It was something of a last-minute decision to see Dan Michaelson this night, but I’m very glad that I did. Dan has a rich baritone voice drawing the inevitable comparisons with Bill Callahan and, to a lesser extent, Richard Hawley. Beautifully melancholic music to savour with a fine whisky in front of a roaring fire.

Stream “Something awful / Dancing”:

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Setlist:
01 intro
02 New ruins
03 Knots
04 The letter
05 Tonight
06 Knee deep
07 I was a gentleman
08 All the trying (false start)
09 All the trying
10 Breaking falls
11 Something awful / dancing
12 I lay with you