Marc Zo.

"Moonage Daydream: a conversation with Marc Zo. By Jay Pluck
Marc Zo. could be the saviour of underground music and is the most excellent live performer to have blown through Greensboro from where I sit. Maybe he's one part Martin Denny and one part Jade Fair mixed with fascinatingly shy vocal tones, though then you'd have to mention as he does, Duke Ellington somewhere in that description-but I think the point is that he's a true auteur. In a dismal world of homage-rock and unwarranted touring, Marc is managing to be inventive and honest at the same time, winning over audiences by using their own curiosity against them before he transfixes things with thick melody and positively enchanting arrangements of the alter-weird. Maybe the point, then, is that his music and performance are just so damn delightful. He recently completed a solitary, self-spun tour of the East Coast, playing more than 50 shows between May and October, among them gigs at New York Pizza, The Green Bean, and the Paisley Pinapple Sofa Bar. I saw him play at the Sofa Bar show and have picked up his three albums since then; I don't think he opened his eyes once the whole night, strolling to the bar for a shot with the microphone over his shoulder mid-song. Mr. Zo. graciously consented to a telephone interview and we ended up having, from Ohau [Hawaii] to Orlando, a 90 minute conversation. Marc is soft-spoken in a way that belies confidence and seems to endeavor to be precise."
-The Other City, Issue II, August 11, 2003.