Dan Mangan
Indie Folk
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Daniel Mangan was born on April 28, 1983, in Smithers, British Columbia, though his family had returned to Vancouver by age two. Mangan studied at the University of British Columbia, earning a BA in English Literature. He was influenced by his parents' record collection, especially the music of Nick Drake and The Beatles. In 2003, at 20 years old, Mangan completed his first set of recordings: an EP of simply recorded acoustic songs called "All At Once." Five hundred copies were pressed and sold or given away throughout the Vancouver area. He has won two JUNO awards and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Australia, having released 5 studio LPs and numerous EPs and singles. At the 2012 JUNO Awards, Mangan was awarded New Artist of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year for "Oh Fortune." In September 2009, Mangan was awarded "Artist of the Year" at the Verge Music Awards. "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" was also awarded "iTunes Album Of The Year" for the Singer/Songwriter category and won three Western Canadian Music Awards for "Independent Album Of The Year," "Roots/Solo Album Of The Year," and "Songwriter Of The Year." Mangan has won six Buckys to date, the most winning artist in the award's history, and is the only artist to win "Best Song" more than once. He has scored for feature film, as well as television for Netflix and AMC. Between the "Club Meds" and "More or Less" album cycles, Mangan scored the music for the Netflix animated show "Hilda," including the ending theme, as well as the CBC/AMC mini-series "Unspeakable." He is also a co-founder of Side Door, a marketplace platform connecting artists with alternative venue spaces for in-person & online shows.