They liked “Hudson River View”:

“I like it! My kids like it!” –Robbie Fulks, musician

“Hudson River View, the latest disc from Karen Hudson is simply her best recording to date... with songs in a vain similar to Linda Ronstadt’s work with The Stone Pony’s...Hudson’s honey dipped vocals can be both frisky and heartbreaking...but the highlight here is the stunning “Hudson River Blue” one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Hudson nails this one with her exquisite singing while draining the heartbreak and emotion the song deserves. Rounding out the disc are the tracks “Lovesick Blues” and “Honky Tonk Merry Go Round”. Be sure to keep listening for the bonus hidden track, Nicotine. This one comes highly recommended.”
           —Bob Silvestri, Best of Western New York

“...she celebrates the release of her new self-released EP, Hudson River View, which offers five sweet ways to look at your breaking, broken, or completely destroyed heart situation.”       
          —Time Out NY

“...Fans of Tift Merritt, Kelly Willis, Sheryl Crow and, yeah, Gretchen Wilson should check this out. Hudson gets extra props for the cd’s pristine, old-school production— all hers.”
               —Trifectagram (Alan Young)

“...more the honky-tonk than the wallflower kind, though she convinces more doing her own late-Rosanne Cash-style numbers...”
          —The Village Voice

“Karen Hudson leads a fantastic band of players as she gigs around New York. Her songs are full of twang and emotion blending country, rock, pop and folk inspired by singers Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt and the song craft of Nick Lowe and Lucinda Williams.”
           —Good Music NY

“Hudson River Blue” turns out to be my favorite...and the lyrics...with a wink at Tammy Wynette: “It’s hard to be your woman and my own person too.” “Lovesick Blues,” one of Hank Williams’ best known songs, is almost unrecognizable the way Karen skillfully makes that old song swing...”
           —Johanna Bodde, InsurgentCountry.com

“Hudson’s acoustic alternative/country craft is clearly influenced by Lucinda Williams, Hank Williams, and 1970’s Linda Ronstadt, conveying confidence, heartbreak and sass in one fell swoop.
          —Washington Heights/Inwood Report

Karen Hudson, singer-songwriter from NYC has the kind of smoky heartbreaking voice that will make every man at Americanarma forget his own name. Her songs are simply written .... stunningly delivered with “been-there, done that” wisdom.”
          —Buffalo Art Voice