Toronto-based blues/rock guitarist Dan McKinnon has established himself as a Canadian Blues artist on the rise. Playing music from Albert King to the WhiteStripes along with original blues numbers showing his own uniques style. Following the success of his debut full-length album As Sharp As Possible (2013 Canadian Blues Debut of the Year from the Blues Underground Network) and a year where he won the 2017 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search and the Amy Louie GrossmanMusic Scholarship, his latest album, The Cleaner, a ten-song collection of raucous, hard-hitting blues/rock was nominated for the 2019 Best Self Produced CD at the International Blues Challenge.

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-2019 International Blues Challenge Semi-Finalist (Best Self-Produced CD)

-2017 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search Winner

-2017 Amy Louie Grossmans Music Scholarship Winner

-2013 Canadian Blues Debut of the Year and Third Best Canadian Blues/Rock Release (Blues Underground Network)

His new album The Cleaner is straight up blues rock. Its sheer biting an aluminium chair in half, shotgunning beers awesome. You gotta get it. Honestly. NSR Media

Hotter than rocket fuel. Blues & Roots Radio
(The Cleaner) is definitely a must-hear album for those who are fans of Blues/Rock Canadian Beats