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fave it Traditional Folk | Modern Folk
18 tracks | 60 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on Sleeping Giant Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 Found My Way Back Home lyrics BUY MP3 03:16 Found My Way Back Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:16 Found My Way Back Home
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:49 Power from Above lyrics BUY MP3 02:49 Power from Above lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:49 Power from Above
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 Peace Begins In My Own Heart lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 Peace Begins In My Own Heart lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 Peace Begins In My Own Heart
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:12 Fix It or Stop Complaining lyrics BUY MP3 02:12 Fix It or Stop Complaining lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:12 Fix It or Stop Complaining
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:00 Whistle Blower lyrics BUY MP3 04:00 Whistle Blower lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:00 Whistle Blower
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:58 Roadblock lyrics BUY MP3 02:58 Roadblock lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:58 Roadblock
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 From Every Mountain Side lyrics BUY MP3 04:15 From Every Mountain Side lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:15 From Every Mountain Side
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:54 Like a Sailor lyrics BUY MP3 03:54 Like a Sailor lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:54 Like a Sailor
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:54 Widow of Charlie Hollow lyrics BUY MP3 03:54 Widow of Charlie Hollow lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:54 Widow of Charlie Hollow
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:42 Oh Holy Day lyrics BUY MP3 03:42 Oh Holy Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:42 Oh Holy Day
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:43 Drink of Autumn lyrics BUY MP3 03:43 Drink of Autumn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:43 Drink of Autumn
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:08 Never Take Love for Granted lyrics BUY MP3 02:08 Never Take Love for Granted lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:08 Never Take Love for Granted
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 Only an April Fool lyrics BUY MP3 04:11 Only an April Fool lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:11 Only an April Fool
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:09 Winter It Is Past lyrics BUY MP3 02:09 Winter It Is Past lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:09 Winter It Is Past
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 Meadow Box lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 Meadow Box lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 Meadow Box
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:27 The Whittler lyrics BUY MP3 03:27 The Whittler lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:27 The Whittler
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:39 Make a Better Home lyrics BUY MP3 03:39 Make a Better Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:39 Make a Better Home
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:09 Seize the Day lyrics BUY MP3 03:09 Seize the Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:09 Seize the Day
Fresh, acoustic folk rooted in mountain tradition about neighbors, lovers, patriots and hard-working folks, written with wit, soul and great choruses.
Bio / Background
DAN BERGGREN writes and sings with a traditional voice and a sense of place. His renewable energy anthem “Power from Above” on FRESH TERRITORY has received national attention, internet and radio airplay. Best-selling author and journalist Bill McKibben writes: "Dan is a throwback to the old role of the folk singer from the days of the civil rights movement. With his wind power song, he’s articulating things that need to be said right now."
Other Quotes from Radio Folks about FRESH TERRITORY:
“What an album---you really feel like you have found your way home--musically and meaningfully.” - Bill Hahn, Host of Traditions on WFDU-FM Teaneck, NJ
“His gentle wit, and his ability to write songs with great choruses, make him an excellent performer.” - Phil Shapiro, Host of Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM Ithaca, NY
Dan has been collecting, writing and singing folk music of the Adirondack region of northern New York for over 30 years.
↓ more ↓He grew up in the mountains on the land farmed by his mother’s family and worked in the woods on a forest ranger’s crew and a survey crew. Hearing stories and songs from local friends and neighbors, Dan has developed a style that captures the spirit of the mountains.
A familiar voice at coffeehouses, museums, schools and libraries throughout New York State, Dan has also sung at festivals in Vermont, Connecticut, Michigan and Kentucky, at concerts in Zimbabwe and Bulgaria, and on a three-week tour of Romania with the group Common Thread. Some of his songs have been arranged for orchestra, giving Dan the opportunity to perform with the Fredonia Chamber Players, Ithaca College Symphony, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and tour with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.
His music has been featured nationally on public radio and television, earning praise from near and far. Vermont Public Radio calls Dan’s music: “A genuine treasure. Fresh and timeless, full of courage and down to earth richness.” And from overseas, Radio Logatec in Slovenia reports: “A wonderful and careful songwriter who makes every word count.”
Sleeping Giant Records has released twelve albums featuring Dan’s music including Ten Miles to Saturday Night with Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn, Cloudsplitter with Lynn, a collaboration with Duggan called Rooted in the Mountains and two albums with The Newton Street Irregulars. In 2002 the anthology One with the Water was released featuring recordings previously unavailable on CD. MINERVA - Songs of Irishtown, Olmstedville, Leonardsville and Minerva is Dan’s 2005 tribute to his hometown. The latest release Fresh Territory, builds on Adirondack roots and explores the many dimensions of home, hard-working folks, taking care of our planet and each other.
Dan is professor emeritus of audio and radio studies at the State University of New York College at Fredonia, where he received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1992. In that same year the New York State Outdoor Education Association presented him with its Art and Literary Award. Dan was recognized in 2001 by St. Lawrence University as a Distinguished Alumnus, by the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks with its Heritage Award and most recently, he was the recipient of the Adirondack Mountain Club’s Education Award.
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