Daniel Johnston live in concert.
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Daniel Johnston

41
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 41 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Daniel Johnston is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Daniel Johnston concert reviews describe live shows and performances as career-spanning, sophisticated, and fierce.

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Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
Sacramento, United States (1/22/1961) (1/22/1961)
Bio
Daniel Johnston (born Daniel Dale Johnston in Sacramento, CA, on 22 January 1961; died in Waller, TX, on 10 September 2019) was an American singer-songwriter and visual artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Three Imaginary Girls (USA)

November 16, 2017
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There were several binders strewn about and each were chock full of drawings signed by the artist with only a few doubles amongst them.

Spectrum Culture (USA)

November 12, 2017
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Anyone who has seen the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston knows the cult lo-fi hero suffers from both schizophrenia and manic depression.

mxdwn.com (USA)

November 6, 2017
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Daniel Johnston Live at The Orpheum, Los Angeles

Pop Press International (USA)

August 28, 2015
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Johnston sounded better than I’ve heard him sound in years–more present and less flustered.

Dallas Observer (USA)

September 30, 2013
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A friend of mine, on hearing that I was to see Daniel Johnston perform live, said, "his stuff is rough, but he is plugged into a scary truth." That is a brilliant summary of Johnston's music. His style is raw and unsophisticated, but also hyper-direct and fiercely penetrating. His lyrics contain a truth so pu

The Guardian (UK)

June 4, 2013
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This 30-year anniversary show fittingly finds a new generation of acolytes lining up to pay tribute.

Mondo Sonoro (Spain)

April 18, 2012
70
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La Casa Encendida, Spain

Past critic reviews published in

Mondo Sonoro (Spain), Kulturbloggen (Sweden), Soundvenue (Denmark), Berlingske (Denmark), The Line Of Best Fit (UK) and more

Image Credit

Rich Jones [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons