Dawn and Hawkes are an

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duo from

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consisting of singer-songwriters Miranda Dawn and

Chris Hawkes Chris Hawkes is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and producer. Hawkes performs with Miranda Dawn as the duo Dawn and Hawkes. Music career Beginnings and Bands As a musician Chris Hawkes was first recorded and released on ...

History

In mid-2011 Miranda Dawn and

collaborated for the recording of Dawn's debut album, ''Reason to Feel Alive''. Dawn was recognized as a finalist in the

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New Folk songwriting competition for her songs "Forever Happily" and "Made to Roam" and performed with Hawkes at the festival in May 2012. Dawn and Hawkes continued co-writing and touring together and released a collaborative effort, ''Golden Heart'', in June 2012. While on tour in California in 2013, the duo auditioned for

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of the American

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'' The Voice''. Their audition was broadcast on NBC on February 24, 2014, on the inaugural episode of season 6 singing an acoustic version of

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and

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pressed the "I Want You" button turning their chairs. "That was my favorite performance I have ever seen — ever — on 'The Voice'" said Levine. After a brief consultation, they picked to be on Team Adam. Their

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single for "I've Just Seen A Face" charted #1 in

Rock sales and #22 across all genres selling 24,000 copies in the first week as a

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"Hot Shot Debut."I Their previously released "Golden Heart" EP followed, climbing to #2 in the singer/songwriter chart and

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's top 25 folk chart. Dawn and Hawkes toured throughout 2014 includin
Levitt Pavilion
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tour and appearance on The Voice Season 7 supporting their friend Luke Wade's audition, summer tour with

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singer/songwriter

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, performances at Bass Performance Hall in

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, Austin City Limits soundstage at Moody Theater,

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, and performances with Chris Isaak,

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, Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll and former host of The Tonight Show,

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. The duo continued touring throughout 2015 with appearances at music festivals like

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while recording their first full-length album ''Yours and Mine''. Dawn and Hawkes announced their marriage with the release of their new music video and single, "Yours and Mine"up on August 21, 2015 via ''

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''. Their full-length album, also titled ''Yours and Mine'', went on sale October 2 and followed with a second video release "Almost Mine" from Texas Monthly, and third video for "Silver Line" from ''

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magazine who featured them in "guitar duos on the rise" from the February 2016 issue and the ''Acoustic Guitar Sessions'' video series. ''Yours and Mine'' debuted in the top 10 ''folk albums chart'' at #7 and hit #3 on Roots Music radio report. Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes recorded music and vocals for

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winning 2016 StoryBots series ''Ask The Story Bots'' and ''StoryBots Super Songs'' Dawn and Hawkes appeared, individually and together, in the 2017 documentary film ''Albert E. Brumley: Songwriter of the Ozarks''IMDb: Miranda Dawn page
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, songwriter of

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. The duo stored their possessions and lived on the road full-time while starting their second full-length album ''The Other Side'', released July 6, 2018. The album takes on weighty subject matter; from opposing sides of an argument, to the mortal loss of friends and loved ones. The first video from the album, 'Trees' premiered on ''

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''. The

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called ''The Other Side'' “10 new tracks of sweet folk-rock — instantly appealing tunes — rooted in the singer songwriter heyday of the early 1970’s, they also fit well into the modern-day indie-folk revival.” ''The Other Side'' charted in the top ten folk albums and top 100 on

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's radio chart.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
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