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Dan Mangan has sung and strummed his way into Canadian Songwriter elite over several hard working years.

Dan Hill, One Grammy, 5 Junos - that says it all. But he has penned a new book, "I am My Fathers Son" and he talks to us on IndieCan Radio about his life over 4 decades in the music biz, from pop-star to songwriter, to writer.

Here's the cue sheet for the rest of the show:
IndieCan Music - intro
Dan Mangan - Robots
Pawnshop Diamond - If I'm Not Dead
joe talk
The Cheap Speakers - A Sign That You Don't Care
interview with Dan Hill
Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
Basia Lyjak - Stuttering
Patrizia - My Beloved
interview - Patrizia
Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds - Khaki Dodgers
The Cunninghams - Better than Bullets
joe talk
The Danks - No Radio
Sundar - What I Feel
Dan Hill - I Am My Father's Son
FIN

No matter what kind of musc we like, we owe a debt of gratitude to the BLUES. Canada celebrates the Blues every year - emerging and old-school at the MAPLE BLUES AWARDS. Episode 165 has a wide varity of new tunes but we visit the Maple Blues Awards, talk to Ottawa's MONKEY JUNK, winners of 5 awards this year and long-time Canadian blues-man, Danny Marks who co-hosted the awards in Toronto.

Also, we talk to Sarah Burtton and Faye Blais who are heading out on a North American tour together. We have Post Data, Yukon Blonde and more.

Details at http://www.indiecan.com

Great Lake Swimmers are nominated for a 2010 Juno Music Award. Three Polaris Music Prize finalists are on this week's show - Patrick Watson, Great Lake Swimmers and Hey Rosetta!
Also, we have interviews and music from Hillside Music Festival. The Guelph Ontario weekend in it's 26th year is known for selling out before the full line up of artists is announced. Regulars just trust the festival to deliver and this year didn't disappoint as this show will demonstrate. Enjoy an hour of interviews, stories, behind the scenes insights and music. Pics and more at indiecan.com

From JAN 2009. 54-40 are on the road again, playing Ontario and British Columbia in March and April.

Neil Osborne, Dave Genn and Tom Hooper (Grapes of Wrath) visit Joe Chisholm of IndieCan Radio at XM Satellite Radio Toronto street-front studio to talk about the new 54-40 album "Northern Soul" discuss 22 years of songwriting + what might still be left in the tank. As always, we get a few live off the floor tunes - Some old radio hits and two brand new tunes from the record.

Also this week, Elliott Brood, Louts Child of Vancouver, Dearly Beloved of Toronto who opened for Franz Ferdenand in Boston, Halifax's The Maynards and more

Now Magazine has been telling it like it sees it in Toronto since 1981. Michael, the papers first music editor, talks to IndieCan listeners about the evolution of Toronto indie, the future of print media and the special thrill he gets when a record label dislikes one of NOW Magazine's reviews.

For music this week, we have new Blue Rodeo, The Johnstones, Ox and Acres and Acres. From The greatest Grey Cup blunder of all time winning Montreal - we have Winter Gloves, and more new finds that we call the best music you've never heard!

Nominated for a 2010 JUNO, you can hear Julie Doiron songs performed live-off-the-floor at IndieCan Radio - welcome to Episode 128 of IndieCan Radio. At Cosmic Audio in T.Dot we recorded some great tracks and chatted about life and songwriting.