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Vancouver heartthrob Dan Mangan has officially become a member of Canada’s music establishment.
That’s because the indie songwriter picked up two Juno Awards this weekend in Ottawa—New Artist of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year for Oh Fortune.
Mangan is known for not having a swelled head, and that’s not likely to change as a result of what happened in Ottawa.
“I’m not a celebrity—I’m not some big Hollywood star or anything like that,” Mangan told Straight music editor Usinger last year just prior to the release of Oh Fortune. “What we do every day is very simple and real and matter-of-fact. We show up to a gig, and then we’re sound checking, then we’re eating, then playing, and then signing things after. That becomes your life.”…