Danny Toeman thrilled a sell-out audience with two forty -five minute sets of high octane ‘North London Soul’
‘North London Soul’ is funky soul which has a similar soulful feel to the classic Stax sound with some James Brown sounding funk.
Danny entered the stage wearing an orange cloak to the delight of the audience.
My wife and I went to see Danny sing having never heard a note of his music but having read glowing reviews of his performance.
I was hooked early in the set when he sang the funky ‘That Sinking Feeling’ which was aptly followed by ‘Rise Above’. Danny has a great soul voice with a rough edge and the occasional smooth falsetto. Much of his song introductions were tongue in cheek, making fun of himself. These had the audience laughing loudly.
Apart from during the second set opener, Danny was supported by his excellent band (The Love Explosion) consisting of: Ricky Kinrade (bass), Timur Djahit (drums), Andrew Liddell (saxophone), Sam Montero (keyboards), Lyle Moxsom (guitar), Daniel Gray (trumpet). They are a very tight unit, whilst individually being good musicians, and complimented Danny’s guitar and vocals. A special mention for Kyle who stepped in at the last minute, but played like a regular.
Danny has an EP from which ‘That Sinking Feeling’ and ‘Everybody Says I’m Wrong’ were taken and a new album which he hopes to release by the end of the year.
Danny plays the joker on stage but he is a serious singer whose songs (all written by Danny himself) deserve to reach a wide audience. He is certainly a performer worth seeing and will hopefully realise his enormous potential.
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