March 31, 2006 | Posted by David B. at 9:27 AM

Call out his name, everyone can sing along

Haley Bonar

Haley Bonar (rhymes with "honor") is a Twin Cities indie-folkie who, for her first album, got to tour with Low after Alan Sparhawk saw her at an open mic up in Duluth. Since then she's opened for Neko Case, Andrew Bird and others. Her debut, Size of Planets, came out in 2003, and her new one, Lure the Fox will come out soon. It's already available in the Twin Cities, with national distribution to follow. A couple tracks:

Haley Bonar -
Ransom
Give It Up

I just love this kind of voice, the relatively unexpressive tone that somehow reveals everything. And that Fender Rhodes in these tracks is a trademark for her; she used it to great effect on Size of Planets and does so again with her new record.

I write pretty often on this site about artists who I guess you'd consider "folk", and how that word just doesn't include the best of what some of these artists can do. Haley Bonar's writing contains multitudes, and Lure the Fox is a great example.

You can find Lure the Fox in Minneapolis at Cheapo and the Electric Fetus, with more locations to follow.

Comments

ah, thanks so much for the new haley tracks - her voice is lovely. can't wait to hear the full album & glad to know MFR appreciates..

Posted by: sm at March 31, 2006 12:59 PM

i love her! Her first album is AMAZING.

Posted by: smitty at March 31, 2006 2:33 PM

cheers - thanks for the tunes :)

Posted by: supergurg at March 31, 2006 10:36 PM

as these songs are downloading, i'm getting a bonar just thinking about them.

(sorry, too good to resist)

Posted by: mike at April 6, 2006 4:18 PM
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