Career
He is primarily known as a solo artist, but he is also known for his membership in Attack in Black and also for his collaborations with Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire He has also produced and performed with City & Colour. Some of his notable visual work includes designs for M. Ward, Ben Kweller, Ladyhawk and City & Colour. A skilled leather craftsman, he has designed and tooled guitar straps for many of his contemporaries (Kathleen Edwards, Bahamas, Travis Good of the Sadies).
Romano"s 2011 album Sleep Beneath the Willow was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, and his 2013 album Come Cry With Maine was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.
40 Best Country Albums of 2014, #30 - Rolling Stone Country
"One of the best country albums of the year." - Philadelphia Inquirer
"Romano walks the fine line between sincerity and irony, and it"s that balancing act I admire most on this eccentric yet moving collection." - National Public Radio Fresh Air
"Countrypolitan crooning, honky-tonk heartache and mid-century melodrama." - Rolling Stone
"A hard-country release that may turn out to be the album of the year." - Boston Globe
"Alternate-country maverick Daniel Romano"s fourth full-length is an Americana masterpiece." - Exclaim! "You can"t afford not to own this." - Sun Media.
