Jon Duncan‘s latest album is a sweet blend of breezy folk-pop songs, reflective ballads, booty-shakin’ improvisations and nods back to the tin-pan alley era, all wrapped up in his mellifluous vocals and melodies and lyrics that linger, long after the songs are sung. It’s all in the title: optimistic, jangly tunes tempered with the lived experience of knowing life isn’t all cloudless skies.

Merry Dance Lightly is pure old-school, high-class songwriting; minimal arrangements, one-take, single-mic recordings. The record features Duncan on ukuleles, voice, bass, percussion and keys and Sia Joo Hiang on harmonies. Songs to make you smile, think a little, cry some and then get up and hug the person closest to you and dance…lightly!

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