To categorize Graham Isaacson as a typical singer-songwriter, one would be missing the point. On his debut, ‘Memories in Shadows’, Portland, Maine-based indie singer/songwriter Graham Isaacson sounds like an old soul. His Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen-inspired music evokes feelings of intimacy, truth, and heartfelt emotion. His straight-from-the-heart lyrics would make most think he’s been around the block more than the rest of us. And yet at 23, it’s clear his gifts have only begun.
Graham Isaacson began his interest in music as a piano-noodling toddler and began writing his first songs as a teenager. “When I first heard David Grey’s ‘White Ladder’ and Smashing Pumpkins ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,’ it completely changed my way of thinking. That’s when I started to write pretty seriously.” You can still hear traces of both of those artists in Issacson’s current setlist. Once Graham ventured off to college, his songwriting became all-consuming. “That’s when I realized I wanted to be a performer.