Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:08 PM
Singer/songwriter Dawn Landes is best described as a mash-up of Heather Nova and Suzanne Vega. She toured with the latter in Europe. Picking up studio tricks as a recording engineer, she fell in with the folk scene in NYC. She worked with Ryan Adams and Philip Glass and, inspired by her day job, began recording her own songs during after hours in the studio.
Fireproof is her sophomore album, which she hard start again form scratch after burglars took off with her laptop that contained her songs. It was recorded in an old fire-station in Red Hook, Brooklyn. File under big city indie-folk with a more prominent role for keyboards than usual. Including an self explanatory instrumental called Toy Piano proofs that there are such things as humour and bravado in all too self-conscious genre.
Fireproof is released on Fargo Records (Europe) Cooking Vinyl Records (USA).
SXSW dates:
- 03/13 time TBD Austin, TX - Emo's (Brooklyn Vegan SxSW Party)
- 03/13 3:45 PM Austin, TX - Bird's Barbershop (SxSW Party)
- 03/13 11:00 PM Austin, TX - St. David's Church (Official SxSW showcase)
European dates (supporting Josh Ritter):
- 03/20 London, UK, The Borderline (Uncut showcase)
- 03/21 Utrecht, The Netherlands, Tivoli
- 03/22 Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Lantaren/Venster
- 03/23 Groningen, The Netherlands, Stadsschouwburg
- 03/25 Oxford, UK, Zodiac (Oxford Academy)
- 03/26 Portsmouth,UK, Wedgewood Rooms
- 03/27 Exeter, UK, Phoenix
- 03/28 Liverpool, UK, Carling Academy 2
- 03/30 Norwich, UK, Waterfront
- 03/31 London, UK, Bloomsbury Ballroom
- 04/03 Edinburgh, Scotland The Liquid Room
- 04/04 Leeds, UK, Brudenell Social Club
- 04/05 St Albans, UK, The Alban Arena
MP3: Dawn Landes - Bodyguard
MP3: Dawn Landes - Toy Piano
MP3: Dawn Landes - Private Little Hell
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