Listen to the Dawn music and you hear something quite rare Whether it is in her word play, her kaleidoscopic live shows her soundtrack work for movies or the studio-tricks she picked up as a recording engineer it is clear that she is an artist with a unique vision
The press has likened to the Dawn "the grand old ladies in the country" and in the same breath, The Black Keys and The White Stripes (Uncut) She has also gathered comparisons Cat Power, Pavement an interesting mix that also made NPR's David Dye wonder
Raised in the fertile musical fields Branson Missouri and Louisville Kentucky Dawn came to New York City in 1999 and did a cannonball into the music scene hold several jobs to pay the rent she left University (NYU) and started on some blandnof the best studios in town, "I had very little experience, she says," I was just really really curious Dangerously curious in the studio ... I picked heros as Chad Blake and Brian Wilson and took a flying leap "
What began as a job to get coffee for engineers has developed into a truly enviable resume, among other things, she has worked with Phillip Glass Ryan Adams Home Joseph Arthur The Earlies and Josh Ritter in the studio working late into the night and often slept in the same studio she was a trainee at Dawn began to produce and record their own songs after hours "I wanted to get sound in my head on tape as I heard them and it's not easy there are a lot of noise in there! "
After meeting the band Home istudio Dawn joined them on the road as an eighthband member (lead vocals and glockenspeil) and dressing her performing career started to gain momentum Her first full length album "Dawn's Music" was released in France in 2005 was followed by extensive tours in Europe and two other European releases, «234» a 7-track EP was released in England, and finally "Fireproof" was released worldwide in 2007, since her music has become stuff of whispers and Internet buzz and her touring schedule has put her on the road with artists such as Feist, Jose Gonzales, Midlake Suzanne Vega Martha Wainright The Swell Season ... (the list goes on) Sometimes solo, sometimes with a rotating cast of musical guests to her show, they have honest and vibrant quality of a work of art in constant creation
Recently, Dawn was written end-credit song for the movie"Savage Grace" starring Julianne Moore and snatched WST Bluegrass band from a barbecue in Austin, TX to help her record her version of Peter Bjorn and John classic "Young Folks" Rumor James Blunt liked it so much he fall dawn cover of the song! In 2007, Landes became co-partner designer and full-time dry-Waller of Salt's Studio in Brooklyn «What if we get bored?" Dawn sings in Fireproof gem "Kids in a Play"
having released Fireproof March 2008 Landes actively touring to support its release, she has enjoyed much critical success factors [2] and has made numerous radio performances including NPR's World Cafe Landes has made videos for two songs from Fireproof: one for "Bodyguard" in which Juna Drougas and Ray RIZOS CoStar ochannan music video for "Twilight"
As a solo artist Landes has put out three lines:
* Dawn's Music (Music self-released-US/Ocean-Europe), 2002 * two three four (scout recordings-UK) 2006 * Fireproof (cooking Vinyl-US/Fargo Music-Europe) 2008
