Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Music to Know Fest makes its debut in East Hampton, NY over the weekend of August 13-14, and features artists such as Vampire Weekend, Bright Eyes, Matt & Kim, Ra Ra Riot, Dawes, and others. Set times... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Blitzen Trapper and Dawes are teaming up for a co-headlining tour of North America this fall. Smoke Fairies will also be along for the ride on the first half of the tour, and Belle Brigade will take over for the second. Read more » more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dawes at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Ryan Barkan) Dawes and Blitzen Trapper are going on a co-headlining tour with support from Smoke Fairies and The Belle Brigade on select dates. Tickets will go on presale via each of... more info

Topix — If you've never heard a note played by either Simon Dawes or Dawes, it's understandably very easy to get the two bands mixed up. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Barkan John McCauley, Jonny Corndawg, Matt Vasquez @ BV-SXSW Jonny Corndawg is releasing his album Down on the Bikini Line on August 30. He'll celebrate the release of the album that same day (8/30) at Union Pool.... more info

Guardian Music — The Slaughtered Lamb, LondonCanyon in the Rain. Ballad of the Pines. Valley of the Silver Moon. Dappling country twanglers full of "divine lakes" where "the beaver still chops the pine". The music of North Carolina folkie Jonathan Wilson paints such ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The pop icon is backed by a younger generation of folk-rock performers during Wednesday's packed show at the popular Silver Lake venue. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Jackson Browne bridges generation gap with Dawes and Jonathan Wilson at the Satellite on Wednesday. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The group's music evokes the best of the classic canyon rock era of the 1960s and '70s. The band members even have a place in Laurel Canyon.It's a hot, bone-dry, blue-skied day in the hills above Los Angeles — the kind of crystalline morning one mi... more info

Guardian Music — An affectionate heir of Laurel Canyon counterculture, this US singer-songwriter is a Gentle Spirit by name and natureHometown: Forest City, North Carolina.The lineup: Jonathan Wilson (vocals, instruments).The background: Older than most to appear in ... more info