evoking specific emotional
locales, they get under your skin and become a part of the music you've
always known. Kahane shapes lyrics and melodic lines with impeccable craft—
his large musical view commingles Schumann and Chopin and Berg with the best vernacular songwriters: Gershwin and Paul Simon, Weill and Joni Mitchell come to mind. 'Delusion Road' is unquestionably a masterpiece, a song so soulful that it is destined to become part of the American Songbook." — Kenneth Frazelle