Haley Bonar

Haley Bonar, who now goes simply by Haley, was born in Canada in 1983 and grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, before settling into the Minnesota scene, first in Duluth and now in St. Paul. She spent a year in Portland, Oregon, writing the songs that became Golder in 2011, and she plays just about everything she sings over: acoustic, electric and baritone guitar, plus Rhodes or Wurlitzer electric piano, sometimes solo and sometimes with a Twin Cities band including Jeremy Ylvisaker, Robert Skoro and Jacob Hanson.

Last War, in 2014, is a tough, restless record, with the title track as its calling card. Impossible Dream followed in 2016 and went further still: "Kismet Kill" rides a bright, driving guitar hook that sounds like a daydream running a red light, and "Hometown" keeps the hard edges on. Memphis Industries has been her label.

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