Home for the Holidays: Haley Johnsen

Friday, November 27th @ 7:30pm

Doors open at 7:00pm

www.haleyjohnsenmusic.com

Haley Johnsen is coming home for the holidays. The Beaverton born singer-songwriter and American Idol alum brings her full band to The Chehalem Cultural Center for a night of soulful originals and the Christmas classics you love. Think big Americana voice, twinkle lights, and the kind of sing along that has you humming carols all the way home. Grab your people and come celebrate the season with one of Oregon's own.

Haley Johnsen sings like she’s got nothing left to lose and everything left to say. The Portland-bred singer-songwriter has spent the last several years carving out her own corner of Americana, one where alt-pop grit collides with the kind of vocal firepower that stops rooms cold. Critics keep reaching for Brandi Carlile and Bonnie Raitt as reference points, and it’s not hard to hear why: Johnsen writes like the truth costs something and she’s willing to pay it, then wraps it all in hooks big enough to fill an arena.
She's earned her stripes the old-fashioned way, on the road. Johnsen has shared stages with The War and Treaty, The SteelDrivers, Allen Stone, KT Tunstall, Joseph, Lenka, and many more. Five years as Big Wild’s bassist took her to Coachella, Bonnaroo, and sold-out nights at Red Rocks, and the last two years have put her solo music on the Summerfest stage in Milwaukee. She's been making records since 2015, from her debut full-length Golden Days, which pulled Allen Stone in for a guest vocal, to a live acoustic set cut at Abbey Road Studios. Willamette Week called her most recent EP an alt-pop Americana album with soul and a backbone.

Come join us at the Chehalem Cultural Center for a holiday celebration you won't forget!!!