Danny Schmidt is touring England and Wales through June and July in support of his seventh album Man of Many Moons, the album is bare-bones affair with limited instrumentation giving centre stage to Schmidt’s clean vocal and sweet guitar, there are ten Schmidt originals on the album and an excellent cover of Bob Dylan’s Buckets of Rain, the Austin singer songwriter is an artistic all-rounder who not only writes and records wonderful folk music but is an excellent photographer, he designs all of his own artwork for his albums and has produced albums for friends and his partner Carrie Elkin who appears on Man of Many Moons along with Raina Rose adding their vocal talents to the album.
It’s a beautifully constructed piece of work and one for listening to without distraction to appreciate the excellent song craft, the tour takes in a number of intimate venues and house concerts which are a perfect fit for Schmidt’s brand of troubadour music and listening to the album it’s easy to imagine the man himself is in the room with you, highlights for me the the political Guilty By Association Blues and Almost Around The World.
Danny Schmidt – Guilty By Association Blues
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You can catch the man in his element from June 21st on and there’s a Bob Harris appearance to look forward too.
21st June Plymouth, Devon, UK, The B-Bar Barbican Theatre
22nd June Launceston, Cornwall, UK, No.8 Cafe
23rd June Torquay, Devon, UK, Blue Walnut Cafe
24th Lichfield, Staffs, UK, Connolly House Concert
25th June Swansea, Wales, UK, The Chattery
26th June Graywood, East Sussex, UK, House Concert
28th June Safrron Waldon, Essex, UK, The Bluebell Inn
29th, June, Bristol, UK, Acoustic at Jazz @ Future Inns
30th June London, UK, The Green Note
1st July Brighton, UK, Green Door Store
2nd July Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, Maverick Festival
2nd July Sevenoaks, Kent, Flying Burrito Club
3rd July Marton, UK, House Concert
5th July Glasgow, Scotland, Lauries Acoustic Music Bar
7th July, Liverpool, UK, Grateful Fred’s
8th July, Coventry, UK, Taylor John’s House
9th July Glastonbury, Somerset, UK, La Terra
10th July Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK, The Greystones
