DANE TERRY
composer - storymaker - artist
EMAIL LIST
Find out about upcoming performances, releases, etc.
Photo by Ricardo Nelson
MEDIA
More music and audio fiction over at my bandcamp page.
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Listen to my 8 part music-fiction podcast miniseries Dreamboy, distributed by Night Vale Presents.
Order a copy of my record Color Movies on vinyl from my pals at Tonk Records
PERFORMANCES
AUG 15-27, 2020
Stoked to once again open for WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE LIVE - EUROPE - Dates in UK, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Ireland, Finland.
TIX link for more details!
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
PRESS/QUOTES
"Dane Terry is the millennial Cole Porter. He's got the hooks of Elton John, the jokes of Tom Waits and the heart of Leonard Cohen."
- John Cameron Mitchell, creator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
"outrageously talented"
-TIMEOUT NEW YORK
"...this guy is fucking incredible, as a songwriter, a lyricist, and a multi-instrumentalist. He could be the next Elton John, the next Mark Eitzel, the next Randy Newman, and he has the potential to best all three."
-Doug Mosurock, STILL SINGLE
"...gifted with such a voice, a weird mix of Antony and Woody Guthrie, somehow both world-weary and bleary-eyed."
-Shane Barnes, FLAVORWIRE
"...a natural-born storyteller, a wizard whose power to delight, crack up, and terrify an audience comes from the traditions of the uniquely American world he brings so vividly to life."
-Drew Harper, GAYLETTER
INFO
A Brief History
I am a storyteller, composer, pianist and singer from Ohio now anchored in New York City. I have been playing piano for 22 years and am completely self-taught. At first I played exclusively boogie-woogie for 6 hours a day in my underwear, but I later branched out into many other styles including late romantic and 20th century classical, latin, folk, jazz, pop and pants. I learned by ear and gradually absorbed the characteristics of certain styles and genres and incorporated them into my increasingly kaleidoscopic improvisations. I started writing songs in 2007 and performed my first set in August of 2008 at The Bean Holler Music Festival on a "farm" outside of Columbus, Ohio. I had a penchant for stage banter from the beginning and it soon became a staple of my live sets. People started suggesting that maybe what I did was theater and after a few eureka moments (it takes a few when you're stubborn) I packed up and moved to New York City.
These days I make music and stories in many media.
I make plans for dark rooms in the future.
CV
THEATER:
Bird in the House - (Writer, Composer, Performer)
premiered at La MaMa (NYC) in 2015 and went on to be in Under The Radar at The Public Theater in 2016 and subsequently toured.
Jupiter's Lifeless Moons - (Writer, Composer, Performer) p
remiered at PSNY for COIL 2018
PODCASTS:
Dreamboy - 2018-2019 (Writer, Composer, Performer)
Distributed by Night Vale Presents.
ALBUMS:
The Wild of Town - 2017
Color Movies - 2015
Something for the Ladies - 2015
7 Songs - 2011
News
Dane Terry PATREON: HERE
DREAMBOY Soundtrack Volumes 1 and 2 are out now at daneterry.bandcamp.com
Lots of fun projects in the works...a musical podcast, a gospel theatrical song cycle called Skyfire, and a few I cant talk bout just yet...
CONTACT
Management:
Gabby Green -
Booking/Info:
Recordings: