On Tuesday I leave for a short touring stint with Dan Mangan, Verge XM’s Artist of the Year for 2009, articulate ranter / arts advocate, and all-round great guy. I can’t say how excited I am to finally get the chance to head out on the road with Dan – it’s something I’ve been trying to do for quite some time, and this time the pieces have all fallen into place. Dan’s been touring internationally for the better part of 6 months, and these last few dates will be a kind of ‘home stretch’ – cities and towns that are tantalizingly close, in relative terms, to the quiet respite of some well-deserved time off. Of course for Dan, “respite” is a relative term as well, and “time off” means more dates in Vancouver performing as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
Dan will be accompanied by the legendary Aidan Knight in Canmore (Feb. 3), Edmonton (2 shows, Feb. 5), Calgary (Feb. 6) and Kelowna (Feb. 7) – more information on venues can be found at www.danmanganmusic.com. Tour diary content will be posted here, as well as at www.vancouverisawesome.com, www.soundproofmagazine.com,www.nxew.ca, and after-the-fact at www.npac.ca. If all goes well (and why wouldn’t it?) we will be releasing a limited-edition book of images in the coming weeks – more on that a little later.
