Dawn and Hawkes

It seems impossible that their last names are really Dawn and Hawkes - it just works too dang well as their band name.  Another boy/girl pair making harmonic music in the Civil Wars vein.  Apparently from Austin, which is cool, and it sounds like they recently had a successful turn on the TV show The Voice.

Interesting.  The article I read about them says that Voice coach Adam Levine loved these guys, and so their album shot onto the charts.  Must not have been the main Billboard charts, because their Spotify plays total around 35k for all six available songs.  But they should be on the charts, their music is wonderful.

I saw Civil Wars play ACL Fest two years ago, and was very surprised at how great their sound translated to a huge stage with thousands of fans.  There was a great moment during that show when Joy Williams looked out at the crowd and just reveled in the size - you could tell that she was really affected by how many people had come to hear them.  D&H might have a similar feel in October if they continue to blow up.

There is a restaurant here in town with a music venue underneath it called Winflo, and a friend has been trying to get us to go eat and watch music there for a while.  Dawn & Hawkes are going to be playing there next week and I think it would be a really great way to see them play.