Richard Dawson (May 23, 1981 – Newcastle, England) is a folk singer with a voice that’s both gentle barfly croak and Icarus-soaring croon.

Dawson had his debut album Richard Dawson Sings Songs and Plays Guitar in 2007, but he didn’t get recognized by big music media outlets until 2014 when he released Nothing Important.

His album “Peasant”, released in 2017, even though it did not make any of the top charts, was critically-acclaimed by reviewers like theneedledrop and Pitchfork.