Do you know who Duke Special is?

You should. You might not know it, but you definitely WANT to know who he is.

You're not going to find much else like him in the musical world. I saw him in March and I've never seen anything quite like it. Killer covers of Elvis Costello, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Elliot Smith season a line-up of truly original originals.

Leading a band of riff-raff (who make the best musicians -ever heard gypsy jazz?) from his piano at ALMOST centre-stage, the Duke winds his voice through songs like a pied piper, taking all of us kids along with him out of town and into the forest.


I, for one, am happy to live among the vagabonds in the woods with these lullabies and anthems to dance to.
Join the parade.