St Davids City Hall is the only Welsh date on Ariel Posen s UK and European tour CANADIAN songwriter and slide-guitar maestro Ariel Posen is playing a gig in St Davids next year, the only Welsh stop on his European tour. Following the release of his acclaimed new album Headway, Posen will bring his mesmeric live show to the UK for a score of dates, before venturing to the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway. The first stop of his tour is on January 30 at City Hall St Davids. Ariel Posen s music is described as occupying the space between genres; a rootsy sound that nods to his influences heartland rock & roll, electrified Americana, blue-eyed soul, R&B, Beatles-inspired pop while still moving forward, pushing Posen into territory that s uniquely his own .
Ariel Posen and the Festival du Voyageur go hand in hand.
Ariel Posen and the Festival du Voyageur go hand in hand.
The Winnipeg singer-songwriter honed his guitar chops more than a decade ago on the festival’s stages and, as recently as last February, headlined an evening at Fort Gibraltar with his band. I used to show up on Saturday, play four gigs with four different bands and come back Sunday, play four gigs with four (other) different bands, and then on Tuesday do the same, recalls Posen, who is part of Saturday night’s free virtual concerts on the festival’s Facebook page and YouTube channel starting at 8 p.m.