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Take the storytelling of folk, mix with the emotions of country, top up with the attitude of rock,
throw in a smile and you have Dani Blue.
Imagine Sheryl Crow with the songwriting of Roy Orbison, telling it like Tracy Chapman with the passion and depth of Jewel. Dani takes the old school ethos and performs it with complementary freshness.
Raised in Sussex but with a love for the American Deep South, Dani's songs combine a country vibe with a contemporary British feel.
throw in a smile and you have Dani Blue.
Imagine Sheryl Crow with the songwriting of Roy Orbison, telling it like Tracy Chapman with the passion and depth of Jewel. Dani takes the old school ethos and performs it with complementary freshness.
Raised in Sussex but with a love for the American Deep South, Dani's songs combine a country vibe with a contemporary British feel.
As Melissa Etheridge wrote:
“My intentions are true,
wont you take me with you?”
Not only do I intend to be true as a singer-songwriter and as a performer but I find it rather difficult to express thoughts, emotions and even stories without a core of truth at their centre. You can trust my songs to always lay bare my emotions. I want to share my story. My songs are there to be heard, understood, ridiculed or ignored but they are a doorway to not only my beliefs but to my experience.
I use songs as a means of catharsis, whether writing or listening. Many of my own songs are therefore on the deep and often sad side, but as with life, I try to use humour and a little friendly sarcasm to help me through.
As a producer pointed out “You’ve written another upbeat song with very sad lyrics” Maybe this is a reflection of life as I see it and share it. There can be joy and rhythm in the most gut wrenching of situations (Turned you to Dust) and also a twinge of sadness in the joyful (Peace and the Palm Tree).
You will find passion and depth but no pretentious poetry! My live performances have been described as smiley, humourous and even flirtatious. Maybe this balances out the themes of my song? You tell me.
I reflect culture as I see it and as I sit within it but with an understanding that people have many different views and perspectives, which I find the most fascinating thing about life. Maybe this is why I don’t ram an idea through my songs or even usually an opinion but merely a feeling that everyone to some extent will have been through at some point in their lives. We all share one main theme. And that is an emotional response to situations. My songs take a situation and express it. That is all. Or maybe I should say that is everything!?
You will find passion and depth but no pretentious poetry! My live performances have been described as smiley, humourous and even flirtatious. Maybe this balances out the themes of my song? You tell me.
I reflect culture as I see it and as I sit within it but with an understanding that people have many different views and perspectives, which I find the most fascinating thing about life. Maybe this is why I don’t ram an idea through my songs or even usually an opinion but merely a feeling that everyone to some extent will have been through at some point in their lives. We all share one main theme. And that is an emotional response to situations. My songs take a situation and express it. That is all. Or maybe I should say that is everything!?
Dani Blue was born in Surrey and raised by an English father and a Dutch mother. Somewhere along the line a fascination and passion for the deep American South developed! Her songs combine a country vibe with a contemporary British feel. Dani’s songs range from upbeat and full of energy to beautifully sparse and simple. All her songs have in common a story told through an open heart. Dani Blue started out strumming a few chords on her guitar whilst suffering with M.E. (Myalgia Encephalomylitis) and as her health improved, started to venture out and play. She began in the streets and venues of Brighton and quickly spread out to London and the towns and villages in-between.
After a sell out Brighton Fringe Festival show Dani teamed up with acclaimed jazz bassist Keith Baxter (presenter Seahaven FM, Road Runners, Rock and Roll Radio, Link Grey and the Dark Country) and was asked to play Brighton Live and Help4Heroes festival, Camberley. Dani’s passionate voice and heartfelt songs also secured her regular spots at ‘Paul Dunton and guests’ at the Grey Lady Music Lounge, Tunbridge Wells and The Master Mariner, Brighton Mariner. Dani also organised various independent shows at venues including the Theatre Royal, The Brunswick, Hanbury Club and The Latest Music Bar in Brighton, including ‘Dani Blue and Friends'.
After a sell out Brighton Fringe Festival show Dani teamed up with acclaimed jazz bassist Keith Baxter (presenter Seahaven FM, Road Runners, Rock and Roll Radio, Link Grey and the Dark Country) and was asked to play Brighton Live and Help4Heroes festival, Camberley. Dani’s passionate voice and heartfelt songs also secured her regular spots at ‘Paul Dunton and guests’ at the Grey Lady Music Lounge, Tunbridge Wells and The Master Mariner, Brighton Mariner. Dani also organised various independent shows at venues including the Theatre Royal, The Brunswick, Hanbury Club and The Latest Music Bar in Brighton, including ‘Dani Blue and Friends'.