2023 Songwriter of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, Dirty Jersey Dozen
— New Jersey Stage
Step into a world of haunting beauty and eerie ambiance with this beautifully shot visual masterpiece.
— Wonderland.
… the master songwriter…
— WFUV
And it’s the simple vocal melody that burrows into your skull, just begging you to shed a single tear. …indie-folk at its finest.
— The Rodeo
…delicately produced songs that live somewhere between today’s best indie folk, real-deal country music of the seventies, and one of those unique and wonderful discoveries we’d make on 120 Minutes back in the mid-nineties.
— Variance
…An amazing songwriter, Renee stretched her performer muscles as a multi-instrumentalist and flexed her producer muscles on Shimmer…
— The Aquarian
…carved a niche for herself with a deceptively simple but delicate musicality swirling with vibrance and vulnerability…
— Earmilk
Renee Maskin has been a force in the Asbury Park music scene for a long time…. her captivating stage presence has always shown through. Channeling the likes of Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Lucinda Williams, she sings with vulnerability, honesty, and soul.
— You Don’t Know Jersey
…keen production work and heartfelt yet quirky songcraft.