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Video: “Vessel” by Dan Mangan + Blacksmith

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“Vessel” by Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, off the album Club Meds (available January 2015).

Of the video, director Ben Clarkson says: “It is complicated to open a conversation about the way we depict our history and our identity. Stories are powerful, and the way histories are told often reinforce the power of the powerful. How we tell the story, how our oral, written and visual traditions transmit interpretations of the past affects our behaviour, our ontology, here in the present. I would love to discuss how there are different histories. I believe that the quiet stability that many of us enjoy is a phantasm. I believe we have a great deal of work to do in order to live with one another in a way that agrees with our values (or the values we’d like to have). History is not finished and we must take ownership of it, or others will do it for us.”

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New Music From Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, “Vessel”

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Just when I assumed it would be a slow day for new music, I received a press release with a link to new music from Dan Mangan.  After a two year hiatus, an induction into fatherhood, and some time to regroup, Dan Mangan returns under a new moniker, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, a name encompassing the spirit of the project’s longstanding ensemble members.  The song “Vessel” is the first single from their upcoming fourth studio album (out this fall on A&C) and is also an integral component to the soundtrack for the new Simon Pegg feature, Hector And The Search For Happiness, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.  Mangan and Jesse Zubot (Tanya Tagaq, Stars, Hawksley Workman) also composed the film’s score.

Dan Mangan + Blacksmith take to the road on this fall with stops in Toronto at The Opera House for Indie88’s first anniversary on September 13 and at Massey Hall with Hayden on February 28 as well as the BreakOut West 2014 Kick Off Party in Winnipeg on October 2.

Check out the trailer for “Hector and the Search For Happiness” (Looks to have a real Walter Mitty feel to it).

Alli’s Journey benefit concert ‘Take My Hand’

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Since its inception in 2006, the non-profit organizationAllis Journey has raised funds to support initiatives for young adults ages 18-35 with cancer. Every year is a benefit concert, the next one to take place on June 9th in Toronto. This years performers include: Juno Award winning superstar Jully Black, Amanda Martinez, Aion Clarke, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Evening Hymns,Ohbijou, and Dan Mangan.
Solid lineup and for a good cause.

Allis Journey presents its 5th Annual benefit concert

Wednesday June 9, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory in the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning

273 Bloor Street West, Toronto.

Ticket Information: All tickets are $35 and are currently on sale.

To order online go to:https://tickets.rcmusic.ca/public

Tickets are also available in person at the Koerner Hall Box Office or by phone (416) 408 2824.

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