Dechen Hawk "A Murder of Prose"
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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CRY OF A HAWK
REVIEW VIA ASIA WONG
Dechen Hawk's debut album, Live From Penny Lane, is pure bodhicitta. He speaks the dialect of the heart, using a gifted voice and ernest lyrics to communicate a sweet, gentile vulnerability. He's not afraid to be afraid. His sound is filled with discovery and searching.
A friend the other day was having a hard time. Some of Dechen's lyrics came to mind: "And it feels like the ground has been pulled right out from under me and I'm looking for somethibng to stand on/ And the truth then reveals itself for all of us to plainly see that eventually our negative tendencies will just fade and fall away." I decided then and there to give this CD to her.
When I read the Hawk card in 'The Animal Medicine Card Deck,' it said: "The shrillness of Hawk's call pierces the state of unawareness and asks you to speak the truth." I laughed-because this is exactly what Dechen's music can do. - Elephant Magazine
"Songwriter with an edge" - The Independent Weekly, NC
"...Hawk['s]... contemplative practices—sitting meditation and yoga—are woven into his music making." - Andrea Miller - Shambhala Sun
"...multi-instrumentalist Dechen Hawk['s]... soulful music is strikingly similar to “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” and other remarkable Buckley tunes." - Adam Perry - The Boulder Weekly
Discography
City Sounds of the F/Stop Cafe - Compilation (2009)
A Murder of Prose (2009)
Djedi (2008)
Alone Together (2006-2007)
Old Soul/The Pleasant St Projects (2005)
Live @ Penny lane (2004)
Hear full discography here: www.dechenhawk.com/discog.html
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Rocked to sleep as a child to Stevie Wonder, Dechen Hawk's music ranges from beautiful ballads to serious backbeat funk. A 2009 graduate of Naropa University, he studied with Bill Douglas, Art Lande, and Janet Feder. For the past 15 years he has performed locally and nationally and shared billing with such legends as Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell, R.E.M., Ty Burhoe, and the Fun Lovin' Criminals. Music credits for television/film include the Swedish documentary "No Artificial Anything", reality TV's "What's Your Problem", and the indie film "Don Juan's Diary". Dechen was a finalist at the 2003 NCSC Songwriter's Competition and his newly formed neo-soul/pop-noir project 'Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose' highlights the songwriter's talents.
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