Show Review – Ottawa Citizen
Roots-rock artist Wil opened for (Matt) Andersen.
Like Andersen, Wil is an intense performer and knows how to pace a song — many of them about strained relationships — to coax every drop of drama from it.
A tall, lean man, he steps back from the mic between lines to bob and weave and frequently jerk a leg back and up, as though it’s attached to a string.
It makes for a distinctive performance, one that suggests his own total engagement in the song and, rather than distancing his audience, drew us in Thursday night.
His set included the dark tune Baby, Baby. It was the first time he’d played it in public, he said, and he accompanied the song with another concert first: whistling.
The latter was a tad ragged, but, his comment about always starting and finishing his shows on time suggesting a touch of obsessiveness, he’ll doubtless work on the whistling.
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Author: Patrick Langston
