Dawn Landes To Tour As Support For Husband Josh Ritter & Tickets
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Written by Jon Stickler
Listen to dawn's music and you hear something quite rare. Whether it's in her wordplay, her kaleidoscopic live shows, her soundtrack work for motion pictures, or the studio-wizardry she's picked-up as a recording engineer, it's clear that she's an artist with a unique vision.
The press has likened her to "the grand old dames of country" and in the same breath "The Black Keys and The White Stripes". She's also garnered comparisons to Cat Power and Pavement, an interesting mix that made even NPR's David Dye wonder.
Raised in the fertile musical fields of Branson, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky, Dawn travelled to New York City in 1999 and did a cannonball into the music scene. While holding down several jobs to pay the rent, she abandoned New York University and began to intern at some of the best studios in the city. "I had very little experience", she says. "I was just really, really curious. Dangerously curious in the studio... I picked heros like Tchad Blake and Brian Wilson and took a flying leap."
What started as a job getting coffee for engineers has blossomed into a truly enviable resume; among others she has worked with Phillip Glass, Ryan Adams, Hem, Joseph Arthur, The Earlies and Josh Ritter in the studio. Working late into the night, and often sleeping at the same studios she was interning in, Dawn began producing and recording her own songs after hours. "I wanted to get the sounds in my head onto tape exactly as I heard them. And that's not an easy thing, there are a lot of sounds in there!"
After meeting the band Hem in the studio, Dawn joined them on the road as an 8th band member (vocals and glockenspeil) and opening act. Her performing career started to gain speed. Her first full-length, 'Dawn's Music' was released in France in 2005, followed by extensive touring in Europe and two other European releases; '234' a 7-song EP released in the UK and 'Fireproof', released worldwide in 2007.
Since then her music has become the 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. At times solo, at times with a revolving cast of musical guests, her shows have the guileless and vibrant quality of a work of art in constant creation. Dawn's most recent album release 'Sweet Heart Rodeo' is out now.
Dawn Landes & The Hounds will support her husband Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band on the following UK dates:
September 2010
17th Town Hall, Oxford
18th Oran Mor, Glasgow – SOLD OUT
19th Albert Hall, Nottingham
21st St Georges, Bristol
22nd Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
23rd Barbican, London
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