Jay Brannan gets intimate at the Biltmore in Vancouver

At the Biltmore Cabaret on November 23

A boy and his guitar, that’s all it took for an evening of beautiful music on November 23.

Fresh off the plane from Montreal, Jay Brannan is on a quick five-city Canadian tour and this midway show in Vancouver came upon one of the coldest nights of the year.

Somehow the cold suited the night for everyone was huddled together in the cozy Biltmore warmed by some witty, emotional lyrics and his lush vocals. Perhaps reflecting his acting skills, Brannan has an almost musical theatre like voice, at times emotional and melancholy where as to others it’s comedic and charming.

Telling stories—whether in lyrics or to the audience between songs—is an art that he has perfected. The audience was genuinely enamoured by the charms of this superstar in the making as he carried on what felt like conversation with a couple hundred of his closest friends who sang along to “Christmas Really Sucks”, “Housewife”, and “Beautifully”

No pretension, no demands; just great music from a sincerely nice, brilliantly talented guy.