"Bill Carter has an audacious knack for a roadhouse hook and a wicked tongue for lyrics, making music that is at once powerful, sly, intelligent and rocking. Carter is one of the most successful, if not the best singer-songwriter in Austin." - Margaret Moser - Austin Chronicle
"Anything made of Paper" was what visitors were allowed to bring Damien Echols in prison, yet Carter's song which played
over the closing credits of West of Memphis focuses on everything else the falsely accused prisoner received in time: life, freedom, love, and dignity."
- American Songwriter
"Unknown is a resounding collection of hard-nosed rock and blues arrangements with a country sensibility and features Carter on ten instruments, including bongos, bass. Carter's voice is that of a true troubadour, one who speaks it like he's lived it, making the listener wonder what if he kept some of his familiar songs for himself? Carter deserves to be up there with international song-writing royalty." Glide Magazine
"Carter recently released his first solo album, ironically titled Unknown, which features Anything Made of Paper as well a hilarious and timely ditty titled Amerijuana. Profoundly influenced by Dylan and the Band, the gruff-voiced Carter is strong on Americana. His dark blues for a murdered streetwalker, Eva Bible, is the kind of thing Dave Van Ronk could have sung. Save You has the kind of pop hook that makes you see why Carter has made a living as a songwriter." Paul de Barros - Seattle Times
"A massive spiritual theme runs the length of the record. Devils, angels, sermons, sacrifice and salvation, "Revelry;" the first half tells of a world rich in gospel traditions. It is not a religious spirituality, but a humanist celebration of the mountains and valleys of existence. Perhaps because of that, Unknown has a much more mature voice than any of Carter's previous output. The smirking aggression of youth is replaced by a calmer worldview. The passion, the wit, the sharpness, the love for life; it's all still there, but manifests itself in a different way. It's an appreciation of what remains, of the experience survived, rather than an anger at what might have gotten lost in the process." MVMix - Stu Gilbert
"Unknown rocks its rich Southern rock Dylanesque, layered in guitars alongside a voice of rhyme, reason, and outrage." Raoul Hernandez - Austin Chronicle
