Dana Gavanski is a Canadian singer-songwriter, of Serbian descent, resident in London. Her first record was released in 2017 and she is currently signed to

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in the UK,

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in the US and

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in her native Canada.

Career

Gavanski had considered following her father Ogden into the film industry. After developing her music for a year she released her first record, ''Spring Demos'', in 2017 via Fox Food Records. In 2019 Gavanski released two singles, "One by One" and "Catch"; both were produced by Mike Lindsay of

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. Gavanski recorded two sessions for

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show in 2019. In early 2020, Gavanski supported

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on his European tour. On 27 March 2020, Gavanski released her debut full-length album, ''Yesterday Is Gone''.

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music magazine, which had declared Gavanski as one of "eight emerging Canadian artists you should hear," awarded the album 9/10. Music website Monkeybiz described the album as "a beautiful work of art".

made ''Yesterday Is Gone'' its album of the week. The tour to promote ''Yesterday Is Gone'' was postponed, initially until later in 2020 and subsequently until 2021 due to the

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. On 5 June 2020 Gavanski released a

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" with proceeds donated to charity. On 14 August 2020 she released ''Wind Songs'', an EP composed of four cover versions and a traditional

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folk song.

Discography

Studio albums * ''Yesterday Is Gone'' (2020,

) * ''When It Comes'' (2022, Full Time Hobby) Singles * "Catch" (2019, Full Time Hobby) * "One by One" (2019, Full Time Hobby) * "I Talk to the Wind" (2020, digital only) EPs * ''Spring Demos'' (2017, Fox Food Records) * ''Wind Songs'' (2020, Full Time Hobby) Other * ''Split 12" ''(2019, Song, by Toad)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gavanski, Dana Canadian male singer-songwriters Canadian singer-songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian people of Serbian descent