Dana’s Blog

Eco-Freakos and Insurance Actuaries Unite!

I've been working on the climate change issue since high school. In the 1970s, one industry was being real about climate change. Yes, the radical environmentalist actuaries in the insurance industry. You may go to church with some of these bead wearing long hair insurance...

Dana’s New Music Video “Ride The Lawn”

I’m happy to announce my new music video Ride The Lawn, co-directed by cinematographer Taiming YuenJames and myself. Ride The Lawn includes a cameo appearance by my father, Herbert Lyons, and was filmed on location in my backyard and my neighbor’s backyard, as well as...

Dana’s New Music Video: “Love Song to Jane”

I'm happy to share my new music video "Love Song to Jane", now viewable on YouTube. You can listen to Love Song for Jane or purchase the mp3 at Bandcamp. Support Jane Goodall's work at the Jane Goodall Institute Love Song to Jane was funded in part by...

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...