Live Video: Aidan Knight w/ Dan Mangan - Jasper

Recorded in the Rocky Mountains in B.C. - you can find more at aidanknight.com and danmanganmusic.com. Video by neilmangan.com:

Happy 100th Episode to R3TV

It's hard to believe that they've done 100 of these. (I was in Episode 13 - and started the Facebook Group sometime before that. But - here it is Radio 3 TV Episode #100 with Dan Mangan. For a full list of R3TV Episodes to date click here.

New Video: Dan Mangan - Road Regrets

A brand new video from Dan Mangan Directed by: Jon Busby, Produced by: Jesse Davidge and Marc Demers, Produced at Blatant Studios, Vancouver BC



And as a special encore, a special encore: Via tylerstalman - "After an incredible show at the SAIT campus, Dan Mangan climbed through the crowd for an encore atop the bar tables, and magiced us away with a singalong of So Much for Everyone from his album Postcards and Daydreaming. It took a few moments for everyones oooohs to come into tune with each other, but it was beautiful when they did."

Dan Mangan "So Much For Everyone" (live)

Dan Mangan, Hey Rosetta and K'naan on the Radio 3 Session Podcast

Recorded at the Canadian Blast event at the Canadian Consul General's residence in Los Angeles this week's CBC Radio 3 sessions podcast features Dan Mangan, Hey Rosetta! and K'naan as well as Leonard Cohen's speech from the event.

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Dan Mangan covers the Smiths (free download)

It's that time of the year, the time when music bloggers do their final 'best of' lists. That's what they are doing over at Herohill but there is a surprise mixed in with the albums. There is an MP3 of Dan Mangan covering the Smiths "There is a light that never goes out".

Go get it at http://www.herohill.com/2009/12/favorites-09-canadian-lps-10-1.htm!

Read Essays on the Present and Future of Canadian Music at the Mark

The Mark is an online publication dedicated to "news, commentary and debate" it features an impressive list of contributors including open internet advocate, columnist and Canada Research Chair in internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa Michael Geist, environmentalist David Suzuki, MP for Toronto Centre Bob Rae, and a great many others. They have recently posted a page on the state of and future of music. It features essays by Pop Montreal founder Daniel Seligman, Allan Cross, Dan Mangan, Roland (Cadence) Weapon, Tegan and Sara, Todor Kobakov and Shain Shapiro.

Personally I find describing the future and present state of music difficult at best. The present is, in short, the wild west. Everyone is trying everything to figure out what works now. The only thing anyone knows for sure is that the old system is gone. No one knows the future yet, society, technology and even global economics are changing too rapidly to say much for sure. I am, however, committed to helping to find a way. I want to see a Canada where musicians can make a living but copyright is not used like a club against fans.

Whatever you think about the past present and future of music, that you think about it at all makes you a rare commodity. Most music consumers don't think about it at all, they do what works for them at the moment and that's it. It's up to the rest of us to figure out a way to make it all work.

Join in the conversation at http://www.themarknews.com/topics/6.

Live Dan Mangan Video with Hey Rosetta & the Superfantastics

Via Dan's web site - "During his UK tour, Dan recorded an “In the courtyard” session for the Fly magazine. Dan played Sold and Robots, for which he was joined by some very special guests, including Hey Rosetta, The Superfantastics and The Canadian Blast! team.":

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The Fly - Dan Mangan 'Robot' FlyTV In The Courtyard on MUZU.

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The Fly - Dan Mangan `Sold` FlyTV In The Courtyard on MUZU.