Peasant @ Knitting Factory Tap Bar

Last night I went to The Music Slut's Blogger's Delight party to see Peasant, a.k.a. Damien DeRose, who is a singer-songwriter from Doylestown, PA. That is right near where I grew up in Lansdale.



His songs have a small town feel and are emotionally dreamy, but not in that annoying emo, cheesy way that some singer-songwriters are. Instead, Peasant's songs are charming and modest -- and that modesty sweetly enhances the "awwww" factor. I hear some Iron & Wine influence -- that hushed but smooth vocal that's so intimate, you want to lean in to hear every delicate note, every intricate pluck of the acoustic. The music totally makes me sigh. I love it.

His album, On the Ground, will be released in 2008 on Paper Garden Records.

He's in town playing some more, so go check him out:
November 28 @ Rockwood Music Hall (NY)
December 6 @ Pete's Candy Store (Brooklyn)