Faun Fables
Faun Fables began in 1997, when Dawn 'the faun' McCarthy left the bands and cabarets of NYC for the wider world. She grew up in eastern Washington state enjoying drawing, dance, and make-believe amongst a large family. On EARLY SONG (1999) she sang with "a voice as haunting as an abandoned coal mine, while it dances with the even tempo guitar that seems to pluck itself," (CMJ). MOTHER TWILIGHT (2001) was called "A collection of songs that seem to rove wondrously through the mountain pines at dusk," (SF Weekly).
Dawn performs Faun Fables most often as a soloist or with frequent collaborator Nils Frykdahl of Sleepytime Gorilla Museu. But she also enjoys working with other artists, musical and otherwise; THE TRANSIT RIDER, a Faun Fables full length musical inspired by her years in NYC, premiered 2002 in San Francisco with a cast of thirteen. (Its soundtrack will be released in 2004.) Faun Fables tour the world regularly, studying landscape, culture and the art of feasting with locals. In the years to come, Dawn hopes to combine studies in rural housekeeping with songcraft in various countries. She is based in Oakland, CA.