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Dan Whitehouse - The Glass Age

Dan Whitehouse - The Glass Age Tour - part two

Mike Davies calls this collection of songs a "meditation on the way human experience and connecting has changed through the medium of virtual communication.”

Dan Whitehouse uses his exceptional storytelling to explore the thin and fragile layer between digital and emotional life. Deeply poignant lyrics and atmospheric musical arrangements move the listener towards celebrating community spirit and connecting with authenticity.

Accompanying himself on guitar, and joined by atmospheric percussionists Alex Lowe/Jack Sadler (depending on the date) and some wonderful special guests. Dan will sing all seven songs from The Glass Age along with a selection from his five previous albums and new collaboration Voices From The Cones, about the history and community of Stourbridge’s Glassworks.

“….. an intense, deeply personal performance. Alternating between guitar frenzy and stripped back soundscapes, the fragility and vulnerability of the human spirit was laid bare in lyrics that cut to the bone. An awesome roller-coaster of a ride, and absolutely wonderful.” Beardy Folk Festival live review Festivals For All

“Dan is a national treasure…. a profound, innovative and talented songwriter.” musomuso.com

“For an album partly inspired by distance, barriers and locked-down-ness, people and connection ripple through The Glass Age." Arts Culture Mag

“I defy anyone not to see shadows of Leonard Cohen in the literary quality of the writing…. Dan´s emotive singing brings in a sense of isolation and yearning for the real human contact we still need.” Fatea Mag

THE GLASS AGE Tour dates:

13th Oct - Green Note presents at The Slaughtered Lamb, London. With Eliza Marshall.

16th Oct - Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield.

22nd Oct - The Wrecking Ball, Hull.

23rd Oct - Malvern Cube. With Eliza Marshall.

27th Oct - The Barrel House, Totnes. With special guest Jess McAllister.

30th Oct - Centrala, Birmingham. With Alan Fish.

1st Nov - The Musician, Leicester.