Instruments Vocalist, Guitarist Website www.dannymichel.com | Name Danny Michel Role Musician | |
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Born January 31, 1970 (age 54)
Kitchener-Waterloo
Ontario, Canada ( 1970-01-31 ) Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, producer Albums Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me, Sunset Sea Record labels Six Shooter Records, Cumbancha, MapleMusic Recordings, Universal Music Group Nominations Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year Similar People Jeremy Fisher, Ivan Duran, Quique Escamilla, Bob Corritore, Brian Fahey Profiles | ||
Dan s space van s1 e1 feat danny michel
Danny Michel is a Canadian musician & producer
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- Dan s space van s1 e1 feat danny michel
- feather fur and fin official video by danny michel
- Dans Space Van
- School Night Mondays
- Discography
- References
Michel began making solo records in the 1990s after being a member of many bands including the power-pop trio Starling (Timebomb Records). Soon afterward, he signed a deal with MapleMusic Recordings/Universal Music Canada in 2003 and released Tales from the Invisible Man. In 2004, he was nominated as 'New Artist of the Year at the Canadian Juno Awards. and later released Valhalla.
In 2008 he independently released the album Feather, Fur & Fin. The title track quickly landed on the Playlist for the Planet released by the David Suzuki Foundation. and was a guest on David's last Blue Dot tour.
Danny spent much of his time performing as the musical guest Stuart MacLean's "Vinyl Cafe" and performed with Stuart MacLean over 70 times across Canada
In 2010 Michel independently released Sunset Sea with Minneapolis producer Mark Stockert
In 2011 Michel relocated to Central America Belize to record with one of his favorite bands The Garifuna Collective, a unique Afro-Amerindian cultural group to record the album Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me (Six Shooter Records). The album landed him a Juno Award nomination in the world music category, and a sold out summer tour of North America with The Garifuna Collective as his band. In June 2013, the album was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize and released worldwide on world music label Cumbancha Records.In 2011 Michel released "Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me" on Six Shooter Records (Canada) Stone Tree Records (Belize) and Cumbancha Records (USA)
While in Belize, Michel created "The Danny Michel Ocean Academy Fund", helping raise scholarships for the Caye Caulker Community School, a small non-profit community high school in Belize. To date, he's raised over $70,000.00 for the school and volunteers there.
In 2016 Danny released "Matadora" on Six Shooter Records
In 2017 Danny released "Khlebnikov", a classical based album written & recorded with film composer Rob Carli aboard the Russian ice-breaker, Kapitan Khlebnikov during an 18 day arctic expedition through the northwest passage with Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield and a collection of artists from around the world. Possibly the most northern recorded album ever recorded (above 80°), Danny timed the album to drop on January 20, Donald Trump's inauguration day. It felt appropriate for this Russian-based project. Danny and Rob will be performing Khlebnikov with orchestras from Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, London and more in 2017
feather fur and fin official video by danny michel
Dan's Space Van"
“Dan’s Space Van” is a mobile web-series created & hosted by singer Danny Michel. The show takes place in an original customized 1978 GMC Vadura (airbrushed in a Star Trek theme). The show features interesting people and musical guests who perform IN the van’s diamond quilted, crushed red velvet interior. The show is written, filmed and edited entirely by Dan
School Night Mondays
“School Night Mondays” were created & hosted by Danny Michel & his trio at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto, ON, Canada. The night is a very casual, intimate and relaxed early show for no other reason than friends playing music. Each week Danny invites a surprise guest who performs a few songs with the band. The show has been sold out 18 weeks in a row and included guest such as Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Justin Rutledge, Sarah Harmer, Jim Cuddy, Col. Chris Hadfield, Ed Robertson, Tom Cochrane, Kevin Breit, Amelia Curran, Jeremy Fisher, Royal Wood, Oh Susanna, Buck 65, Lindy, The Satellites, Kobo Town, Quique Escamilla, Andy Stochansky, Starling, Whitehorse, The Butcher's Wife, Skye Wallace, Matt Weidinger and more.