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UPCOMING GIGS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

by Dan Raza | May 26, 2016 | Uncategorised

Coinciding with the end of the football season and sporadic sightings of sunshine(!), I’m happy to have a lot of gigs coming up this Spring and Summer which you can see over at the gigs page.

Coming up this week, I’ll be with the band debuting at a nice new venue, The Stable, on Saturday eve. This is free entry and is on the site of the my favourite bygone venues, the Rhythm Factory: http://stablepizza.com

Next Tuesday, I’ll be playing acoustic at the lovely little upstairs room above the Horse and Stables, close to Waterloo: https://www.facebook.com/events/223767901323440/

Much more coming up: http://www.danraza.com/gigs/

THE DUKE GIG – 7 MAY (W/ FULL BAND)

by Dan Raza | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorised

Looking forward to making a long awaited return to our favourite South London venue, The Duke, this Sunday. I’ll be joined by the full band and also opening up the bill is a great new songwriter, Damien Renouf.

Free entry as always – 5 minute walk from Cutty Sark DLR.

Be there or be square!

125 Creek Rd, London SE8 3BU

https://www.facebook.com/events/520824704709152/?active_tab=posts

STEVE YOUNG – R.I.P.

by Dan Raza | Apr 16, 2016 | Dan's Jukebox, Journal

Yesterday i was lucky enough to catch my first Dave Alvin concert at Islington Assembly Hall. It has to go down as one of the best performances I’ve seen – not only is he one of the best songwriters I’ve heard, but I discovered he is also an incredibly dynamic bandleader and master of American roots guitar. Plus his band are brilliant – go and watch if you get the chance.

As he introduced their final song, he dedicated it to two of his contemporaries who had recently passed on: Merle Haggard and, to my surprise, Steve Young.

The latter’s work I first discovered through the Heartworn Highways movie as a teenager and it has been a huge influence on my own writing ever since. His style always struck me as a cross between Odetta and Hank Williams – which if you haven’t already heard him sing, I hope now does.

Anyway, I thought I would like to pay tribute to some of the music I love through this blog and thought Steve Young would be a very fitting first artist to start with. Be sure to sit back and shut your eyes as you listen to the voice of one of the greats: