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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 Dawn to “the grand old dames of country” and in the same breath The Black Keys and The White Stripes (Uncut). 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 came 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 university (NYU) 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!”

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3	Twilight full track	248
4	Bodyguard full track	217
5	Kids In a Play full track	203
6	You Alone full track	194
7	Picture Show full track	174
8	Suspicion full track	165
9	Tired of This Life full track	164
10	Private Little Hell full track	143
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declaring wrote:
last month

downloaded a song 2+ years ago called suspicion that is a non studio version, love it then and still love it now.

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trackaghost wrote:
September 2009

She is pretty fantastic live.

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petitemara wrote:
September 2009

Thanks a lot for your nice concert in Madrid. Mara

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mactiste wrote:
September 2009

great concert at Black Note, Valencia, with Elvis Perkins in Dearland

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Ben_Wilkins_III wrote:
September 2009

Was actually pretty good as a warm-up act to Okkervil River.

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DrAlexHaleIII wrote:
September 2009

ACTUAL FITTEST WOMAN EVER.

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nanajansen wrote:
June 2009

lovely.

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Ilbereth21 wrote:
June 2009

hmm, Twilight sounds great!

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dervain wrote:
May 2009

I love the song from Savage Grace - Lullaby for Tony - but I can't seem to find it in iTunes.

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bali07 wrote:
April 2009

cool, not bad

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ohxas wrote:
April 2009

She looks like Blair in that picture :) the cheeks the cheeks

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awesome_crane wrote:
April 2009

i do looooove her!

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morphidee wrote:
March 2009

beautiful !

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Damrouge wrote:
March 2009

Dawn in the UK....Let there be Dawn in England!

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discsmasher wrote:
March 2009

Good set opening for Tindersticks in Brooklyn last night! I bought the CD.

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J-nu wrote:
March 2009

avant-folk

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thefamilycat wrote:
February 2009

sweet

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ambrosect wrote:
February 2009

great show on friday

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Topographic23 wrote:
February 2009

Just saw her in DC...gorgeous and cute...and great music!

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cutecyte wrote:
February 2009

I think I love her

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