Dawn Kinnard Competition
Friday, 25 April 2008
New music lovers prick up your ears – one of you will win Pennsylvanian songstress Dawn Kinnard's debut album "The Courtesy Fall".
Dawn grew up in a church run by her Baptist preacher father. At sixteen she became obsessed with Elvis and swore never to marry as the only man for her – the King, of course – was dead.
By her early twenties she was riding her beloved Harley-Davidson cross-country under big skies until she sold it to finance her gorgeous star-kissed first recording, an eponymous eight-tracker released on her own Rusted Rose label.
Oh, and she was discovered, singing the songs that ended up on her debut album, 'The Courtesy Fall', in a Nashville bar called The Basement.
Kinnard explains how the album's title came about. "My dad's a preacher and he and my mum were invited to this charismatic church where they put their hands on your head and you fall down because you've been filled with the Holy Spirit."
"My mum's a bit shy and it freaked her out – she didn't want to fall down – but the preacher whispered in her ear to give a courtesy fall if she didn't get moved.
"It's not anything bad against the church, it's just about not knowing what's true. Some people fall down for real, some people do the courtesy fall."
'The Courtesy Fall' brims with dissolved edges, expansive-yet-intimate woozy-beautiful songs about freedom, insomnia and paranoia. At the centre of it all, there's Kinnard's smoke and honey voice which wraiths around and then cuts through the piano and strings and Dusty In Memphis percussion.
And you can get your hands on all this musical goodness > simply fill in your details, including the answer to the below question, and click submit!
Where was Dawn Kinnard born?
A: Pennsylvania
B: Transylvania
C: Oldham
The closing date for entries is 31st May 2008.
Competition terms and conditions
1. Only one entry per household. 2. Closing date for entries is midnight on 31st May 2008. 3. Winners will be notified by 14th June 2008. 4. For notification of the winner email win@myparkmag.co.uk - put "Dawn Kinnard" in the subject line. 5. Persons under the age of 18, employees of Park Group and their families are not eligible to enter. 6. By entering the competition, acceptance of the rules is implied. 7. We reserve the right to substitute the prize for ones of equal or greater value. 8. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the competition. 9. This competition may appear across other Park publications or websites.