Reminiscent of the raw traditionalism of Woody Guthrie and the experimental alt-folk lyricism of artists like Joanna Newsome, Louisville Kentucky native Dawn Landes plays a variety of instruments (8-dollar guitars! pink accordions! glockenspiels! optigons!).
Whether she's performing by herself or with accomplices (members of the bands Hem and The Earlies), her live show brings moving silence to the crowd and has caught the attention of a number of popular touring artists who've taken her on the road.
As if that wasn;t enough, Dawn's day job is a recording engineer, working with such renowned artists as Hem, Philip Glass, Joseph Arthur and Ryan Adams.