dawn Landes
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Landes in September 2014, posing in Chicago after the debut concert of Bryan Ferry's North American stop of his World Tour 2014, for which she was the special guest (opening act)
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Background information | |
Born | December 5, 1980 (age 43) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
Genres | Folk, Rock, Pop[1] |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, glockenspiel player, sound engineer, record producer[2] |
Instruments | Guitar, Vocals, Glockenspiel |
Labels | Western Vinyl, Cooking Vinyl, Fargo, Tummy Touch |
Associated acts | The Bandana Splits, Hem |
Website | DawnLandes.com |
Dawn Landes (also dawn Landes) (born December 5, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is originally from around Louisville, Kentucky, having claimed on stage as having been born in Southern Indiana, but has been for many years a Brooklyn, New York transplant, having arrived as a New York University undergraduate student. As a recording artist she has released five full-length albums: dawn's music (2005), Two Three Four (2006), Fireproof (2008), Sweetheart Rodeo (2010), and Bluebird (2014) and two EPs: Straight Lines (2006) and Mal Habillée (2012).[1] 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, José González, The Weakerthans, Midlake and Suzanne Vega.[3]
As an instrumentalist, she plays the glockenspiel with the New York City American roots music band Hem. A producer and engineer, she has worked at Stratosphere Sound in New York City and at Philip Glass' own personal recording studio. In 2009 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.[4] Her songs have been featured in popular films and TV shows, including 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.[5] Landes has appeared with The American Songbook Series, Boston Pops and in 2012 with the NYC Ballet at the Lincoln Center for the new Benjamin Millepied ballet "Two Hearts" singing a ballad entitled "The Brown Girl" as part of composer Nico Muhly's score.[6]
In June 2012, she released Mal Habillée, 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.[7] In February 2014, she released Bluebird. At the 2015 14th Annual Independent Music Awards, Dawn Landes won the award in the "Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album" category for "Bluebird".
Landes is a member of all-girl trio The Bandana Splits.[8] Landes was married to musician Josh Ritter, with whom she also toured.[9]
Discography
- Albums
- dawn's music (2005)
- Two Three Four (2006)
- Fireproof (2008)
- Sweetheart Rodeo (2010)
- Bluebird (2014)
- EP
- Straight Lines (2005)
- Mal Habillée (2012)
- Covers EP featuring Jim James (My Morning Jacket) (2014)
Songs in other media
- Two of her songs, "Kissing Song" and "You Alone", are featured in the 2005 film Winter Passing. "Kissing Song" was played during the ending credit.[5]
- She also contributed a song (Lullaby for Tony) for the closing credits of the 2007 film Savage Grace.[5]
- The song "Straight Lines" was used in an episode of the Showtime series United States of Tara. It was also used in a commercial for the Chrysler Town and Country.[10]
- It was also used in a television advertisement for Transport for London in the UK.[11]
- "Straight Lines" was also used at the end of the documental "When Harry Left Hogwarts" released as special feature in the Blu-ray version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.[5]
- The song "Drive" was used in the "Under My Skin" episode of the fifth season of the Fox series House M.D.[5]
- The hidden track "Won't Back Down", a cover of Tom Petty, was used for a Human Rights Campaign video supporting the repeal of Proposition 8.[12]
- The track "Toy Piano" from the album Fireproof was used in an episode of Californication and Bored to Death.[5]
- The track "Twilight" from the album Fireproof was used as incidental music in an episode of Holby City.[13]
- The track "Mud and Stars" was used in the fifth episode of the Australian mini-series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.[14]
- "All Dressed in White" was used in the series four premiere of Skins.[15]
- Landes has scored two feature films, Blackbird (2007) and Familiar Strangers (2008).[5]
- The song "Home" was featured on the CBS series The Good Wife.[16]
References
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External links
- Articles with hCards
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Musicians from New York
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- Musicians from Louisville, Kentucky
- Glockenspiel players
- American singer-songwriters
- American folk guitarists
- American female singer-songwriters
- New York University people
- American record producers
- American audio engineers
- American female composers
- American composers
- Artists from Brooklyn
- Singers from Kentucky
- Songwriters from Kentucky
- Folk musicians from Kentucky
- Rock musicians from Kentucky