 indie rock photography by jasper coolidge     
Daniel Wayne 05.05.11 @ Mercury Lounge NYC As a photographer, there are certain artists that when I study them on stage before a show, I know despite a seemingly placid and pure appearance, some sort of musical fury is seething beneath the surface about to be unleashed. People like Shilpa Ray or Langhorne Slim come to mind. In the case of Daniel Wayne, you can add a baby-faced fury to those qualities. While not loud or fast, he performs with a delicate strength - precise and passionate. His style of singing and playing is such that there's power in the silences between strums and verses, that's how much he had the crowd on a string. The bottom line is that he's got that can't-be-taught magnetism which solo male singer-songwriters tend to try to compensate for with a harmonica. Thanks to my good buddy Doug who manages him for inviting me out this night as it's always rewarding seeing and shooting a star on the rise lighting up a small room before they go on to be shared by the rest of the world. You can catch him in another small room - Union Hall - tonight (May 12) at 8pm. Daniel Wayne on Myspace |
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