Richard Dawson - Live at Barbican - 25th October 2020 

Richard bewilders me, it's akin to watching a trapeze artist or some incomprehensible juggling act. I see it happening, I see what he's doing, but I have no idea how one achieves it. Insanely talented.

I love how he changes the lyrics of Civil Servant to reflect whatever video game he's playing at the moment. It's a very funny touch.

It’s amazing he wrote an album called 2020 the year before the pandemic featuring the lyric ‘man on man on AN EMPTY STADIUM yells man on!’ He must have a crystal ball.

This is probably the greatest and most underrated live performance of music I've ever seen.

Richard is very special. I am completely captivated and drawn in by everything he does. There are very few artists where I read all that I can about their process, song explanations, etc, but I definitely do this with Richard. One thing I just realized though is that HE FORGOT HIS GLASSES. YOU PEOPLE AT THE BARBICAN WERE SUPPOSED TO REMIND HIM.

this performance of Ghost of a Tree is out of this fucking world lol, i dont know how he's able to pack so much emotion and viscera into an acapella tune. i think Richard is legitamately one of the most impressive performers in folk music today, every single live video i see of him he puts his all into it and he's able to just create an insanely captivating piece of art to experience, often with only his voice and a guitar. truly stunning!

2 halves is my favourite song of all time

i cried so hard listening to 'we picked apples' for the first time.

Blessed to know this guy's music. Exploding with talent.

Richard is so talented it's scary. His voice doesn't need any sort of alteration or studio doctoring it's just beautiful the way it is.

He was superb at End of The Road last night. He had an excellent drummer with him,too. A Great performance.

Brilliant musician/singer/performer/songwriter/human being. I was hoping to see him, in norwich arts centre, in may, last year, where he came to before, and gave a breathtaking recital. Hope he stays well and comes back, soon. He really is the most authentic performer alive. I can only think of one other artist I like anything like as much, and that is Laura Marling. Love you, Richard. You are a complete original. Living legend. 😘

Keep returning to this just to watch Queens Head. This video is where I 1st heard it and its simply a masterpiece.

this version of we picked apples nearly brought me to tears :') so beautiful

4:47 - The Felon's Song 11:38 - Civil Servant 18:54 - We Picked Apples in a Graveyard Freshly Mowed 26:08 - Two Halves 32:31 - The Queen's Head 40:06 - Joe the Quilt-Maker 52:00 - Judas Iscariot 57:35 - Fresher's Ball 1:03:41 - Weaver 1:14:52 - The Ghost of a Tree

U.S. fan here. I'm often moved by Richard's songs, with _"Joe, the Quilt-Maker"_ being one of his most powerful.

The Queen’s Head is my fav. Beautiful.

Proper genius and a really lovely lad - love him t' bits x

Richard is criminally underrated. Thanks for the upload!

A great artist. Thanks, Richard, for your wonderful and increasingly great discography.

Thank you for letting me feel something again ❤

such genuine talent.

Thanks! Was supposed to see him in May, but you know.

So good!

I love him.

the way he ends Felon's Song without the final verse kills me. it has the effect of dropping the floor out from under you

Insanely talented indeed …great voice ..love him to bits …new album with circle is an absolute triumph

fucking love Judas Iscariot. the fact that he plays it the same way every time. keeping all that in your head is so amazing

I had tickets to the original show. Although everything was so dicey when this gig happened in the UK. So probably wouldn't of felt comfortable there. Feel bad for Richard should have been a massive year for him. He will get another chance though!

woah, how does he know I'm watching this on a Sunday?

Saw at End of the Road festival yesterday. Fantastic!

"is it too soon for a twelve minute a capella song about a quilt maker?"

brilliant artist

Best video on RU-vid !

Certainly - I do love him

That point, at 10.20, when the audience were thinking "whatthefuckwasthatthatwasfuckingbrilliant" and forgot to clap, shall forever be known as "The Dawson Pause".

Astonishing

Bravo

1:09:37 Nobody mentioning this immaculate cover?

richaaard

Richard is the real deal

applause

I know how he feels about rustiness: will have been an 18-month break when I finally get to gig again.

Thanks for the video! What a great musician and lyricist. Wondering why there are clicks and pops on it - were they on the original broadcast?

How’s his guitar tuned, it ain’t standard or is it? Or dropped d ?

a proper fuking artist, crrieed thru the lot. thxks

does anyone know what tuning he’s using ???

"When the sun is rising ..."

does anyone know what tunings he uses?

He’s England’s Robert Frost

Anyone know what model Burns he is playing?

Wtf, how did he know it was a sunday today?

Prog elbow

Bladee looks so weird here

New album (the hermit) is a bit of a slog compared to his earlier more sparkling material.

If only he had a voice...

Kinda pretentious.

A demented Morocco/geordie mash up