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	Miranda Dawn Chris Hawkes

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

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" 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.

While on tour in California 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". 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. 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". Their previously released "Golden Heart" EP followed, climbing to #2 in the singer/songwriter chart and Billboard Magazine's top 25 folk chart.

Dawn and Hawkes toured throughout 2014 including Levitt Pavilion in Arlington, Texas,California tour and appearance on The Voice Season 7 supporting their friend Luke Wade's audition, summer tour with Austin, TX singer/songwriter Bob Schneider, performances at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas,Austin City Limits soundstage at Moody Theater,Austin City Limits Music Festival, and performances with Chris Isaak,Patty Griffin,Jim Lauderdale,Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll and former host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno. 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.