Fata Morgana: Dusk

Oh Daddy

Bloodshot is a cheeky summer fling with the hottest person you’ve ever met. Meetups in the park after dark, PDA at the bar, obsessive behaviours blossoming. This may be someone you’ve been yearning for forever and life finally decided to  bring you closer. A love so explosive and a passion so hot it feels like it couldn’t possibly last. But will it?

A Little Lucky

Blossom Tree

I Believe

West End Girl

Pussy Palace

Mona Lisa

Artificial Heart

Chains of Love

Originally, this song was born out of pure frustration with the Russia–Ukraine war. But as I sat with it, I realised war has so many haunting parallels with love—two forces that can tear you apart and transform you at the same time. So the track slowly evolved from being just about conflict to becoming a journey into love itself, told entirely through the language and imagery of war.

Complications

Bette Davis Eyes

Nothing

A heartfelt, rollicking, jubilant Christmas album by Dan Blakeslee and the Calabash Club... a 10 year dream album come to life!

1  Mister Candy Cane *
2  Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Johnny Marks)
3  Glowin', Blowin', Jumpin', Swayin', Wishin', Swingin', 
    Dancin', Rockin', Fishin', Laughin' Christmas Tree *
4  We Three Kings (public domain)
5  The Somerville Lights *
6  The Reindeer Boogie (Peanut Faircloth, Hank Snow, Cordia Volmar)
7  It's Almost Christmas Morn *
8  To Be An Elf *
9  Christmas Tree Calling *
10 Silver Bells (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
11 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
12 Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (public domain)
13 Let's Start Again **

All songs ( * ) written by Dan Blakeslee copyright 2020
All art and design by Dan Blakeslee copyright 2020
Engineered by Chris Chase at The Noise Floor in Dover, NH
Mixed by Dan Blakeslee and Chris Chase
Produced by Dan Blakeslee and Chris Chase with assistance by Andrew May
Mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Cambridge, MA

**bonus song recorded by Dan Blakeslee featuring First backing vocals: Tim Gearan, Sean Staples. Second backing vocals: Hugh McGowan, Kevin O'Neil, Shawn Deidre Hagerty, Tony Lovell, Noel Smyth and Pete Spiegel (thank you all for being a part of this special recording). Bar noise and countdown from Lizard Lounge Cambridge, MA on New Years Eve (2009 – 2010).

The Calabash Club:
Dan Blakeslee - vocals, acoustic guitar, bells, percussion, glockenspiel (10)
Mike Effenberger - accordion, organ, piano
Nick Phaneuf - upright bass, electric bass
Jim Rudolf - drums

Additional Musicians:
Dave Blakeslee - accordion (2, 5, 9, 11) 
Bruce Derr - pedal steel 
Chris Klaxton - trumpet 
Eric Klaxton - clarinet 
Tim Moore - mandolin 
Scott Matthew Pittman - glockenspiel, xylophone, vibes 
Dave Talmage - fiddle 

Backing vocals:
Jenee Halstead (3, 5, 8, 9)
Amy Kucharik (3, 5, 7, 8)
Juliet Nelson (1, 3, 7, 8, 9)
Audrey Ryan (1, 3, 5, 8)

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Let's Start Again

While attending art school in Baltimore, MD Dan Blakeslee, a Maine native discovered that he had an equal and deeply rooted connection to music. He would sneak into the galleries to play his guitar through the late hours of the evening surrounded by easels and oil paintings. After four years in "Charm City" he returned to his childhood home in the Tatnic Woods of South Berwick, ME. That summer he played street corners in New Hampshire and Maine while working at a lobster restaurant. His employer urged him to sever ties to manual labor for one of a more musical nature. A phone call from a friend offering him a room in Somerville, MA began his journey south in 1995. While settling into this artful community he began to practice his craft in the smoke laden subways of Boston. He now has been making music and art in the New England region ever since, leading him to tour the U.S. and abroad. He has performed with The Low Anthem, David Wax Museum, Dawes, The Lumineers, Deer Tick, Liam Finn, Brown Bird, Josh Ritter, Old 97's, Will Dailey, Death Vessel and Kimya Dawson to name a few. His album "Owed To The Tanglin' Wind" featuring The Low Anthem was released in 2014. In 2015 his dream of playing Newport Folk Festival became a reality, where Bob Dylan went electric 50 years earlier. And after a pause between full band records his long awaited album "The Alley Walker" featuring his band The Calabash Club came out in 2017 to much acclaim. After touring the US a couple times and much journeying it was time to get back in the studio. Blakeslee had been dreaming of making a full length Christmas album for over a decade inspired by his retro music collection. So on a cold winter night in 2019 Blakeslee stepped into the studio for the first session of "Christmasland Jubilee". This full-length album by Dan Blakeslee and the Calabash Club will be revealed on December 1, 2020 and is their third release together.

Let's Start Again

Dan Blakeslee

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