Dan Croll

Dan Croll, a British independent rock singer-songwriter, performs at The Actress & Bishop in Birmingham. The evening presents songs from the forthcoming album Winning Streak.

Dan Croll was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1990 and has been active since 2010, when the debut album Sweet Disarray followed in 2014. The artist plays several instruments, among them piano, trumpet, guitar, bass, drums and organ, and has accumulated more than 100 million streams. BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 Music have supported the songwriting consistently, as have online outlets such as Line of Best Fit, Clash and DIY. In 2011, a songwriting prize from the Musicians'Benevolent Fund came during studies at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, the school founded by Paul McCartney.

The forthcoming album, Winning Streak, was written after Croll left Los Angeles and returned to the UK. Its songs weigh past choices, shifting ideas of success and the persistence needed to carry on after setbacks, finding value in smaller gains rather than conventional victory. The song 'Try Try Try'grew out of a period of writing difficulty, when the artist stripped the material back to its core.

The concert is presented by Uncover Music and takes place at The Actress & Bishop, a Birmingham venue that hosts concerts and shows. It suits listeners interested in Croll's songwriting and the stripped-back, reflective approach of the new material.