An In Depth Interview with Dan Bubien
Dan Bubien is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. With a career that spans over two decades, Dan is constantly refining and redefining his craft with a wide palette of tones and textures, sounds and styles, to express his songwriting through an open, honest and wide catalog of real songs. Rooted in soul versed in styles from blues to funk, roots-rock to reggae, alt-country to singer/songwriter.
Dan began his career in his mid-teens by working the bar and club circuit in and around his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. In 2004 Dan started the band The Sun Kings which would carry him through the next decade. In 2006 they released an album of original material called “Rub Up In It” which was very well received and garnered the band and Dan a significant following.
In 2013 Dan released “Empty Roads”. A self-produced solo record recorded with four-time Grammy Award Winning Producer/Engineer Jay Dudt at Audible Images Studio in Pittsburgh. “The best collection of songs I’ve worked on in years” says Dudt.
Dan is set to release his next solo record, a roots y collection of contemporary blues and soul songs titled “Grinding These Gears” on August 12th, 2016 for online sale and official CD Release Party to be held September 16th at the Pittsburgh Winery.
Accolades
Empty Roads:
- Selected as one of the top 5 albums of 2013 in 91.3 WYEP’s Year in Review Publication by deejay Rob O’Friel
- Charted has high as #14 on the PA Roots Charts and #41 on the Worldwide Blues Charts
- Selected by the Blues Society of Western Pennsylvania in the “Best Self-Produced CD” category at the 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN.
