New York’s Grammy nominated Max ZT (House of Waters), and Tokyo/Black Country’s lauded Dan Whitehouse combine their inventive energy for their third UK tour. ZT, the hammered dulcimer player compared to Hendrix, and the ever-regenerating Whitehouse weave spoken word, song and virtuoso playing to create impactful (often improvised) pieces with a belief in the healing power of music at its core.
Tackling subjects as wide-ranging as fatherhood, practicing golf swings as a metaphor for life, the way the Japanese sunlight bounces off buildings “like God’s graffiti”, and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the duo perform music from their acclaimed album ‘Ten Steps’ (recorded between New York City/Tokyo) as well as solo pieces and music created in the moment.
“Gorgeous… and intriguing” The Guardian
“…both extraordinary and beautiful” KLOF MAG
“Sublime…” At The Barrier
Support: Jenny Mitchell is an award-winning poet with three collections. The debut, Her Lost
Language, was joint winner of the Geoff Stevens Memorial Prize/her second collection, Map
of a Plantation, won the Poetry Book Awards and is on the syllabus at Manchester
Metropolitan University. Her most recent collection, Resurrection of a Black Man, contains
three prize-winning poems and was featured on the US podcast Poetry Unbound.
She’s performed at the Houses of Parliament, and was Artists in Association at Birkbeck
University of London. She was also Poet-in-residence at Sussex University, and the Inaugural
Poet-in-the-Community at the British Library working with the Engagement Team. She’s
currently the first Poet-in-the-Community for Cork City Libraries and has just won the
Southword Subscribers’ Prize.
Doors open 7pm. Music starts 8.30pm. The venue is mixed seated and standing. Tables are limited and available on a first come first served basis so, if you’d like a seat, we recommend arriving early!
