Kimya Dawson
Kimya Dawson is a Grammy winning, platinum selling singer songwriter most widely known for her work on the JUNO soundtrack and her former band, The Moldy Peaches. She has released 6 solo albums, including a children’s album, Alphabutt. She has been featured in Rolling Stone, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, NY Times, NME, Q, AOL, and more.
Since 1999 Kimya has toured the world as a solo performer and with The Moldy Peaches and The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson). She has shared the stage with Regina Spektor, The Strokes, The Mountain Goats, Third Eye Blind, Billy Bragg, Daniel Johnston, Patti Smith, Ani DiFranco, Amy Goodman, Tom Robbins, Janeane Garofalo, Norm MacDonald, Atmosphere, Sleater Kinney, They Might Be Giants, Bright Eyes, Sheryl Crow, John Waters, Jonathan Richman, Neil Gaiman, and Kshama Sawant.
In addition, she has performed on the View, the Independent Spirit Awards, multiple times at TEDxBoulder, the National Conference for Media Reform, the REM Tribute at Carnegie Hall, author John Green’s Evening of Awesome (celebrating The Fault in Our Stars) at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Premiere of the film Juno.
Artist Support Program 2020: Record original songs for her eighth solo album.
