Andrew Duhon
Andrew Duhon is a songwriter from New Orleans whose ability to craft a 3-minute novel has earned him comparisons to John Prine and Jim Croce, while the powerful soul of his voice evokes a youthful Van Morrison. He has toured solo for much of his career, and that troubadour element is certainly present – an usher of modern-day folklore. Duhon’s 2014 release, The Moorings, was nominated for a GRAMMY® for ‘Best Engineered Album.’ His 2018 record, False River, produced by Eric Masse, was described by American Songwriter as “fresh, innovative, and complicated in all the right ways.”
During the quarantine, Duhon wrote and shared twenty-two new songs as a Quarantine Song video series, and twenty+ more exclusively on his Patreon site. His new album, Emerald Blue, features eleven of those songs, and was released in July 2022. The record examines the familiar in the context of the unfamiliar – a probing appreciation of the dailiness of life; a note-taking exercise in living. Emerald Blue shows us the vast worlds that can be discovered and traveled when we sit still, and the breathtaking vistas on view when we look within — or at the people right beside us.
Duhon is “a teller of stories with an undeniable voice, weighted and soulful.” – KPCW/NPR
“Duhon brings the craft of a master short story writer to his songs and in doing so creates a series of skillfully rendered vignettes.” — The LA Beat
Haley Johnsen
Haley Johnsen is a Portland, Oregon-born musician with a knack for genre-bending and a hard-earned career path that is uniquely her own. Raised listening to powerhouse singers such as Brandi Carlile, Grace Potter, and Annie Lennox, her greatest inspirations become apparent in her soaring vocals, introspective lyricism, and cross-pollinated style of indie-pop, and bluesy folk-rock music. Whether her songs muse on the aches of self-doubt, the joy that can accompany nostalgia, or simply trying to stay afloat in tough times, her bona fide songwriting combined with her performance ability is bound to evoke an emotional response.
Her 2015 debut EP, Through the Blue, was followed up with her second EP, When You Lit The Sky, in 2017, along with a handful of singles and national tours. It was through her critically acclaimed 12-track debut album, Golden Days, where she gained much deserved recognition and ignited the interest of Allen Stone, who appeared on the album. Later that year, Haley began touring with the power-trio sister-band Joseph and with EDM/Indie pop artist Big Wild, who she currently works with as a bassist and back-up vocalist. During her first European tour in 2019, Haley was further granted the opportunity to record an acoustic album entitled London Sessions at the Legendary Abbey Road. Her highly anticipated 2021 single “Goner,” which features honey-dipped vocals, breezy guitars, and sweeping 70s inspired folk rock soundscapes, is a sun-drenched melancholic daydream. The single marks the first off of her upcoming full length that promises to be “quirky, dramatic, soft, somber, eclectic, and energetic.” Kinda like Haley Johnsen.
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