Dawn Kenney

Bio:

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2008 Winner - North American Country Music Organization, International, Bluegrass Band of the Year

2008 Winner - North American Country Music Organization, International, Most Promising Songwriter Of the Year for "That's God Talking"

Dawn selected for the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase, Friday, July 27th, 2007, Hillsdale, NY

2007 New England Country Music Organization Band Of The Year, Bluegrass

2007 New England Country Music Organization Songwriter Of The Year, Bluegrass, for "Who Shot John Cyrus?"

2007 New England Country Music Organization Most Promising Songwriter Of The Year, Bluegrass, for "That's God Talking"

American Songwriter Magazine, issue July/August 2007, Lyric Award for "Who Shot John Cyrus?".

A natural performer, Dawn first began entertaining at the age of 5 singing and conducting along with Mitch Miller in front of the family's black and white TV. A few years of endless begging and pleading later, she received a Harmony guitar at age 9. Then followed the musically formative years spent in her room playing and singing along to 45's of Johnny Cash, Peter, Paul & Mary, Glen Campbell, the Kingston Trio, Credence Clearwater and JT on that first flat top. At 17 she acquired the '73 Martin D-18 guitar that she still brings on stage with her today.

A teenage veteran of the the RI singer/songwriter scene in the late 70's Dawn spent time playing various clubs and coffeehouses in the area. Though underage at the time, she managed to make her way into the famed folk club "Salt" on Thames Street in Newport night after night to see and hear such luminaries as Tom Rush, Aztec Two Step, Jonathan Edwards, Eric Anderson and new comers to the scene like Cheryl Wheeler

Relocating to the Boston area to pursue sound engineering, she worked though the 80's with a various local rock & roll and women's bands. Employed by a professional sound reinforcement company, she contributed her skills to shows with Eddie Rabbit (I love a rainy night tour), Orleans, Miles Davis, Holly Near, Margie Adams and many others. Occasionally she could be found working on independent projects with local bands in The Cars recording studio on Newbury Street in Boston.

After stepping away from the music industry for many years to raise a family, she returned in 2000 to her love of Bluegrass, country, roots and Americana music.

Dawn crafts songs that move between bluegrass, folk and country styles. With messages that are positive and uplifting, her songs speak of relationships, family and those things common to the human experience that resonate with all of us.

Member Since:

March 19, 2007

Members:

Dawn Kenney's original project is comprised of Dawn on Guitar & Vocals, Don Barry on Upright Bass & Vocals, Eric Kilburn on Dobro, Mandolin & Vocals, Rich Stillman on Banjo & Vocals.

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If one project wasn't enough, Dawn also sings with Boston Area Bluegrass Band Loose Ends. Loose Ends, www.looseendsbluegrass.com, includes Marion Webster on vocals, Rich Michaud on Mandolin, Dan Sullivan on Guitar, Jack Schwartz on Banjo, Allen Pratt on Upright Bass and Cameron Freer on Fiddle. Loose Ends features sweet vocal harmonies and top notch picking.

Band Photos by Stephen Peiser, www.stephenpeiser.com

Influences:

In no particular order : Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Alison Krauss, David Wilcox, Nancy Griffith, Patti Griffin, Pat Alger, Rhonda Vincent, Johnny Cash, Cheryl Wheeler, The Beatles, Jonatha Brooke, John Hartford, James Taylor

Sounds Like:

Three Chords & The Truth But seriously: Dale Ann Bradley, Kathy Mattea, Claire Lynch, Suzy Boggus, Emmy Lou Harris