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Dana’s Music Video: The Great Salish Sea

“The Great Salish Sea” is written from the perspective of the 104-year-old matriarch “Granny” of the resident orcas and depicts how the sounds of boats have changed over the last century, from Native American canoes to large sailing ships, and now to today’s giant freighters...

Chosen By My People

“Chosen By My People” is a call to action to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Gwich’in Indians’ subsistence way of life. This is an extremely important human rights and environmental issue. Filmed in the summer of 2016 in Arctic Village, Alaska by world-renowned nature...

Teamsters & Turtles: Touring With Anne Feeney

  I'm honored to be touring with labor singer and all-around wonderful person Anne Feeney this July in Washington and Oregon. In addition to songs, jokes, and stories, we’ll be talking about how the Labor and Environmental movements can find common ground and work together. Most current...

The Great Salish Sea Tour

Now booking The Great Salish Sea Tour in Oregon, Washington & British Columbia. Details HERE.  ...

Salmon Come Home

  I am happy to announce the release of my new music video “Salmon Come Home,” directed by Gary Washington, with Alaskan wildlife and scenic footage by Daniel Zatz. “Salmon Come Home” was written to raise awareness about two proposed mines in Alaska: the Chuitna River...

Dana’s Album: The Great Salish Sea

  Dana’s New Album: The Great Salish Sea I’m happy to release my new album The Great Salish Sea. Produced by Casey Neill and recorded at Secret Society Studios in Portland, Oregon by Jordan Leff, The Great Salish Sea includes performances by many notable Portland artists, including Jenny Conlee (keyboardist for The Decemberists), Chet...

Whatcom Watch Interview With Dana (second half)

  Part 2 of Dana's Whatcom Watch article is out in the March issue. Dana tells stories of tours throughout his career and the upcoming Great Salish Sea CD Release Tour. Read Part 2 of the article here: http://www.whatcomwatch.org/php/WW_open.php?id=1683 Read Part 1 here: http://www.whatcomwatch.org/php/WW_open.php?id=1666...

Whatcom Watch Interview With Dana (first half)

  Dana tells stories of tours throughout his career and the upcoming Great Salish Sea CD Release Tour. Read article here: http://www.whatcomwatch.org/php/WW_open.php?id=1666...

A Tribute to Pete Seeger

When I was a child growing up near the Hudson River in upstate New York, Pete Seeger and the crew of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater organized our entire region to clean up the Hudson. Thousands of classes of elementary school students sailed on the...