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Medium Exclusive Premiere: “Life’s Too Short” Dango Rose — The Necessity of Being
Dango Rose embraces a passion for music as a vital healing influence and spiritual path. He creates and collaborates to support harmony and truth. Born with a poet’s soul and a warrior’s heart his life’s journey has been one of transformation.
For seventeen years, he traveled nationally and internationally in touring bands. In 2006, he co-founded Elephant Revival and spent eleven years performing and recording with this influential outfit that pioneered the genre, “Transcendental Folk.”
Since Elephant Revival decided to go on hiatus in May 2018, Rose has taken refuge in the recording studio while focusing upon songwriting collaborations with various artists. Here he melds his background in traditional forms with the more transformational elements of musical craft. His voice is distinctive, words penetrating and his arrangements — on the edge, yet engaging.
“Ring Out,” the ‘A-side’ of your release. “How do we find and maintain hope against these turbulent times?” You said you returned to a more traditional approach, southern Gospel, the anti-establishment of 60’s Folk and Punk Rock, the grit and grease of old-time music and the spiritual transcendence of a great poet” for the songwriting process for the September…
