Josh Ritter and his Royal City Band just played the Brown on Friday, where he might have played this tune, “Hopeful,” from his recently released The Beast in Its Tracks, a sort-of divorce record, written in the wake of his split from Dawn Landes:
Dawn Landes has a valentine video, posted on that day. Lots of pink…
Dawn Landes – Valentine from Jan C. Ferrer on Vimeo.
The New York City Ballet had its Spring Gala on May 10, premiering two new ballets, including Benjamin Millepied’s “Two Hearts.” A review of same in HuffPost said this “Biggest crowd confuser: singer Dawn Landes, whose voice abruptly floats into the theater to sing folk ballad “Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender” over the finale.” Read the whole story here.
Everything that has been recorded over the past 90 years or so is grist for the current musical mill, including the methods used in the recording. A new project, called the 78 Project, is going back to the portable straight-to-laquer, one-take record recording device like those used by Alan Lomax, back when he was traveling the South, recording then-unknown musicians like Leadbelly, the Carter Family and more. Herewith then, a teaser, shot in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (Children’s Garden), September 2011 and featuring Dawn Landes.
The 78 Project: Dawn Landes (Official Teaser) from The 78 Project on Vimeo.
Dawn Landes has a new project, called The Bandana Splits, a three-women act singing doo-wop. Read the story at Konquestnow.com, if the funky font doesn’t put you off. There’s a sample tune available here.
