DESCRIPTION:
Marmaduke Dando is a singer-songwriter of morose ballads and frisky drunken jigs. A young crooner with an old fashioned voice and values to match, he writes of the horrors and beauties of the modern world, and barks them back at it with his 5 piece band. Brimming with romance and spitting protest, his shows often extract references to early Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, and Kurt Weill, with the occasional histrionics being likened to Billy McKenzie. Cutting a figure like Dostoevsky as New Romantic, his rabbity chic is a sight to behold.
Bred from genuine pirate ancestry, Marmaduke originally hails from the southern port of Portsmouth. Having thrown in his lot with the ocean, Marmaduke moved to London to try his luck on the cruel stages of the capital's music scene. For the past five years now, he has been honing his sound, shuffling musicians, and pressing palms, with the aim of building a most formidable act.