Party: Daniel Wesley

Party: Daniel Wesley

If making music isn’t about having fun, what’s the point in doing it? That philosophy sums up Daniel Wesley’s new album, I Am Your Man, the 33-year-old Vancouver-based singer/songwriter’s seventh studio offering. As he nears the end of his career’s first decade, what comes across most vividly on the
record – as longtime fans will surely note – is the balance Wesley has found in his life both on and off stage. I Am Your Man is essentially Wesley returning to his natural strengths as a
groove-based acoustic troubadour, following heavier electric experiments on his previous two records. Tracks such as “Beautiful” and “Shake” perfectly recapture the slow burning west coast feel that established Wesley’s reputation when he
first arrived on the scene in the mid-2000s. Conversely, the lessons he’s learned along the way, and a willingness to apply them to his music, meant there was now unlimited potential in the studio. “Usually my songs are just a reflection of where I’m at in my life,” Wesley says. “I was kind of open to new ideas and new opportunities, and I’m really proud of how these songs have come out.”
Doors at 8pm 19+ show
Tickets are $15 in advance and available at The Blue Grotto, Long and McQuade, ticketweb.ca or the link below