New Music Critique: Craig Greenberg

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Craig Greenberg  
Contact: [email protected]

Web: craiggreenbergmusic.com

Seeking: Booking, Licensing
Style: Piano Rock, Pop Singer-Songwriter

N.Y.C. singer-pianist Craig Greenberg brings a modern  sensibilty to the piano-powered Broadway musical tradition on his original songs like “Between the Sea and the Sky,” where we hear the influence (though not quite the vocal quality) of artists such as Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Rufus Wainright.  The lonely-guy song “In Need of a Friend” benefits from sad, yearning lyrics and organ parts that work very well in the pre-chorus. We’re most taken with “Quarantine Queen,” the artist’s rockin’ tale of a budding love relationship that’s challenged by the enforced solitude of the Covid epidemic. The tune could be a nice fit for a musical production set in the recently (and thankfully) passed era.