Van Dyke Parks live in concert.
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Van Dyke Parks

12
critic concert reviews
pop

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

77
%
Based on 
12
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Van Dyke Parks is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Van Dyke Parks concert reviews describe live shows and performances as charming.

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Latest Release

The Last Straw (11 November 2021)

Artist Info

Genre
pop
Origin
Hattiesburg, United States (1/3/1943)
Bio
Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA) is an American composer, arranger, producer, instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, author, and actor based in Pasadena, California.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

May 7, 2013
80
%
This rare intimate evening with the legendary Brian Wilson collaborator and composer is as much after-dinner repartee as it is sweeping pre-rock revue.

musicOMH (UK)

May 7, 2013
80
%
Van Dyke Parks @ Borderline, London

The Arts Desk (UK)

June 24, 2012
80
%
Parks has opinions and isn't shy of expressing them. He wants you to think

The Santa Barbara Independent (USA)

February 6, 2012
%
The room of fans clapped and tapped their feet to Park’s songs, their faces smiling and familial vibes permeating SOhO’s floor space.

The Guardian (UK)

June 21, 2010
80
%
Forty-four years after he landed what should have been mid-60s pop's plum job – providing lyrics for the Beach Boys' follow-up to Pet Sounds – Parks remains a shadowy figure.

musicOMH (UK)

June 18, 2010
70
%
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on June 18, 2010

Faster Louder (Australia)

July 3, 2011
%
It was even stranger to see Adelaide folk pop collective Mountbatten playing to a crowd around forty years older than them.

Past critic reviews published in

The AU Review (Australia), The AU Review (Australia), The AU Review (Australia), The AU Review (Australia), The AU Review (Australia) and more

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