Dawn and Hawkes

Dawn and Hawkes

Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes
Background information
Origin Austin, Texas, United States
Genres indie folk, Americana, folk
Years active 2012–present
Labels Self-released, Republic Records
Associated acts Miranda Dawn, Chris Hawkes
Website www.dawnandhawkes.com
Members

Dawn and Hawkes are an indie folk duo from Austin, Texas consisting of singer-songwriters Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes.

History

In mid-2011 Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes collaborated for the recording of Dawn's debut album, Reason to Feel Alive.

Dawn was recognized as a finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk songwriting competition for her songs "Forever Happily" and "Made to Roam"[1] 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.

In 2013, the duo auditioned for season 6 of the American reality talent show The Voice. Their audition was broadcast on NBC on February 24, 2014, on the inaugural episode of season 6 singing an acoustic version of The Beatles song "I've Just Seen a Face". Two of the four judges, Adam Levine and Shakira pressed the "I Want You" button turning their chairs. "That was my favorite performance I have ever seen — ever — on 'The Voice'" said Levine.[2] After a brief consultation, they picked to be on Team Adam.

Their iTunes single for "I've Just Seen A Face" charted #1 in iTunes Rock sales and #22 across all genres selling 24,000 copies in the first week as a Billboard charts "Hot Shot Debut".[3][4][5] Their previously released "Golden Heart" EP followed, climbing to #2 in the singer/songwriter chart[6] and Billboard Magazine's top 25 folk chart.[7]

Dawn and Hawkes toured throughout 2014 including Levitt Pavilion in Arlington, Texas to capacity crowd,[7] California tour and appearance on The Voice Season 7 supporting their friend Luke Wade's audition,[8] summer tour with Austin, TX singer/songwriter Bob Schneider,[9] performances at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas,[10] Austin City Limits soundstage at Moody Theater,[11] Austin City Limits Music Festival,[12][13] and performances with Chris Isaak,[14] Patty Griffin,[15] Jim Lauderdale,[16] Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll and former host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno.[10] The duo continued touring throughout 2015 with appearances at music festivals like Folk Alliance International and South by Southwest while recording their first full-length album Yours and Mine.[17]

Dawn and Hawkes announced their marriage with the release of their new music video and single, "Yours and Mine", on August 21st 2015 via Huffington Post. [18] Their full length album, also titled Yours and Mine, went on sale October 2nd and followed with a second video release "Almost Mine" from Texas Monthly, [19] and third video for "Silver Line" from Acoustic Guitar (magazine)[20] who featured them in "guitar duos on the rise" from the February 2016 issue.[21] Yours and Mine debuted in the top 10 folk albums chart at #7[22] and hit #3[23] on Roots Music radio report.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "Kerrville Folk Festival". Kerrville-music.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  2. ↑ Taste of Country: Dawn and Hawkes - "I've Seen a Face' performance on The Voice
  3. ↑ "Chart Moves: American Authors Pen First No. 1; Brantley Gilbert Pops Cork Atop Hot Country Songs; Wisin's All-Star Collab Storms Latin Lists". Billboard. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  4. ↑ Cantor, Brian (2016-01-14). "Dawn & Hawkes Sold 24,000 Copies of "I've Just Seen a Face"". Headlineplanet.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ Franklin, Mark. "Dawn and Hawkes top iTunes for The Voice | Idol Chatter & Voice Views". Ydtalk.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  6. ↑ "Dawn & Hawkes - Timeline Photos". Facebook. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  7. 1 2 Jinkins, Shirley (2014-05-30). "Fresh off ‘The Voice,’ Hawkes & Dawn make Levitt stop in Arlington". The Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  8. ↑ McCarthy, Amy (2014-09-29). "Luke Wade Gets His Star Turn on NBC's The Voice". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  9. ↑ Treacy, Ann (2014-07-20). "A night of Austin at the Varsity Theater: Bob Schneider with Dawn & Hawkes - Twin Cities Daily PlanetTwin Cities Daily Planet". Tcdailyplanet.net. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  10. 1 2 "Central Track // Jay Leno // An Evening With a Legend". Centraltrack.com. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
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  13. ↑ Rajagopalan, Meera (2014-09-02). "Austin City Limits 2014: Interview with Austin’s Dawn and Hawkes « Miss A® | Charity Meets™ Style". Askmissa.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  14. ↑ "Chris Isaak et al. at Gruene Hall (8/14/14)". Pollstar. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  15. ↑ Lopez, Rich (2014-11-05). "Patty Griffin brings Americana to the Yucca - MRT.com: Weekender". MRT.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  16. ↑ "Music City Roots - KKFI 90.1 FMKKFI 90.1 FM". Kkfi.org. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  17. ↑ "Indie-folk duo Dawn and Hawkes come back to Steamboat Springs this weekend". Exploresteamboat.com. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  18. ↑ Ragogna, Mike. "Black Cat: Chatting With Never Shout Never's Christofer Drew, Plus Dawn & Hawkes and Geoff deBree Exclusives". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  19. ↑ "Watch 'The Voice' Stars Dawn & Hawkes Duet In The Middle Of Nowhere". Texas Monthly. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
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  22. ↑ "Top 50 Folk Album Chart for the Week of Oct 12, 2015". Roots Music Report. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  23. ↑ "Top 50 Folk Album Chart for the Week of Jan 17, 2016". Roots Music Report. 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-09.

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