ABOUT WILLOW

"Willow's sultry new release, Lovely Love, draws you into a place where only great lyrics can take you. She weaves you through a world of human emotions that seem like a dream-state. As always, Kevin Wood's talented guitar work enriches Willow's vocal compositions." ~ Teresa Reynolds, KZFR FM 90.1

"Willow is a self-taught singer/songwriter, who, in 1992 put down her Bible and picked up a pawn shop guitar. Three chords later, the songs came flowing out. Judging from the fact that she had no subsequent musical experience, one could say she's a bit of a preternatural chanteuse. Like post-Christian rocker contemporaries, Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson, Willow's papa is a preacher man and prior to her fateful leap, she was an enrollee at Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland Oregon. The result of her departure from conservative religion...her musical renderings are of an evolution of a spiritual nature - an earthly, poetic dance in the dark. For those familiar with the fire and brimstone of artist Nick Cave, Willow may be the polar sweet angel of darkness, redemption and desire.

"Her recent release, Sweet Dark Demon (recorded at Seattle's Studio Litho, produced by Tucker Martine), shares the disc with innovative guitarist Kevin Wood, who compliments Willow's lush, lyrical and introspective vocals. The beautiful eerie, atmospheric rock ensemble also includes a Hammond organ, cello, harmonium and rhythm/percussion section. Tunes like 'Down', 'Dead Days', and 'Absinthe' are filled with sparse textures, and sometimes all we hear is Willow's breathy poetry. As well, the music will craftily shift into full orchestration. Prior to the formation of this musical collaboration, Willow was capturing Seattle audiences with her solo performances - no doubt the quintessential, metaphorical murky muse we all long for on the soul's stage." ~ HipFish

With the release of Sweet Dark Demon, Willow took to the road, bringing her songs through California and the Southwest. The allure of the album has gained both indie and commercial airplay regionally, nationally, and in far away corners like Perth, Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Willow has been featured in the national magazines Performing Songwriter (D.I.Y. Picks) and Lip Service, her performance at Bumbershoot 2001 was included in the RollingStone.com review of the festival, and her release has found a home in the ever-emerging world of the internet (Rollingstone.com, SoundsofSeattle.com, EctophilesGuidetoGoodMusic, Femmusic.com). On August 10th 2002 Willow's music was heard by over a thousand people when she opened for Chris Isaak at Seattle's 'Summer Nights at the Pier' !

Haunted and haunting, Willow's voice and songwriting have received favorable critical reviews in California, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon as well as in home state Washington where the Seattle Times lists Willow as one of the ten local bands to "collectively represent the next Seattle". The Seattle Times also calls Sweet Dark Demon, "a collection of songs that are lyrically charged, gathering raw energy like a lightning rod in an electrical storm."

On May 9th, 2003 Willow celebrated the release of her latest 4-song EP, Lovely Love, with a film-noire-carnival style cabaret. Lovely Love captures the alluringly haunting music she creates with guitarist, Kevin Wood. Bittersweet, lilting lullaby's...a sultry, loopy trip through poetic lyrics and textured guitar...almost art rock, almost folk noir, almost emo...beautifully eerie, ethereal rock.

"A kind of folk noir that's as eerie as it is soothing. Think David Lynch goes to Lilith Fair..."
~ Salt Lake City Weekly

For another great bio story, see the Bellingham Herald Article.

"Willow’s voice is as warm, lilting, and alluring as they come."
~ Performing Songwriter

"Willow's dark, powerful songs make her the Flannery O'Connor of the local music scene"
~ Seattle Times

The Seattle Times lists Willow as one of ten local bands to "collectively represent the next Seattle" music scene. Read the article here.

WILLOW opened for Chris Isaak at the Pier in Seattle on August 10th, 2002. What an awesome show it was!

Willow and Chris Isaak backstage outside their trailers.
(Photo Courtesy of AEM Arts Inc.)