"Erney's voice comes across as if it is second nature to him to bring the jazz essence to every melody."
-- LEONARD FEATHER, Los Angeles Times
"He has a way of intoning romantic lyrics that I'm sure would melt the ice maiden's heart"
-- FRANCESCA NEMKO, free-lance music critic for various publications, describing the singing on Dewey's album "A Beautiful Friendship"
"Dewey Erney is a vocal craftsman, a singer with fine taste in material who polishes every note he strikes."
-- BILL KOHLHASSE, Los Angeles Times
"Dewey Erney is the perfect antidote to the screeching histrionics and ho-hum blahs that pass for music today."
-- ROGER CRANE, Jazz News
"What stands out in his voice is the humanity he conveys, how he makes us believe the songs he renders."
-- ZAN STEWARD, Los Angeles Times
"Dewey Erney has a voice with a special timbre. It is, perhaps, like butterscotch. There is a fragility in its polished control that is both arresting and appealing. That quality, a distinct sonic identity, is augmented by the uniqueness of Erney's almost egoless presentation of material. In short, there is a discrete sense of the meaning of a lyric and its melodic basis that informs Erney's reading of songs That is a rare gift to listeners."
-- JIM MEROD, Jazz News (reviewing Dewey's album "You And The Night And The Music")
"Dewey paints scenic soundscapes that make you want to put on your headphones, close your eyes, and just drift into your own imaginary, blissful place."
-- ELIZABETH GOODWIN, The Jazz World Magazine, Jazz Now
"This is a recording (Dewey Erney, Dearly Beloved) showing exceptional talent in a lost art demonstrated in the past by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Dick Haymes. I liked it a lot!"
-- AL MERRITT, Jazz Now magazine
"In my humble opinion, I place Dewey Erney in the same company as Vic Damone, Mel Tormé or Dick Haymes. His complete mastery of his art is a joy."
-- MICHAEL LUND, Serendipity Records