Dawn Landes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dawn Landes

American singer-songwriter

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1980

Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Profession: composer, audio engineer, singer, record producer, pianist, singer-songwriter, songwriter, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Dawn Landes

  • Dawn Landes (born December 5, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
  • She is originally from around Louisville, Kentucky but spent many years living and performing in Brooklyn, New York.
  • As a recording artist she has released five full-length albums: dawn's music (2005), Fireproof (2008), Sweetheart Rodeo (2010), Bluebird (2014) and Meet Me At The River (2018) as well as five EPs: Straight Lines (2006), Two Three Four (2006), Mal HabillĂ©e (2012), Covers EP (2014) and Desert Songs (2015).
  • In support of her releases, Landes has toured extensively in the US, Europe and around the world, often sharing the stage with artists such as Ray Lamontagne, Feist, Andrew Bird, JosĂ© González, The Weakerthans, Midlake, Suzanne Vega, and Sufjan Stevens.As an instrumentalist, she has toured as part of New York City American roots music band Hem.
  • and Sufjan Stevens' touring band (2015-2016).
  • A producer and engineer, she worked at Stratosphere Sound in New York City and at Philip Glass' own personal recording studio.
  • In 2007 Landes helped found Saltlands Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
  • She has collaborated with contemporaries like Justin Townes Earle, Will Oldham and Josh Ritter in the studio.
  • Her songs have been featured in popular films and TV shows, including The Good Wife, Bored to Death, Skins, House, Gossip Girl and United States of Tara.
  • She composed original scores for two feature films Blackbird and Familiar Strangers and wrote the end credit song for Savage Grace starring Julianne Moore.
  • Landes has appeared with The American Songbook Series, Boston Pops, TED and in 2012 with the NYC Ballet at the Lincoln Center for the Benjamin Millepied ballet "Two Hearts" singing a ballad entitled "The Brown Girl" as part of composer Nico Muhly's score.In June 2012, she released Mal HabillĂ©e, a collection of original French songs in the style of Ye-Ye.
  • It features guest vocals by Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) and Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) and an interactive ebook with illustrations by the artist Danica Novgorodoff to accompany the text.
  • In February 2014, she released Bluebird which features guest appearances by Norah Jones and others Bluebird won the 2015 14th Annual Independent Music Awards for '"Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album of the Year". Landes is at work on a musical called ROW with book-writer Daniel Goldstein, under commission from New York Voices.
  • In 2015 she presented a Ted Talk on the musical subject, transatlantic rower, Tori Murden McClure.
  • Landes also performs as a member of all-girl trio The Bandana Splits.
  • Landes was once married to musician Josh Ritter, with whom she also toured.
  • She is now married to songwriter and musician Creighton Irons, with whom she has a daughter, Callan.

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