Dan Israel’s new eleven song release, You’re Free, is an individual work of musical art a year in the making and solidifies Israel’s standing as one of the country’s best singer/songwriters working today. You’re Free finds the Minneapolis based Israel […]
Isn’t it funny how the movie industry and music take wildly divergent paths this time of year? Hollywood studios crank out blockbusters as fast as they can in hopes of catching some Oscar buzz, or at least some cash from […]
After nearly a quarter century of making music and more albums than can be conveniently be counted on two hands, Dan Israel deserves far more recognition that he’s attained thus far. Exceedingly heartfelt and clearly soaked in sentiment, his music […]
Dan Israels sixth album reflects the plight of the lone ranger singer-songwriter these days. A homemade basement job cut with just a smidge of outside keyboard and percussion help, its insular, ardently wistful, and in its own way, bitterly uncompromising. […]
OK, so this takes a little nerve: Dan Israel, leader of the Minneapolis-based Cultivators, who have put out a couple of fine but hardly artistically or commercially groundbreaking records, decides to issue one of those just-a-guy-and-his-acoustic-guitar solo albums full of […]
