“Cartwright’s songs tap into some quintessential American Soul …” Boston Rock – Michael Bloom

" A playback of the diaspora that brought musical life to this planet: all the music ever made-Phoenician sailors’ chants and Basque weddings and radio broadcast of Edgar Varese and regional fife-&-drum competitions-drifting back through space toward some musical Big Bang…" - Jazz Times

"Incandescent saxophone playing "- The New York Times

“It sounds like a hummingbird caught in the drapes.”- Newsweek

“…Cartwright sounds like he’s stirring about the galley of a boat at night, below deck, opening a beer, fixing himself an omelet, and doesn’t know he’s being overheard. All in all, an offering of great loneliness. Even despair.” -Jazz Improv

"Earth music heard on another planet, audible through space if soundwaves go on forever like light waves, and if not, well, it’s none of their business up there anyway, what goes on down here. "- Nebraska Music Educator