"Fans of Craig's music have waited a long time for this album to happen. What's remarkable is the consistency of these tunes, written over a span of decades. They survey themes that Craig has returned to time and again: love and loss, the quiet drama in everyday life, the intimations of the spirit behind the ordinary. The song craftsmanship here is exemplary, the lyrics as finely-wrought as the writings of a Robert Frost or a Jimmy Webb. Time-honored folk and country styles resonate in his music, and a rock edge asserts itself as well. But this is much more than a collection of songs by a seasoned professional. Easy Fires is highly personal, sometimes disturbingly so -- there are no easy answers for the lovers, losers and seekers portrayed here (all of them Craig, I suspect, in one guise or another)."