Aidan Hawken

Aidan Hawken (born November 5, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from San Francisco.

Aidan Alexander Hawken was born in San Anselmo, California to Anna and Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur and author of such books as “The Ecology of Commerce. Harper Collins, 1993. . In 1995, Hawken, joined by guitarist JJ Wiesler and keyboardist Jason Borger, began Highwater Rising. Their records, “Highwater Rising” and “The In Between” were produced by record producers, Jacquire King and Eric Valentine, respectively. Popular radio DJ and host of Los Angeles’ KCRW show “New Ground,” Chris Douridas named “The In Between” as one of the best records of 2002. Songs from “The In Between” were featured on MTV’s The Real World and Laguna Beach, FOX’s Boston Public, HBO’s Sex and the City and also One Tree Hill. 9 out of 10 of the songs on this album have been licensed, making it one of the most licensed independent albums of all time.

In the spring of 2005, He relocated to Los Angeles and released his first solo record, “Pillows and Records,” featuring fellow musicians Chuck Prophet, Jim Bogios of Counting Crows, Tom Ayers of Persephone's Bees, Brett Simon of Fiona Apple and Highwater Rising’s Jason Borger and JJ Wiesler. The following year, “Pillow and Records” was named Best of iTunes Independent Music. From that album, he made his television debut, playing himself while performing “Somebody Else,” on ABC’s show “Wildfire.”

With producer, Jacob Bronstein, Hawken later formed Mega Bass. And in 2007, Mega Bass’s “Blind” was featured as the intro song to CW’s Hidden Palms. That same year, Hawken joined the ranks of popular artists and bands such as Elvis Costello, Death Cab for Cutie, Ozomatli and Regina Spektor and covered “Little Boxes” by Malvina Reynolds for the second season of the popular Showtime TV series Weeds (TV series).

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