Richard Dawson returns to Dublin for a gig in Whelan’s on 22nd November
He’ll be joined for the gig by Katie Kim. Tickets are available now, priced €16.50 plus booking fee, from billetto.ie.
Richard Dawson
Both live and on record Dawson is a barrage of musical expression and personality. A shambling exterior, amidst tales of pineapples and underpants, ghosts of family members and cats, his stage presence is at once inviting and awe-inspiring. The visceral power of his voice against the lurching modality of his guitar lines conjure false memories of Tim Buckley and Richard Youngs duetting with Sir Richard Bishop and Zoot Horn Rollo. There is a rawness to the music that embodies timeworn singing traditions – the fire and pestilence gait of the Sacred Harp singings, the fractured call and response of the Gaelic Psalms, the unbridled power of Mongolian throat singers – its power tempered by intimacy, flecked with human emotion anchored by a sense of place.
Katie Kim
Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents:
Richard Dawson (Weird World/Domino) (with full band)
Katie Kim
Whelan’s Of Wexford St
Wednesday 22nd November
Tickets €16.50 + BF from billetto.ie