DEAN FRIEDMAN – THE ART OF THE EVERYDAY MASTERPIECE

FROM NEW JERSEY SUBURBIA TO THE BRITISH CHARTS – THE WONDERFULLY ECCENTRIC WORLD OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST DISTINCTIVE SONGWRITERS

He gave us “Ariel”, “Lucky Stars” and some of the most deliciously offbeat pop songs of the 1970s. Nearly half a century after his breakthrough, Dean Friedman remains a master of melody, mischief and the extraordinary stories hiding inside ordinary lives. Now the New Jersey-born troubadour returns to Barnoldswick for two intimate evenings celebrating a remarkable career.

Somewhere between the observational genius of Randy Newman, the melodic sophistication of Gilbert O'Sullivan and the conversational storytelling of Harry Chapin, you'll find Dean Friedman. Although, truth be told, he's always occupied a musical universe entirely of his own. There was something wonderfully different about Friedman when he first appeared on the international music scene in the late 1970s. While punk was tearing up…