Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Son of Dave kicks off a stint of intimate evenings at his "favourite little dirty Soho bookshop", The Society Club, London, on Tuesday 23 April where he'll be reading from past Stool Pigeon columns and recounting some recent adventures. Here's a taster of what to expect from the man himself: "Once a month you can come get yelled at in an intimate...
Friday, February 22, 2013
Son of Dave launches his YouTube channel with a new series of video content from the hedonistic "Everyone Back To My Hotel" series to unexpected one-man-blues cover versions to intimate readings from his gonzo styled Stool Pigeon column and much more... Tune in and subcribe to his channel here. Catch Son of Dave performing a very special show at L...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Son Of Dave will be bringing "An Outrageous Gonzo Blues Eruption!" to London's Hoxton Hall on Thursday 28th February as he makes his return to the capital. Here's what the wandering bluesman had to say: "2013 Is the Chinese year of the Blues Man. We are going to make a bigger mess and a louder boom than previously possible. It's time for th...

Notorious genre-alchemist Son Of Dave, AKA London living Canadian Benjamin Darvill, creates music that fuses cotton-pickin’ blues, vocalizing beat-box, hard-breathing folk, steamy funk and even modern R&B. The Son of Dave imagination concocts a wholly modern yet timeless sound, reminiscent only of Son of Dave. The conspicuous songs of Darvill stem from a real ache to conquer a guitar dominated world of music with his raucous harmonica playing. Fourth album SHAKE A BONE was recorded and mixed by legendary sound pioneer Steve Albini in Chicago, and is a classic piece of pop not made to any recognizable model, but with a strict agenda to be a piece of dusty blues you can gladly dance to in downstairs jazz bars or sunny Hyde Park gatherings.