That's right. On Saturday 27th April, Dan McGlade And The Lords Of MisRule return to the appropriately Sgt Pepper-esque setting of Roberts Park's charming bandstand, in Saltaire.
We’ll be unleashing more “dramatic, mythical glam-rock” (Lorne Behrman, Village Voice) as part…
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Apr 11 2024
Save the Date: EP Release Party Extravaganza
Oh yes. My first five-song solo EP, Mid Vice Crisis, will be released on Saturday 30th November, with a filthygorgeous monster of a party at The Vault in Shipley.
Clear. Your. Calendar. Now.
Dec 14 2023
So very common...
Remember that mysterious Mikron show I mentioned two posts ago…? Well, the cat's out of the bag now, and I can reveal with much excitement that I've signed on as Composer-Songwriter for their 2024 show, ‘Common Ground’…
The…
Read moreNov 16 2023
Ramble On…
Sep 7 2023
The Wait Is Over!
On Saturday 16th September, at the truly rock and roll time of 11:00AM, I'm playing my first gig with a full band, at the iconic Saltaire Festival Bandstand Stage.
Expect a full throated performance…as my erstwhile companions, The…
Read moreJun 14 2023
24 Hour Music Marathon!
I'm really happy to be playing at the 2023 Chapel FM Musicathon…at 7:30am!
40 different artists. 24 hours. This musical marathon celebrates the sound of Leeds in 1 epic event. Head on down to Seacroft to hear performances from all…
Read moreApr 18 2023
Time to join the Girls In Blue!
I'm humbled (there, I said it) and excited to start rehearsing next month as Musical Director for Mikron's production of A Force To Be Reckoned With.
I've followed Mikron for years, visiting shows with my daughter, and was always blown…
Read moreNov 29 2022
Crime & Punishment
Really looking forward to my next collaboration with Leeds Conservatoire - this time working with multi-award winning storyteller, director, performer & writer Debs Newbold, as she directs Chris Hannan’s Crime & Punishment - an exciting, fresh and accessible…
Read moreNov 29 2022
Bunch of Wrong-uns!
Around the time I was composing for Twelfth Night & Macbeth at Leeds Playhouse, Leeds theatre company Wrongsemble kindly invited me to engineer the recorded music for their forthcoming Christmas show, A Town Called Christmas. What could I say…
Read moreNov 29 2022
If Music Be The Stabby Stabby Scottish Play... (news item from 1st October 2022)
...seriously, if I had longer I'd have come up with a better title, but I was in rehearsals and wrote it in about three minutes so there you go.
I'm beyond excited to be working as Composer, Sound Designer and…
Read moreJul 19 2022
Mr Filthound, I presume...?
I'm indebted to writer/directors Elvi Piper (Wrongsemble) and Dan Mallaghan (154 Collective) and Arts Council England, for helping me smash though my near ten-year creative roadblock, and start writing the script for Darcy Filthound in earnest.
…
Read moreJun 28 2022
Back in the Studio
After the inevitable delays and breaks caused by Covid, weather, families and isolated outbreaks of procrastination, it's been great to Get Back (see what I did there? Sorry) into Trapdoor Studios this month, to begin the final push towards finishing…
Read moreJan 25 2022
Meal One is served!
Oct 5 2021
Keep your eyes on the Stars!
Hot on the heels of the great DYCP news comes the news that the achingly wonderful Wrongsemble have commissioned me to write the music for two new projects, AND musically direct a third.
It's going to be a busy summer...
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Read moreJul 14 2021
Arts Council Award
My application for the Arts Council’s Developing Your Creative Practice grant has been successful. DYCP supports individuals who are cultural and creative practitioners and want to take time to focus on their creative development. I'm a bit blown away -…
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