Biography
Austin-based alternative folk singer/songwriter Dana Falconberry produces a similarly sparse sound to that of peers such as Anaïs Mitchell and Jenny Owen Youngs, relying chiefly on her delicate yet scratchy vocals paired with a minimalist acoustic guitar style. While enrolled at Hendrix College, the small Methodist-affiliated liberal arts institution situated in rural Conway, Arkansas, Falconberry began to pursue music more seriously. She earned her degree there in 2002, having also performed as a dancer and choreographer in collaboration with professor Mark Schantz, who composed accompaniments for her recitals. Following graduation, she and Schantz cut a duet album at Memphis’ Sun Studio; issued in 2005 as Ten Birds on One Wire and spotlighting Falconberry’s vocals alongside Schantz’s acoustic guitar, the project attracted scant attention and the collaboration soon ended. Falconberry then moved back to Austin, where she joined the experimental psych-folk collective Peter and the Wolf, fronted by singer/songwriter Red Hunter. She contributed co-writes and vocals to several tracks on the group’s 2006 release Lightness, before issuing her own debut solo album, Paper Sailboat, in 2007. A follow-up, Oh Skies of Grey, appeared the next year, succeeded by the EP Though I Didn’t Call It Came. Building upon the nature-focused themes of that EP, she partnered with Antenna Farm Records for the 2012 album Leelanau, which drew inspiration from the scenic northern regions of her native Michigan. Later she visited Jim Eno’s studio to track two songs under the Spoon drummer’s production; the resulting Public Hi-Fi Sessions 02 came out on Public Hi-Fi Records in spring 2014. The self-recorded EP The Lowering Night, captured solo at her residence, surfaced the following year. In contrast, her first full-length credited to the band, From the Forest Came the Fire by Dana Falconberry & Medicine Bow, emerged in spring 2016 through Modern Outsider.
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