Dawn Landes (born December 5, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is originally from around

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but spent many years living and performing in

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. As a recording artist she has released five full-length albums: ''dawn's music'' (2005), ''

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'' (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 Habillée'' (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

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, Feist,

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, José González,

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, and

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. As an instrumentalist, she has toured as part of New York City

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band

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. and

' touring band (2015-2016). A producer and engineer, she worked at Stratosphere Sound in

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and at

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' own personal recording studio. In 2007 Landes helped found Saltlands Studio in Brooklyn, NY. She has collaborated with contemporaries like

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and

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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

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. Landes has appeared with The American Songbook Series, Boston Pops,

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and in 2012 with the NYC Ballet at the Lincoln Center for the

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ballet "Two Hearts" singing a ballad entitled "The Brown Girl" as part of composer

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's score. In June 2012, she released ''Mal Habillée'', a collection of original

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in the style of Ye-Ye. It features guest vocals by

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) and

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) and an interactive ebook with illustrations by the artist

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to accompany the text. In February 2014, she released ''Bluebird'' which features guest appearances by

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and others ''Bluebird'' won the 2015 14th Annual Independent Music Awards for '"Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album of the Year". On October 2, 2020, Landes released her latest album, ROW, featuring the music from the upcoming musical of the same name, written with book-writer Daniel Goldstein, under commission from New York Voices. The album project began with a

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Landes presented in 2015 on the musical's subject, transatlantic rower, Tori Murden McClure. The album features

, Rachel Grimes, and

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. The show was originally set to premiere in the summer of 2020 at the

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but was postponed due to the

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. The

announced a partnership with

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to release all seven of the productions originally expected to be performed during the 2020 festival. Landes also performs as a member of all-girl trio

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. Landes was once married to musician

, with whom she also toured. She is now married to songwriter and musician Creighton Irons, with whom she has a daughter, Callan.

Discography

; Albums * ''dawn's music'' (2005) * ''

'' (2008) * ''Sweetheart Rodeo'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''Meet Me at the River '' (2018) * ''ROW'' (2020) ; EPs * ''Straight Lines'' (2005) * ''Two Three Four'' (2006) * ''Mal Habillée'' (2012) * ''Covers EP'' featuring

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(

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) (2014) * ''Desert Songs EP'' with

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(2016) * ''My Tiny Twilight'' (2019)

Songs in other media

Justin Townes Earle & Dawn Landes - 2010-01-27 Nashville, TN

* Two of her songs, "Kissing Song" and "You Alone", are featured in the 2005 film ''

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''. "Kissing Song" was played during the ending credit. * She also contributed a song (Lullaby for Tony) for the closing credits of the 2007 film ''

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''. * The song "Straight Lines" was used in an episode of the Showtime series ''

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''. It was also used in a commercial for the Chrysler Town and Country. * "Straight Lines" was also used in a television advertisement for Transport for London in the UK. * "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 ''

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''. * The song "Drive" was used in the "Under My Skin" episode of the fifth season of the Fox series ''

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'' * The hidden track "Won't Back Down", a cover of

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, was used for a

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video supporting the repeal of

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. * The track "Toy Piano" from the album ''

'' was used in an episode of ''

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'' and ''

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''. * The track "Twilight" from the album ''Fireproof'' was used as incidental music in an episode of ''

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''. * The track "Mud and Stars" was used in the fifth episode of the Australian mini-series '' Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities''. * "All Dressed in White" was used in the series four premiere of '' Skins''. * Landes has scored two feature films, ''Blackbird'' (2007) and ''Familiar Strangers'' (2008). * The song "Home" was featured on the CBS series ''

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''.

References

External links

Official homepage

Official MySpace page

No Depression Town and Country Featured Artist

The Bandana Splits Facebook Page
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