Willy Mason - If the Ocean gets Rough
Reviewed by margaret
Singer/songwriters are very hit and miss with me. I guess that’s the nature of the artistic beast. There’s not much else to do other than listen to the lyrics, but the overwhelming sound is the singer’s voice. If either of these is off, the whole thing is a miss. Willy Mason continues to confound me. I want to like him. The music is decent on If the Ocean Gets Rough, and when he pairs up with KT Tunstall, the resulting song, “We Can Be Strong,” is brilliant. But when he relies on his voice and one or two instruments, Willy Mason doesn’t do it for me. I find his voice flat and his stories uninteresting. You would do better picking up Jack Johnson – or better yet, Sufjan Stevens. Just one woman’s opinion.... [www.willymason.com]