Theo Katzman with Benjamin Jaffe at Trees

There are some musicians whose performances make you forget where your body ends and the music begins; they connect with the crowd so deeply that you feel rooted in your current moment. His songs very often cover heartbreak and frustration: his last album Modern Johnny Sings: Songs in the Age of Vibe mixing political commentary (“You Could Be President”) with songs about bygone intimacy; his singing on “Fog In The Mirror” so soft you can tell he is walking through the memory. His music over the years has contained all sides of love, from the sharp panged euphoria of new love, to the feeling of a glowing soft-edged love that has existed for a long time and continues to exist. This love reaches further to the pile of sea glass and pieces of a heart that one resigned oneself to when originally opening oneself to love.

– michigandaily.com