Taylor Goldsmith spent a week recently sitting in his Los Angeles house alone, practicing every song he’s ever released. For the lead songwriter, singer and guitarist of Dawes, that adds up to 63 songs over the last 10 years. The band plans to play every one of them over the course of this leg of their “An Evening with Dawes” tour, which comes to the Englert Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 27. Tickets are $40.
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Photos: An Evening With Dawes at the Englert Theatre
Indie rock outfit Dawes had the Englert stage all to themselves when their An Evening With Dawes tour came through Iowa City Saturday night. The California-based five piece played a two-hour set with brief intermission to a capacity crowd.
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Show preview: Kick off October with some Dawes at the Englert Theatre
This Tuesday sees the return of Dawes to Iowa City, this time entertaining the Englert on October 1 at 8 p.m. The easy-going folk rockers look to play favorites…
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Iowa City Weekender: August 16-19
Hello Iowa City weekend warriors. This is one of those special editions that I’ve decided to extend to Sunday because Dawes is coming into town. If you don’t know Dawes, you can acquaint yourself a little further down the page. Don’t scroll too fast, though; there’s plenty to take in between now and then. Let’s […]
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Live Music: An interview with Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, playing The Englert August 19, 2012
In October of 2009, California band Dawes was invited to be part of the second Daytrotter.com Barnstormer tour which included such exotic Iowa locations as Green Island, West Branch and Maquoketa. The crowds at those shows were not prepared for the fiery, passionate performances by this then-unknown band, influenced by the classic sounds of Tom […]
