My Old Kentucky Blog compared Todd May to 'Jackson Browne when he mattered' and the influences 'from Springsteen to Gaslight Anthem.' May's songwriting has been compared from Big Star and the Jayhawks to Gram Parsons and Jeff Tweedy.
Todd May may not be as well-known as some of his peers (like Patterson Hood or Robert Ellis - both of whom have praised Todd's songwriting - but that has not stopped May from writing and performing his brand of alt-country (think X meets the Faces in Muscle Shoals, AL).