New Album 'TURNING'. Available NOW
SOME QUOTES ABOUT DAN ISRAEL
“I liked the last one but this is many miles beyond. great album.
really really really great album, great songs, great sounds, great performances.”
- Kevin Bowe, songwriter/musician • 2007
“Dude last time I saw you was hailing a cab in new york with your guitar. You are a fucking legend.”
- Jim Walsh, writer • 2007
"Minneapolis songwriter Dan Israel is simply the best homage to Dylan’s home state singer-songwriter heritage we can offer - and he’s damned good, to boot."
- Perfect Porridge • 2007
“Dan Israel, "Turning." For a while now, he's been one of the better songwriters on the local circuit. But on his ninth album, he proves to be an improving, if Dylanesque, singer. His songs have more range, and the album feels more musical.”
- Jon Bream, StarTribune • 2007
'Here’s the thing with Dan Israel: He does what he does, nothing
groundbreaking; he plays straightforward Americana-influenced rock
music. He just does it better than anyone else.'
-How Was The Show • 2006
“Israel remains a true believer, a dedicated craftsman giving voice
to the kind of universal sentiments most of us keep under our hats.”
- No Depression • 2004
“A longtime Minnesota scenester by way of Chicago and Austin,
Dan Israel has continued rocking in spite of a considerably lower profile than his talent deserves.”
- The Onion AV Club • 2004
"The most famously underrated pop band in town."
- Peter S. Scholtes • City Pages
“Time I Get Home is an unqualified victory for Dan Israel as he stands
squarely on both feet and delivers the goods that careers are made of...
“Down the Line” is another gem that, with its Band-like snare and
‘basement recording’ charm, further underlines Israel’s credibility as
an honest-to-goodness roots-rock originator. His heart is on his sleeve
and the flaws, although they are visible, serve to underline the sincerity
of his approach.”
– Exclaim Magazine • 2004 (Canada)
"Bottom line with Dan Israel is that his voice is something you
like having around, even if his rootsy pop band the Cultivators
has no greater ambition than to tailor his songs for the radio chains
that won't play him. He's soulful like a quiet, tender Elvis Costello
or Peter Himmelman, his backup players as comfortable Bruceing-up
Tex-Mex as they are Pettying-down power pop on the new Love Ain't
a Cliché"
- City Pages • October 2002
"DAMN, WHAT A RECORD! -in fact, perhaps the most surprising,
and welcome, singer-songwriter find since Tim Easton's Special 20."
- No Depression • March/April 2000
"Well, somebody buy a billboard, hire a blimp, and give this
guy his due already. His name is Dan Israel, one of the mad ones,
one of the strugglers, and he just made the record of his life."
- Jim Walsh, St. Paul Pioneer Press •
4-star review of Dan Who?
"I've said it before and I'll say it again - I love Dan Israel!
Do your soul a favor - go buy all of his albums now."
- Tom
Hallett • Pulse of
the Twin Cities
Fun facts: Dan Israel has opened for or shared
the stage with: Morrissey, Fastball, the Tragically Hip, the Honeydogs,
Peter Himmelman, Todd Snider, Iris Dement, Mason Jennings, Jon Dee Graham,
Ike Reilly, Mary Lou Lord, Bruce Robison,
Eastmountainsouth, Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens, Bellwether, Ben
Weaver, Hot Club of Cowtown, Amy Rigby, Steve Poltz, Tommy Keene,
the Damnations TX, Tina
Schlieske, Heiruspecs, and Martin Zellar...not to mention Blue Oyster Cult,
Foghat, and Rick Springfield...OK, that last part may not be so
impressive!
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