Coming Out To Play

TRACK TWO from Ten Steps album 

UK tour October 2023 dan-whitehouse.com/live
Weds 18th October - Arc Theatre, Winchester
Thurs 19th October - Music At The Unicorn, Abingdon
Sun 22nd October - Stables 2, Milton Keynes
Tue 24th October - The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, London
Wed 25th October - Ropetackle Arts, Shoreham
Thur 26th October - The Old Stables, Cricklade
Fri 27th October - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sat 28th October - The Stoller Hall, Manchester 

Brooklyn’s celebrated hammered dulcimer player Max ZT (House of Waters), and Black Country/Tokyo’s dark, sophisticated gem - singer/songwriter/poet Dan Whitehouse - bring interwoven spoken word with music and song, drawing on a shared belief in the healing power of music, and from multi-cultural roots and the magic of the present moment. 

Ten Steps was recorded between New York and Tokyo. Max’s meditative dulcimer and Dan’s soothing vocal and spoken-word poetry meld together in a unique masterpiece of tear-stained impressionism.

Tackling wide-ranging subjects from fatherhood to mother nature, Max and Dan’s songs shimmer with restless inventiveness and draw you in with their irresistible intimacy.

REVIEWS
“Intriguing" "Gorgeous" The Guardian 
"Meditative.. haunting… great musicianship" Maverick 
"A quite extraordinary record” folking.com
“Ten Steps: folk meets Indian classical in a transatlantic fusion” Folk London Mag
"A compelling and innovative sound" Arts Culture Magazine
"Exciting and exceptional… also deeply intuitive poetic and rewarding" Folk Radio UK 

Bury One's Head

Dan: I wrote this lyric after seeing the  chaotic and desperate scenes unfolding at Kabul airport in August last year - after it became clear the Afghan government had collapsed and the Taliban was assuming control of Kabul. I don't want this terrible event to be forgotten and it felt crucial to document the emotion of the human tragedy.
 
Videos emerged online showing Afghans clinging to the outside of a US military plane as it took off - defining images’ of Western intervention, that would send shockwaves across the world.The song is written from the perspective of the pilot - I asked myself what would have been going through their head? This skilled person who had once dreamed of flying an airplane, being free, now forced to carry out a lethal act.

Written and Produced by Max ZT (ASCAP) & Dan Whitehouse (PRS / MCPS)
Lyrics by Dan Whitehouse
Mixed by Max ZT
Mastered by Mark Freegard

Dan Whitehouse - Vocals, Guitars, recorded in Yokohama, Japan
Max ZT - Hammered Dulcimer, Percussion, Synthesizers, recorded in New York, USA
Art & Design – Martin Hyde

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P+C Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse 2023
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Nathan Judah and Liam Keen bring you their 300th episode LIVE from Molineux in front of a sold-out crowd in the Sir Jack Hayward suite.
The boys get down and dirty with an action-packed show full of twists, turns and plenty of exclusives.
What is Wolves' budget and will Julen Lopetegui stay at the club. Can the board match the ambition of the manager and what are the realistic signings they can make in the off season?
Games galore, prizes and all your usual favourite segments together with a live Q&A and a lot of cracking laughs!

Episode 300 - LIVE (and half-cut) from Molineux

Taken from 'Night Fires EP'
5 Track EP released 12/1/2015

'Night Fires' Produced/mixed by Todd Roache
Written by Paul Cook

Artwork by Jonna Björnstjerna 
www.jonnabjornstjerna.com 

Night Fires -
Falling over, getting tired of this fight 
Rewinding 
But they're all not out to get you 
Are your friends not at your side? 

And if you open your eyes let the light in 
You'll see it all then 
If you open your eyes let the light in 
We'll set the night on fire 

Learn the lesson, get the power in your hands 
Break silence 
When the world's all excitement 
Find a way not to rewind 

And if you open your eyes let the light in 
You'll see it all then 
If you open your eyes let the light in 
We'll set the night on fire 
We'll set the night on fire ...

Night Fires EP

Night Fires

Spotify

Track 4 Call It An Affection

Verdant

Divide and conquer are used to control the people around the world.

People Are Divided

Ode to Greta Thunberg and an homage to the children of Generation X who grew up with the threat of Nuclear War.

I Protest EP

Little Green Girl

A piece to take you back to that safe, nostalgic, other-worldly place that is always there within, where we can be who are really are. 

Written, composed, recorded and produced in collaboration remotely with Joe Murphy, and inspired by the book "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak (that happened to be in the background during early Zoom sessions)

Vocals and guitar by Ch'Lu (FKA Camilla Mathias), all other instrumentation by Joe Murphy. 

Artwork from a painting by Ch'Lu (as Camilla Mathias).

Lyrics:

Oh pillow, take me where I long to be,
The place I can be me.
Where I don’t need to blend
And there is nothing to defend.

Where I’m never stuck,
And I can always try my luck.
Where surprises keep coming
And I love the person I’m becoming.

It’s not far to
Where the wild things are.

Within these walls I’m off on that journey,
To the place that is so familiar to me.
No-one is the same and no-one is alone;
Everyone is welcome and everyone is known.

But does anyone ever speak of this mysterious/magical place?
Is this something/Is there a reality I need to face?
But if think too much, more doubts arrive,
And that’s just another reason to keep you alive.

It’s not far to
Where the wild things are.

Where The Wild Things Are

Six albums in and award-winning singer-songwriter Dan Whitehouse continues to renew, reinvent and reimagine - touching listeners with his observations and moving them with his sensitivity and impeccable songwriting.

Bookings and media katie@fromthewhitehouse.com www.fromthewhitehouse.com

2022 sees Dan continue to develop and evolve his offering whilst showing how he carefully nurtured his creativity during an imposed stay in Japan from January 2020 to June 2021. This year’s releases include The Glass Age - a collaboration with Swedish producer Gustaf Ljunggren, which looks at how our human experience and ways of connecting have changed through the ‘glass’ of virtual communication.  Another, his Arts Council funded song-cycle Voices From The Cones, draws stories of community and social and industrial history from the oral archive of workers from the Stourbridge Glassworks,  comes out this autumn. Alongside this, Dan’s blossoming collaboration with New York hammered dulcimer player Max ZT will bear fruit in 2023 with their  album Ten Steps. 

2022 is the International Year of Glass, and at this show Dan will preview songs from his new album and forthcoming release springing from opposite ends of the ‘glass’ spectrum.

“Nothing short of beautiful – **** ” RnR Magazine 

“Wonderful production and writing”  Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music  

“Perhaps Mr Whitehouse's greatest gift is his knack for writing seemingly simple songs that most listeners will be able to relate to.” MAVERICK  
 
“Subtle and delicate melodies” The Sunday Times

Bury One's Head (Ten Steps) Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse

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