"Few pleasures equal that of watching a gifted musician hit the track and just sail on out there. You’ll hear a lot of tradition in Sean McGowan’s guitar: Christian, Burrell, Farlow, Pass. You’ll also hear the sound of a musician finding the groove his groove."
- James Sallis, author of The Guitar Players: One Instrument and Its Masters in American Music

"Playing the blues, standards or bebop anthems, fiery 16th-note lines or suspended harmonic constructs, Sean McGowan has found his niche amongst the best jazz guitar soloists."
- Martin Gladu, allaboutjazz.com

"Sean McGowan is the most promising young solo guitarist I have ever heard."
- Tuck Andress of Tuck & Patti

"Sean is a musician first and a virtuoso second, which is as it should be."
- Anthony Weller

"...few artists I've come across match the readiness and musical knowledge of native Mainer, Sean McGowan."
- WMPG Radio