Dan Zanes
After years of rocking in the 1980s with the Del Fuegos, singer/songwriter Dan Zanes created his own band, the Dan Zanes Trio, in 1994. The group got started when Zanes was hanging out with producer Mitchell Froom in Lower Manhattan; after adding drummer Jerry Marotta, they began playing their sparse blues and folk-rock to small crowds in clubs like the CBGB Gallery. Produced by Froom, the trio's debut LP, Cool Down Time, a raw rock effort influenced by '60s-era R&B, appeared in 1995. In 2001 Zanes resurfaced with the children's folk-tinged Rocket Ship Beach, featuring "friends" Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, Donald Saaf, Rankin Don, and the Sandy Girls. Zanes continued his Dan Zanes & Friends children's series in 2002 with the release of Family Dance and Night Time. House Party followed in 2003, Sea Music and Parades and Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected by Carl Sandburg arrived in 2004, and Catch That Train! landed the following year. Zanes released Nueva York! in 2008, a collection of songs from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic, followed by 76 Trombones, a collection of Broadway tunes, in 2009. In 2011 Zanes and friends released Little Nut Tree, a family-style mixed-bag set of typically upbeat tunes that came packaged in a children's durable board book. Zanes teamed up with Elizabeth Mitchell (formerly of the group Ida) for another family-friendly acoustic set, 2013's Turn Turn Turn. Zanes' next project was 2017's Lead Belly, Baby!, a set of fresh interpretations of songs by the legendary folk-blues artist Lead Belly, with guest appearances by Billy Bragg, Chuck D, Valerie June, Ashley Phillips, and many more.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Coming Down
Dan Zanes, Claudia Zanes, Dan + Claudia Zanes
Children - Released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on Sep 1, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Night Train 57
Dan Zanes, Claudia Eliaza, Yuriana Sobrino
Children - Released by Festival Five Records on Jun 29, 2018
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lead Belly, Baby!
Children - Released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on Aug 25, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Get Loose and Get Together: The Best Of Dan Zanes
Folk - Released by Festival Five Records on Jul 22, 2014
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Christmas In Concord
Children - Released by Festival Five Records on Nov 13, 2012
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
Country - Released by Festival Five Records on Sep 14, 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Let Love Be Your Guide
Dan Zanes, Claudia Zanes, Dan + Claudia Zanes
Children - Released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on Sep 10, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sea Music
Folk - Released by Festival Five Records on Apr 27, 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Contradance: Music from the Pilobolus Dance Performance
Children - Released by Festival Five Records on Jul 5, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Smile Smile Smile
Children - Released by Festival Five Records on May 12, 2009
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Crawdad
Children - Released by Festival Five Records on Sep 8, 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Welcome Table: Songs of Inspiration, Mystery & Good Times
Pop - Released by Festival Five Records on Dec 2, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Reparations is a Must (4th of July Love Song)
Children - Released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on Jun 28, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Let Love Be Your Guide (For John Lewis)
Dan Zanes, Claudia Zanes, Dan + Claudia Zanes
Children - Released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on Jul 28, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Take This Hammer
Children - Released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on Aug 18, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo