Keaton Henson is an English folk rock musician, visual artist and poet from London. As a musician Henson usually sings and plays guitar. Henson suffers from serious stage fright and, as a result, he rarely plays concerts.
Henson wrote and recorded his second album in less than a year. He travelled to California to record the album and worked with American producer Joe Chiccarelli. In February 2013 he released Birthdays. A limited edition version of the album was released featuring three bonus songs and a hand-painted piece of art, taken from a large painting Henson made and cut up into 196 pieces. Birthdays has spawned three singles so far: “Lying to You”, “Sweetheart, What Have You Done To Us” and “You” (which was a limited edition 7″ single for Record Store Day with an etching by Henson on the b-side). The album was also released as a very limited book edition, featuring illustrations made by different artists accompanying the songs. In 2012 and 2013, Henson performed sporadically, usually in tiny venues, galleries or museums. In late 2013 he performed in three churches around England.
In August 2013 NPR Music published a live ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ on YouTube with the set list “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are”, “Sweetheart What Have You Done To Us”, and “You”.
On 16 June 2014 Henson performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London as part of the James Lavelle-curated Meltdown festival. Earlier on the day of the expected gig, Henson released a new album with no previous announcement. The album, his third, titled Romantic Works and featuring cellist Ren Ford,
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