january 2012
The blog Walking Satellite has a review of Reynold's January 27th gig at the 318 Cafe. "Awesome, tight, lyrical jazz..." Read more at Walking Satellite

august 2011
Reynold D. Philipsek – TALES FROM THE NORTH WOODS: There are no more fun tales to be told than those from a guitarist with total talent, and Reynold is clearly in that category! I thoroughly enjoyed his “Goatee and Shades“, mayhaps ‘coz it took me back to mem’ries of my own Beatnik daze! Ten (mostly) short songs that keep your brain spinning, like the deep-toned “Scherzo“! It’s sort of like Django gypsy meets ’60?s beat-gen hippified funster music (what’n'l’ever that means… lol). Highly energetic guitar music that will keep you flying for days. I give Reynold a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, with an “EQ” (energy quotient) rating of 4.95. Rotcod Zzaj (aka Dick Metcalf) - Improvijazzation Nation

april 30, 2011
An instrumentalist that knows his stuff, you shouldn't bag him in new age or jazz just because he can command a solo stage on his own. It's solid instrumental music. [Tales from the North Woods is] tasty stuff for acoustic guitar fans to really dig into all the way.
Chris Spector, Midwest Record Review - www.midwestrecord.com

july 30, 2010
Click here for MinnPost.com review of All the Things You Are.
[T]his is music of color and depth, narrative and emotion.
Pamela Espeland, MinnPost.com

july 27, 2010
Click here for the JazzPolice review of All the Things You Are.
With All the Things You Are, Reynold Philipsek indeed gives us everything he is, everywhere he has been, and hints at all that he has yet to discover.
Andrea Canter, JazzPolice

april 10, 2009
Click here for the Vita.mn review of the CD East Side.

StarTribune
Click here for Minneapolis StarTribune reviews from 2009, 2005, 2004, 2002 and 1999.

2005
Jazz guitarist and composer Reynold D. Philipsek has ideas that don't seem to end. With more than twenty albums, he proves himself a true original.
Michael Dregni, author of Django (the Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend)

Vintage Guitar
Click here for Vintage Guitar reviews from 2007, 2005 and 2004.

1996
Click here for the RootsWorld review of The First 100 Years...

august 1991
I have spent a few years howling to the moon about Reynold Philipsek, a Midwestern original whose writing style is a sort of twisted blend of Edward Hopper and Randy Newman. He's a guitar player of some ability, to boot.
CMJ Network

september 1989
Reynold Philipsek chops cool steel-string rhythm behind his often cynical observations on modern life. His clear-toned chord melodies show his breadth in instrumental settings away from wry futuristic folk.
Guitar Player Magazine