Dermot Henry

About

Dermot Henry was born in Wiltshire, raised on a diet of his parents’ records that ranged from The Beatles and Tom Waits to Nina Simone. Musically he cut his teeth during a year abroad living in Paris for his degree, where he would busk on the city streets. In one particularly cinematic scene, he walked into a bar to see a stranger playing the classic ‘Freight Train’ by Elizabeth Cotten – as they forgot the words, Dermot Henry jumped up on stage to sing and found his new busking partner. This same spirit of spontaneity, openness – life’s surprises, and its imperfections – are to be found on his EP, Aiming Torches At The Sun. Recorded in Frome with Dom Monks (Big Thief, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Marling), the result is a body of work that feels instinctive, intimate, and lived in – like a favourite pair of jeans, or that ‘Favourite Book’.