In true diagonal fashion, he always cuts a dash and declines to cut corners.Often compared with Rupert Holmes, Divine Comedy, Kurt Weil or “Noel Coward on Mushrooms”, his songs are noted for their lyrical precision, harmonic invention and a density of imagination and arrangement that recalls the ‘light’ music of yesteryear. It’s a playful, knowing pop that hides a romantic soul with bipolar tendencies.
His latest after-dinner show Join the Dots is presented solo at the piano / guitar with a few rambling asides and a dash of dark humor. A magical evening of mutant music-hall on the Brecht-Bowie-Broadway spectrum.
“Clearly a genius” – Momus.
“Dreamy and colorful with the insidious threat of lurking danger” – Written in Music.