Andrea Dawn is what you might call a Prodigy. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, she auditioned for her first band at the age of twelve, and was hired. When she sang for friends she did so openly, or her voice was heard from her bedroom window, crooning out the notes of some of her greatest influences: Indigo Girls, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Bette Midler and Fleetwood Mac. Her mother often caught a crowd of neighbors gathering outside the house just to listen. If she knew they were there, she’d sing a bit louder. She’s no show-off, though she has always been incredibly flattered by people’s interest and intrigue.

Singing, her passion as early as she can remember, prompted her to plant her head between the living room speakers for more enhanced acoustics. Andrea Dawn intuitively knew she possessed talent to be further developed, and as she has evolved, her singing and songwriting sets her apart. Andrea Dawn, with her "soultry", raw and distinctive vocals coupled with unique lyrical expression is a truly natural performer. Her style is often referred to as a female-type Bruce Springsteen.

Pure ambition fills her American-Italian blood, mixed with a few tinges of tenacity. It made her a winning contestant in Harlem’s toughest room and competitive talent show, The Apollo Theater. She has also gained notoriety as a popular national anthem singer for professional sports teams such as the NY Knicks at Madison Square Garden, NY Liberty and the NY Mets at Shea Stadium. Her biggest crowd has been 45,000 people. When asked if she gets nervous she states, “Of course. But if I don’t do it, there are thousands of great singers waiting just behind the door.” Founder of cover band “Multiple Personalities” she plugged around NYC where she quickly drew a buzz from sidewalk cafes to large venues. Andrea Dawn has been a featured singer at the Waldorf-Astoria and was a regular headliner at the Village Gate. She has sung live a few times on Q104.3FM, which resulted in an e-mail inbox flooded with listener’s messages, and sparked an occasional exchange with radio show host, Bob Buchmann. Her career was further encouraged by a letter received from NY Times Magazine Editor, Stephen Dubner, regarding an unsettling dialogue between her and Paul Simon during VH-1 StoryTellers. His mention of her exchange with the mega star transformed her humilation into a small victory. She’s received valuable career advice from Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. While experimenting genres, she once released a rock record distributed by Tower Records, and changed her name to Drew Steel. Something she states she very much needed to do “for ten minutes” and then concluded “what works best is to just be me.” Hence, she became a prolific writer, pulled the old tunes from out of the bottom drawer and has been writing new ones ever since. True-to-self, she writes primarily about her own experiences, or the experiences shared by others. Her songs and impressively colorful lyrics speak of real life, tell an interesting story, or make a point which is deep and thought-provoking.

Andrea Dawn, having the amazing opportunity to meet with Grammy-award winning music producer Phil Ramone, was told not to predict what the Industry wants. She took his advice, and once she put little or no thought into how her music would be received, a new creative freedom emerged. “After all”, she says “Bob Dylan never sat down to write a song and wondered ‘will they like this one?’ They’ll either get it or they won’t. In his case, they got it.” She sang to Bette Midler once outside Radio City, and finagled a cheek-to-cheek photo with the superstar. Midler smiled and said: “Girl, you’ve got some chops!” She’s even hopped into Madonna’s limo. She gets backstage anywhere, and appears on cable TV shows. She’s got a way about her, and she is now recording and releasing her very first album. Through her performances, and upcoming CD to be produced and engineered by Ben Wisch, a masterpiece of ten tunes which everyone seems to want to get their hands on. – Andrea Dawn is reaching out and effortlessly reeling ‘em in.