With his last visit to the Ironworks being in 2013 the self confessed purveyor of “hobo-chic” returns to the venue on Sunday the 3rd of August as part of his Scottish tour.
The Independent responded to his 2012 release, ‘Oh Pioneer’ by declaring that “Duke is in a world of his own” and on reading his explanation of the influences, it’s hard to argue;
“Wooden Fingers Puppet Theatre Company, The Bank of Ideas, a banned Iranian children’s book about a fish, a pirate who wants to retire, a bar man who hears people’s stories whether he likes it or not, the human condition and late night conversations with friends on the roof of the ‘Oh Yeah’ building about your dreams are just a few of the ingredients to go into “Oh Pioneer”.”
Described as “Blissfully at home in his own alluring genre of beautifully bruised romanticism” there is no better example than ‘Freewheel’ initially released in 2005.
The full tour dates are;
Friday 1st August – Stornoway, Woodlands Centre
Saturday 2nd August – Ullapool, The Ceilidh Place
Sunday 3rd August – Inverness, Ironworks
Monday 4th August – Aviemore, The Old Bridge Inn
Tuesday 5th August – Mull, An Tobar
Wednesday 6th August – Dundee, Beat Generator Live!
Thursday 7th August – Ballater, The Deeside Inn
Tickets on sale Friday 13th June at 10am.
