Nataly Dawn
Nataly Dawn (born October 29, 1986 in Sacramento , California ; actually Natalie Dawn Knutsen ) has been an American singer-songwriter since 2008 . As part of the duo Pomplamoose , she became known primarily for publishing songs on YouTube .
Life
Dawn was born the daughter of missionaries and spent much of her youth in Europe. She attended high school in France and Belgium .
She then went to the United States and studied art and French literature at Stanford University . There she met Jack Conte, with whom she has been married since May 2016, and founded the duo Pomplamoose with him . Since 2008 the duo has mainly published cover versions of pop songs on their YouTube channel, including Beyoncé's “ Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) ”, Lady Gaga's “ Telephone ” and “ Mr. Sandman ” by the Chordettes .
In 2009 Dawn released her first solo album Her earlier stuff on iTunes , a compilation of twelve of her songs that she had previously featured on her YouTube channel.
In 2010 Dawn played with Lauren O'Connell in their joint project My Terrible Friend , with which they also went on tour. On Barry Manilow's 2011 album Fifteen Minutes, Dawn starred in the song "Letter from a fan / So heavy, so high".
To finance the production of her second album How I Knew Her , she initiated a campaign on the Internet platform Kickstarter.com in July 2011 . When this ended seven weeks later, 2,315 people had donated a total of 104,788 US dollars as part of a crowdfunding . Dawn finally released the album on February 12, 2013 on the Nonesuch Records label .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Carolyn Said: Musicians' unusual offer benefits Richmond schools . On: sfgate.com on December 13, 2010
- ^ Youtube channel PomplamooseMusic
- ^ Room for Ghosts . On: myterriblefriend.bandcamp.com
- ↑ Stephen Carradini: Barry Manilow - 15 Minutes ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . On: artistdirect.com on June 8, 2011
- ↑ Nataly Dawn's first solo album . On: kickstarter.com on September 6, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dawn, Nataly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dawn Knutsen, Natalie (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician and singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sacramento , California |