::: dENISONWITMeR., EUROPEAN TOUR 2005 :::
   
    presented by : www.fRkmagazine.de

    meet.denison:  
    14.02.2005 DRESDEN, Scheune 
    15.02.2005 STUTTGART, Hi Club 
    16.02.2005 FRANKFURT, Dreikönigskeller 
    17.02.2005 HAMBURG, Astra Stube 
    18.02.2005 MüNSTER, Sofa Soundz 
    19.02.2005 EDE, Peptalk 
    20.02.2005 DORDRECHT, TBA 
    21.02.2005 KARLSRUHE, Carambolage 
    22.02.2005 AMSTERDAM, Paradiso 
    23.02.2005 KöLN, Stereo Wonderland 
    24.02.2005 OLDENBURG, Alhambra 
    25.02.2005 BERLIN, Wild At Heart 
    26.02.2005 BRAUNSCHWEIG, Nexus 

    denison's.biography: 
    Young in years Denison Witmer may be, but he’s the kind of guy some knowing folks refer 
    to as “an old soul.” Maybe that’s because his painfully honest observations about life – both 
    the joys and sorrows – seem a little incongruous coming from such a fresh-faced young man. 
    Or maybe it’s because through it all he maintains a sensitivity and sincerity rare in a person of 
    any age. This sort of gentle optimism in the face of an often embittered world is what makes 
    his music so open-hearted, so accessible. And so timeless. But that’s how it has always been 
    for the 27-year-old Witmer.

    “People are here to take care of each other,” he says. “I believe – or like to believe – that 
    somehow my music is helping someone. Otherwise I wouldn’t make music for a living. 
    Or make it public.”

    Growing up in Lancaster, PA, Witmer taught himself the folk-inflected guitar styling he uses 
    so effectively today, citing Graham Nash, Red House Painters and Jackson Browne as 
    influences. Following in this singer-songwriter tradition, most of Witmer’s first-person narratives
    arise from his life-long habit of keeping a journal. Early on his expressive acoustic guitar work 
    and softly inductive voice attracted the attention of Don Peris of The Innocence Mission, who 
    has since worked with Witmer as mentor, producer and sideman for his first EP and the minimal
    acoustic folk of his debut full-length, SAFE AWAY (2000). 

    Over the last several years as his abilities and reputation have grown, Witmer has been 
    befriended by like-minded young performers Damien Jurado and David Bazan of Pedro the 
    Lion, and has shared the stage with them and other acts including Cat Power, My Morning 
    Jacket (US and UK shows), Rosie Thomas (UK and US shows), The Six Parts Seven and 
    Sixteen Horsepower. 

    Now calling Philadelphia home, Witmer tours extensively, his guileless stage presence ensuring 
    a warm reception wherever he goes. His most recent full-length disc, PHILADELPHIA 
    SONGS, garnered excellent press and marked a new high point for him professionally. Though
    still drawing deeply from the folk/folk-rock tradition that has always informed his writing, there’s
    a new breadth of expression and self-assurance. He also cites the poetry of Rilke, cummings, 
    Li-Young Lee and Pablo Neruda as being of great significance to him, along with the artwork 
    of his elder brother Douglas, who early on encourage the young Witmer in his musical pursuits.  

    Now, with Philadelphia Songs set for release in Europe this spring, Witmer is readying himself 
    to tour supporting it. And while you might not guess it from listening to his introspective, often 
    morose music, he is by his own account a “people person”. Says Witmer: “I don’t mind being 
    alone, but I love being with people more. That was my primary reason moving to a more 
    diverse city. And it’s also what saddens me the most when I have to tour for extended amounts
    of time on my own.”

    But with an ever-growing following rising up along that lonesome highway, Denison Witmer will
    never truly be alone. His music makes fans and friends along the way. 

    denison's.links: 
    www.badtasterecords.se
    www.2fortheroad.de