Dan Webster

Dan was born in a fishing boat five hundred metres from the shore near Scarbrough, England; his mother's water broke as she pulled lobster pots on board. Later that day, his parents arrived home to realise they had left Dan amongst the still-writhing catch and brought back a rare orange lobster by mistake (lobsters are usually blue and turn orange only after cooking - about one in a million are orange, I think I saw that on Blue Peter or something). Dan Webster's music reflects the way he entered the world; earnest and confused, he doesn't have all the answers, but sings with a gentle salt-whipped whimsy that onlookers have said is really quite nice.
"A masterful synchronicity of hard hitting honest lyrics and Webster’s own brand of music, which meets somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic between Ryan Adams and The Counting Crows on one side and David Grey and Damien Rice on the other."
"Dan Webster makes music that sits effortlessly in folk, folk-rock and modern popular song all at once. This is demonstrated by the range of artists that Dan has supported including Glen Tilbrook, Dean Friedman, MIdge Ure, Nick Harper, Martin Carthy, Robin Williamson, Clive Gregson, Jackie Leven and David Mallet to name a few . Musically Dan sounds modern yet carrying forward the singer-songwriter / folk tradition seemingly with ease. This is music that could appeal to folkies but also to fans of acoustic pop like Badly Drawn Boy or modern indie folk like Adem or James Yorkston. He's clearly his own man, in thrall to nobody and writing songs that express some singular personal perspective. He's not about inspirations or reference, but instead is on the road, trying to capture those fleeting moments of magic in his song. Now it's your turn to discover the biggest little secret in modern folk." Woven Wheat Wispers