Sometimes a musician takes time to grow on you. But sometimes, within a few chords, a few measures, you just know you like the artist. CraigLyons Writer fell into that latter category this Thursday at Molaskey's, when he dove right into a catchy tambourine-backed guitar driven song called "Underwater." Okay, so that appealed to the mer in me, but honestly, Craig has my favorite sort of male voice. Sensitive but masculine, the kind that works perfectly for pop acoustic or folk and stays so real. Yeah, this guy must have his share of fangirls, don'tcha think?
He followed on the heels of EvaMoon Ember, whose comedic songs are always, well, funny (How about that UPS man, huh?), and would fit right in on the Bob & Tom Show. The Rom music, with which she closed her set, made my night. You really can't go wrong with gypsy songs!
Working backwards, the night opened with Somerset Oh & Rhode, who were missing one of their number but who were nevertheless as entertaining as usual. Between-song banter involved statistical observations of avatars dancing, and mid-song banter was to the tune of how serious certain songs were. (Nom, nom, nom!)
But Craig. He made my night, live studio audience and all. I'll have to put his albums (he has them) on my mental to-buy-eventually list.
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