Irresistibility comes in Thao Nguyen, a Virginian and recent William and Mary University graduate, who seems to have performed emotional autopsies on just what it is one person can become attracted to in an insignificant little song. Her songs and the way she goes through them – barefooted and patiently – is a lot like a hot, living form of maple syrup. She oozes over you and coats you with a level of comfort that you can't shake as you would a pesky guilty party. She gleans the best from the best and is a writer first and foremost, but just so happens to be a sharp, sharp guitar charmer.