Blog: HearYa: An Indie Music Blog

Dan Mangan's sophomore release, Nice, Nice, Very Nice wins the Most Pleasant Surprise Of 2009 Award at HearYa. I hadn't heard of this Canadian songwriter prior to the mailman delivering the album and it's been stuck in my head for weeks. While you may be thinking verses of a Cracker song, saying to yourself "The world needs another folk singer like I need a hole in my head," please stop yourself. Dan Mangan proves to be more than a singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar. He's a masterful lyricist that enlists a broad spectrum of instrumentation [...]

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