I Just Read About That…

[ATTENDED: October 15, 2025] Daphne Gale

Daphne Gale is a singer, songwriter, composer from Brooklyn (she joked about almost being from Philly because her mom almost got a job “across the street” (not sure where that meant).  Her web page says she also lives in Berlin.

I had assumed that she was a new performer.  However, her stage confidence and ability to not feel rushed really showed what a professional she is.  And indeed, she’s been making music for a few years.

She had a guitar player with her (whom she named several times and whose name I have forgotten).  For  the first few songs she played electric guitar (a guitar that her friend found i the trash and fixed up for her) and then she switched to acoustic for the last few.

She told a little story about each song, with fun personal details.  The song Benjamin is about a doorman.  One of the songs (Melodrama, I think) referenced a bakery that was near her ex’s flat.  She used to pass by it every day marveling at the people who were there to buy $8 croissants.

One of the songs (Indication, I think) was her “Bruce Springsteen song.”  She said she saw Bruce once and he shotgunned a beer during one of his 3 hour sets.  She said she wanted to capture that energy.  I didn’t quite hear it (her guitar player also suggested that he did not hear it either), but everyone obligingly shouted Bruuuuuuuce at the end which made her laugh.

She had to tune a few times and apologized saying that the audience hates “the tuning song” but she likes it.

Another song was written when she was in San Diego and got into line dancing.  She wanted to write a song that could get people to line dance (Lifetime, I believe).  She asked if anyone liked to line dance.  A guy in front of me nodded and she asked him to line dance for this song, which he did not do.  She then asked if no one wanted to dance, perhaps we’d like to sing along.  She had us hum during parts of the song and I thought we sounded pretty good.

When I had first listened to a few of her songs I wasn’t that interested in her, but she was great–I enjoyed her personality and her music. I think having the extra guitar player stepped her above the typical acoustic guitar folk singer.

Setlist

Fran
Blue
Benjamin
Let U Go
Melodrama
Ghost Hearts
Indication
Lifetime
Lie (maybe)
Thanks, Apollo (maybe)