It has been a long January for Dank, with several successes. Our First night performances were met with much acclaim. Bringing particularly rowdy cheers was the mashup with local Irish folk band Fieldstone. They invited us over to their venue to play a set with them at the close of the night. We hope this to be the beginning of an exciting relationship with these fantastic musicians.

Dank has also recently played a couple of contra dances in the upstate New York area, including Rochester and Buffalo. We all had a great time, as did the dancers. Friend of Dank, Tom DeCasper, had his contra dance debut in Buffalo in what will surely not be his last performance with the band.

Although there will be much more Dank to come in the future, we anticipate a dry spell for most of the rest of winter. We have some festivals, dances, and shows in the works for the spring and summer, and we will be sure to keep you all up-to-date. Until then, stay folk!

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We’ll be playing a set with these guys for our last show on first night…

The band is Fieldstone and they’re another great local folk band! Check out their myspace.

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Hey everyone, we’re working on a brand-new site.
This one we have gets a little tough to look at after awhile.
Keep checking back here every so often to for updates.
You will know when it’s done haha.

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It has been with mixed emotions that we have been preparing for our 2008 New Year’s Eve performance. Although the circumstances are a great concession from what was planned, and many last-minute changes have been thrown our way (one of the coordinators of the event even suggested that cancelling would not be unjustified), after much and serious discussion, Dank has decided to push forward and deliver what we anticipate to be our best performance yet. The reason is singular—you want Dank. 

Although we have an exciting tour lined up for 2009 playing venues in Buffalo, Rochester, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, to name a few, it is a rare event for us to be able to play for our home crowd. With the members of Dank going their separate ways in the upcoming autumn, this is likely our last opportunity to perform for the people who have supported us all along. You are our single motivation for pushing on. We have been working hard to make sure that we don’t let you down.

Dank plans on playing a selection of mostly traditional Québécois music, with our creative twist that is sure to get the room bouncing. The venue is going to be smaller than desired this year, in light of last year’s standing-room-only performance. With all of the energy in the air, we anticipate an even larger gathering at this year’s show. We hope to be able to share our music with as many of you as possible, so get out early and prepare for the best performance of the night!

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After reading Circa Survive’s latest entry, I’m like wow.. if they’re able to give thanks for everyone and everything that’s made them the people they are today, why can’t we?
So I just wanna extend a sincere and earnest thanks to you guys, who don’t exactly live and breathe Dank, but have made it a tiny part of your lives.
Without you, we wouldn’t have any ambition or drive to keep improving and evolving.
It’s been a hell of a year and a half and at times we didn’t think it’d be worth the effort to keep going.
But you’ve proved us wrong.
And with all the hate in the world, a song to send a little love someone’s way never hurt, did it?
So please, you don’t have to be thankful for everything you’ve been given, but I hope you at least realize that it has impacted you in some way, and shaped the person you’ve become in some way.
And all those little things add up into the whole being.
And that is you.
Be thankful for the life you live.
Not just today, but everyday.
We’ll see you First Night!

-Dank

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Over the next week or so we’ll be messing around with the site alot. We’ll appreciate any feedback you have and hope you like what you see.

keep it folk.

In other news, we’ve opted out of playing the first night finale in Bradford for now. we’ll still be playing a couple sets around town, though. we’ll keep you updated.

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Hey everyone, hope you’re enjoying the new look of the new Myspace!
But most importantly, the moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived.
After months of preparation and contemplation, we’ve finally released our debut studio single, our cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ Disarm.
Recorded in an abandoned grain silo (aka, Rich Bisker’s house), we have finally put together something we’re incredibly proud of, and hope that you’ll enjoy it, too.
We enlisted our good friend Ryan Crowley, formerly of Until Day Break, to record some djembe parts with us for the song.
We want to thank everyone and anyone who has supported us along the way and helped us get things going, and a whole lot more is coming your way; shows, new tunes, and surprises.

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After experimenting for nearly two months with varying genres of music and manipulating covers to fit the mold of our string band sound, Dank is taking a break from ultra-experimentation to rediscover its roots in New England and Irish folk music. We plan to enter the studio in the coming weeks in order to document some of our past months’ work for posterity, then it is back to the folk grind. We have enjoyed exploring this new ground, and have learned many things about ourselves as a band. Dank has no intention of abandoning new sounds and sailing into uncharted waters, but for now wishes to return to port and gain its bearings again.

Please keep your eyes open and your ears peeled for our new sounds as we hit the studio, and thank you for sticking with Dank… your favorite folk band.

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Sealing a sweeping victory for the American auto industry, Jason Wood of Dank has decided to purchase a 2007 Ford Taurus as his next car. It is a beautiful automobile. Many industry analysts agree that the Taurus is second to none in sedans.

Dank now officially and whole-heartedly endorses Ford motor company as the band’s brand of choice. All members of the band drive a Ford, two of which cars are a Taurus. Speculators agree that this signals a turnaround for the automaker, and that Ford’s future is now very bright.

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Mmkay.

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