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Combining British pop and American roots rock,
Julian Dawson first gained prominence in Europe with a single on Rough Trade Records in the mid-'80s. He then released two albums on Polydor Records. He also recorded two albums with
Ian Matthews' band,
Plainsong. His first domestic release, Live on the Radio, appeared in 1990 on Watermelon Records.
Dawson then recorded
Fragile as China the following year for BMG/Ariola. The first single, "How Can I Sleep Without You," reached the charts. 1994 brought a greatest-hits album, How Human Hearts Behave, which included a re-recording of "How Can I Sleep Without You" with
Lucinda Williams. The next year,
Travel On was issued, again on Watermelon Records. It featured collaborations with
Nicky Hopkins,
Jules Shear, and
Willie Nile;
the Roches and
Curtis Stigers contributed vocals.
Move Over Darling followed in 1997, and two years later
Dawson returned with both
Spark and
Under the Sun. ~ John Bush