DAWA

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Published on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 16:15

Success is no accident. That is why it is not really surprising that this ambitious and witty band we want to introduce you to in this episode of our Band of the Week has already come to quite some fame in their home country Austria. DAWA is the name of this band currently consisting of four members, John Dawa (vocals and guitar), Barbara Wiesinger (vocals and percussion), Laura Pudelek (cello) and Oama Richson (cajón and percussion).

 A couple of years ago John and Barbara started to make music together, in the beginning just for fun. Then they wanted to rise up to a more professional level and soon found two interested musicians to complete their group, Laura Pudelek, whose experimental cello style fits perfectly to John’s guitar, and Norbert Kröll who left the band after four years and was replaced by the talented percussionist Oama Richson. In 2013 they released their first long-awaited full length album “This should work” which received rave reviews and had wide appeal even beyond the Austrian borders.

It is hard to pigeonhole DAWA, because they do not really follow a trend and have managed to create their own personal style, but their style might be best described as “acoustic cello folk pop rock with beat”, and like it says on their webpage: “…honestly, what else do you need than 2 great voices, an acoustic guitar, an experimental cello, various percussions and lots of emotions?! Right. Nothing more needed.”