Dan Whitehouse

Pushing creative boundaries, inviting global audiences into transformative, heartfelt musical experiences

“Gorgeous… and intriguing” — The Guardian

Renowned for his reflective, genre-defying artistry, Dan Whitehouse’s music dances with genres from ambient, indie, electro to folk - and embraces the living poetry of spoken word. The result is deeply emotive and intellectually rich.

His acclaimed albums, The Glass Age and Voices From The Cones, delved into the tensions between human connection and modern technology, as well as the rich heritage of glassmaking communities. His immersive live show, A Night Of Glass, blends song and storytelling, drawing comparisons to David Bowie and Leonard Cohen.

In 2025, Dan releases Only Love - a sparse, solo piano collection reflecting on human connection, resilience, and fatherhood.

Dan tours solo, and with New York’s Grammy-nominated Max ZT (House of Waters), blending spoken word with hammered dulcimer on Ten Steps, also with Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gustaf Ljunggren, co-producer of The Glass Age.

“…both extraordinary and beautiful” — KLOF MAG

“Subtle and delicate melodies” — The Sunday Times

Gustaf Ljunggren is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer.

Jasmine Gardosi is the former Birmingham Poet Laureate 2022-24. They are a multiple slam champion, beatboxer, and Honorary Doctor of Letters (Birmingham Newman University). They are a winner of the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry and winner of the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer.

Their work exploring identity, LGBTQ+ issues and mental health has appeared on Button Poetry, at the Tate Modern, Glastonbury Festival and across BBC Radio, including BBC Radio 3's The Verb, Radio 4 and BBC Asian Network. They were featured on Sky Arts' BAFTA-winning show Life & Rhymes alongside Benjamin Zephaniah, and their poem about the pandemic, filmed on a rollercoaster, was broadcast across America on PBS after going viral on Twitter. Their performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall was broadcast on BBC Four and can be watched here.

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A two-time recipient of an Honorable Mention for Outstanding International Entry in the Button Poetry video contest, their work has been featured on their channel to tens of thousands around the world. Their video-poem about trans voices, 'Say It Anyway', was commissioned by the Brontë Parsonage Museum as their Writer In Residence to mark the bicentenary of Anne Brontë, and was featured at Flatpack Festival.

They are a previous BBC Arts Young Creative and Poet in Residence for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. They were invited by the British Embassy in Tallinn to headline Estonia's historical, first-ever queer poetry slam.