Haley Hannah Heynderickx (born May 28, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter from

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. In 2016, she released her debut EP, ''Fish Eyes''. Her first full-length album, '' I Need to Start a Garden'', was released in March 2018 on Mama Bird Recording Co.

Early life

Heynderickx was born in

Stockton, California Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquir ...

to a

Filipino-American Filipino Americans ( fil, Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipinos and other Asian ethnicities in North America were first documented in the 16th century as slaves and prisoners on ships sailing to and from New S ...

family and grew up in

Forest Grove, Oregon Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter town in the Portland metro area. Settled in the 1840s, the town was platted in 1850, then incorpora ...

, where she learned to sing in church. She graduated from

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

Career

She released her debut EP, ''Fish Eyes'', in 2016. In March 2018, she released her first full-length recording, '' I Need to Start a Garden'', on Mama Bird Recording Co. The album received positive reviews, including a 7.3 rating from ''

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'', while

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wrote that the album "captivates" and

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called it "an utterly brilliant folk debut". In January 2018, she was named an "Artist to Watch" by ''

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''.

Style

Heynderickx's music features a

fingerstyle Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of guitar picking, playing the guitar or bass guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (plucking individual notes with ...

acoustic guitar technique inspired by

Leo Kottke Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including parti ...

and John Fahey paired with introspective lyrics punctuated with "well-timed levity".

Discography

Albums * '' I Need to Start a Garden'' (March 2, 2018) EPs * ''Among Horses III'' (October 5, 2018) *''Unpeeled (Banana Stand)'' (March 17, 2017) * ''Fish Eyes'' (January 29, 2016)

References

External links

Official website
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