On January 25th, 2016 I found myself at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3. This stage is located downstairs in an intimate setting with enough space for about 20 or so two tops. Kiyo Cato is a wonderfully talented musician who performed by himself, this time acoustically. This set had a rock/indie/folk sound to it. The entire room was under his spell and he kept quite composed even through one of the worst timed cell phone interruptions. He just took a deep breath and took us all in a different direction. He was joined later for the last few songs by his wife, Lily Nussbaum, who contributed vocals and Matthew Sucich who added vocals as well as a hollowed bodied bluesy sound on an Epiphone Sheraton II guitar with a custom bigsby installed.
Kioy's full name is Kiyoshi Matsuyama. The first time I saw him perform was with his previous band called Rocket and the Ghost. His current band is pretty similar with the exception of one band member. This man writes and co-writes beautiful lyrics with a fun up beat rock sound to accompany them. He croons to the audience with his high tenor voice. This band will have you dancing and singing along even before you know the words. They have this amazing capacity to play very quiet and soft and then burst into something hard and rumpus the very next moment. It's a new experience every time I see him and his band perform. They just keep me coming back for more!
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