IOWA CITY - Kwame Dawes, chancellor professor of English at the University of Nebraska, has been named recipient of the Paul Engle Prize, presented by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. The ...

For many successful acts, finding a way out of the genre box their fans and critics and have crammed them into can be a big challenge. Consider Los Angeles’ Dawes. After repeatedly being compared to ...

Dawes made its way across the U.S. (via a tour of independent record stores) to New York City to give a small audience of WFUV members a taste of the Los Angeles band's upcoming album, Stories Don't ...

Dawes is taking time to remind folks about “Stories Don’t End” and that 2013 was a noteworthy year for the alt-country band. The SoCal crooners brought their signature breezy sound to the Conan stage ...

Members of the L.A. quartet Dawes have been performing for paying audiences since they were teenagers, so there was no reason John Fogerty could see to go easy on them. “Let’s do it one more time,” ...

When California band Dawes taped an episode of Austin City Limits a few weeks ago, singer Taylor Goldsmith pulled one of the gutsiest moves ever recorded for television. In the middle of "When My Time ...

It’s always interesting to see a band on the rise, and that’s certainly where Dawes is at the moment. Their 2013 release, Stories Don’t End, is making a mark, especially among the rock ’n’ roll and ...

So far, Dawes has made its name with a sumptuous folk-rock take on classic Americana. You’d barely know it, though, by listening to the band’s fifth and latest full-length, We’re All Gonna Die. The ...

Southern California's Dawes released third album Stories Don't End in April. Their Seventies melodies and shimmering harmonies have led some to compare the quartet to Crosby, Stills & Nash. Lead ...

"Time spent in Los Angeles" has helped hone the band's throwback sound. They play South By Southwest in advance of new album, "Stories Don't End," out in April. By Jeff Miller Dawes, the Los Angeles ...

Here's a pro tip for those of you obsessed with finding new music: Figure out the songwriters your favorite songwriters love and go listen to them. Here in Nashville, Tenn., a huge number of the ...