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Gran Fenwick is Ian Strung and a rotating cast of vocal collaborators. Ian Strung is a songwriter, alternative indie rock artist, encyclopedic music historian and syndicated radio host based in Ontario, Canada. 

Post-pandemic, Toronto rock music lifer Ian Strung came back onto the scene as a radio host. The P.O. Box Radio Show with Postman Dan is syndicated to markets across Canada and is heard around the world. Ian hosts the “Cancon Classics” spot, where every week a guest artist covers a Canadian song. The spot has been going for four years, getting the wider Canadian music scene in on the fun. But back in 2022 when it started, Ian was recording the songs himself. Those 18 tracks debuted on the air and were introduced by the original artists, who all gave enthusiastic praise for Ian’s interpretations (including Barenaked Ladies, Prozzak, Sloan, By Divine Right, and Klaatu, among others). This was Gran Fenwick’s “Cancon Classics” album, a passionate tribute to Canada’s rich alternative rock history.

A year after its release, “Sucks To Be You” featuring Morgan Thompson-Reid topped the New Music Top 40 for four weeks on Peterborough, Ontario’s Pet Rock Radio. The song also charted in the top 10 on Only Rock Radio in Spain for five weeks.

Ian’s subsequent singles were reimaginings of lesser known Canadian artists. Respectively, “Forever” spent six weeks in the Top 20 at Only Rock Radio and “Armour Hill” (a duet with Neon Bloom’s Jen Simpson) made it to #2 and hung out in the Top 40 of Pet Rock Radio for a stunning 30 weeks.

Starting with these two singles and continuing at an even greater pace with his first original under the Gran Fenwick name, “Rarin 2 Go” (featuring Jerkoff Diary), Ian has been giving his music playful video treatments and all three songs have received radio airplay worldwide, including Canada, the U.S.A., Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, South Africa, Germany, Malaysia and more.