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It doesn’t seem like five minutes since Dominic Dunn was hoisted upon stage at the Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and bought his music to an even wider audience. The young man from Kirkdale has been championed by one of the city’s finest in the form of Ian Prowse and no matter where he seems to be asked to perform this young 16 year old lad gives off the kind of confidence, a stark understanding of his guitar that you can only feel safe in his company.

Coming on stage at The District in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle can be a daunting task, there is nowhere to hide once the spotlight falls upon your head and even your shadow can retreat back, separate itself from you in a style not unbecoming Peter Pan and wave forlornly from behind the speakers. It takes courage to play inside the superb venue. Thankfully Dominic Dunn is not short of courage, the streets of Kirkdale can sometimes be just as daunting and for a young man to prove there is another way other than standing in a collective group on every street corner is mettle to be admired.

Although the tight schedule of the evening dictated that Mr. Dunn would only be performing a very short set, what he performed gave not just him but all who were there, completely the right start towards an excellent night out.

With songs at his disposal and a guitar that was as rich as Scrooge McDuck and tight as Montgomery Burns, Dominic Dunn performed La Vie Est Belle, Speaking In Tongues, Keep Them Tight and a rather cool cover of Step It Out Mary. Each song given the rapt attention it deserved and the genuine applause of an audience who know a good thing when it is presented to them.

You can never keep a good musician off the stage, nor should you ever try and for Dominic Dunn, whilst his set was over, his night was by far from finished as he joined Natalie McCool on stage for her final song of the evening, the combination of the two differing styles working incredibly well. For anyone who was at District to see this in action the memory will surely never leave them.

Ian D. Hall