Dan Whitehouse ONLY LOVE Tour Sevenoaks

Award-winning singer-songwriter Dan Whitehouse returns to the UK stage this June with a run of intimate shows previewing and launching his forthcoming album Only Love.

Dividing his time between Tokyo and Wolverhampton, Dan Whitehouse has developed a reputation for moving, genre-defying work straddling song, story and soundscape. “I write folk songs, but not folk music,” he says, and his live performances reflect that eclectic spirit, whether he’s sat behind a piano, strapped to a guitar, or joined by long-time collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Gustaf Ljunggren. Dan’s expressive and delicately nuanced vocals mine a deep, rich seam of emotions and ideas.

These June dates offer an early glimpse into Only Love, a new body of work for piano and voice, created in collaboration with celebrated pianist David O'Brien who joins Dan for the tour finale and official album launch in Birmingham. Only Love, the album, looks unflinchingly at fatherhood, distance and the harsh emotional realities of a life lived in between continents.

Whitehouse’s young son lives in Japan, while his work remains in the UK. A 90-day visa shapes the rhythm of their relationship – arrival, connection, agonizing departure. Those fleeting, intense moments form the white-hot emotional core of this new album. Alongside new material, the performances will draw from Whitehouse’s wider catalogue, including The Glass Age and Voices From The Cones, making for an audience experience that is profound.

Jess Vincent is a highly original artist with a growing following in the folk/indie/Americana acoustic scene, currently touring with new release Lions Den.

This new release, recorded in her home studio in Bulgaria, brings with it a thread of the people, stories, colours, flavours and instruments from her new life there as well as Jess's trademark subtle arrangements on guitar, baritone uke, banjo and harmonium, along with her uniquely soaring vocal. Jess will also be playing old favourites from her previous three albums.

“Jess Vincent doesn’t just Shine, she positively glows” Mike Davies for folking.com

“..one of the brightest stars out there… Vincent’s crystal-clear vocals sending shivers down the spine. ” Malcolm Carter PennyBlack Music

"Soulful, strong and utterly engrossing" Mick Tems, Folk Wales

"uniquely and obliquely original" Rock'n'Reel R2

“… accessible, tuneful folksiness, with dashes of Americana of the light-textured Appalachian variety” Folk n Roots

Gustaf Ljunggren is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer.