Keegan DeWitt

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"'Quiet City' is a formal movie, elegantly edited, whose images, both still and moving, are conjoined to a soundtrack that reduces the noise of the city to an evocative background hum, quiet but not silent." - New York TIMES

"Late in the film, traffic lights change beneath an elevated highway, and then we cut to a scene of four people dancing in an apartment; the beauty of the first shot -- as carefully composed as an oil painting -- is matched by the inspiration to score the dance not with whatever it is the dancers are hearing but with the atmospheric music written for the film by Keegan DeWitt (another Portland native). It's sheer poetry." - The Oregonian

"Keegan Dewitt is a talented performer and songwriter who could be great and this debut album showcases the talent and highlights the room for maturity into a powerful artist....All the tracks are performed with a gusto and musicianship that seeps through the songs and into your head...This is a stunning debut that will reward repeated listens and grow into a real favourite. Great songs with depth and heart." - Americana UK

"The shuffling country-rock, complete with piano and pedal, makes Keegan Dewitt sound more like an English pub-rocker than a kid from the Pacific Northwest. Dewitt enlisted the help of the North Carolina band Roman Candle who produced, engineered and, most importantly, filled in as his Rumour. North Carolina stalwart Chris Stamey was so impressed by the record that he volunteered to mix it. Dewitt`s debut showcases a talent for hook-filled intimate storytelling set again a rollicking backdrop." - Miles of Music

"The Sparrows belong to that rare group of artists which you encounter once in a decade. All the years which you have lived and all cd's which you have bought were in search of a group like this, one to be a cornerstone in your life and to which you will always return... I could seperate each song and speak to it specifically but it would be tough to put words to them. Who are these people? How old are they? I don't want to know. I just want to listen, listen some more and continue listening." - Rootstime

"The shots of young people saying nothing, the piano score (by Keegan DeWitt, another onetime Portlander) keeping time with long, hand-held glides through the 'burbs, even the silent montage of fireworks: They herald the first movie of a guy who's seen Last Days..." - Willamette Week