“Bolander has always had a knack for combing rootsier styles and sensibilities, zipping from John Moreland to Earl Thomas Conley to Appalachian traditions.”
– American Songwriter
“Some storms have names, and this one is called Old Tattoo, the newest installment from Eric Bolander, arriving like a twister in the night. This is Eric Bolander’s most polished work to date — richer, epic, and somehow a tinge sadder, with a sprinkle of hope.”
- Justin N. Kohrs (The AMp)
"No other genre can encapsulate love songs through the prism of nature like country music can. Songs like "Dixieland Delight" and "Deeper Than The Holler" immediately come to mind. And Kentucky artist Eric Bolander Music just released a love song for the ages, and arguably his best song yet."
- Jon Grace (Laurel Cove Music Festival driector)
There’s a new layer of stunning depth to Bolander’s songwriting this time that explores the very meaning of life with a palpable valiance. He doesn’t flinch. And on this album his expanse has grown wider to the whole human experience.
- Americana highways
“Through honoring his grandmother, singer-songwriter Eric Bolander weathered his own emotional firestorm with his 2019 record The Wind, followed by two standalone singles “Magic Moon” and “Window” in 2020. Bolander has now released “Cold Men”—a modern protest song chronicling the Blackjewel miners’ protests in Harlan County, Ky.”
- Ditty tv