WILLOW & HOUND

Original Music:

Willow & Hound, the musical collective featuring Tyler Johnson, Julia Cramer, and Allison Hall, currently live and play music in and around Sonoma County, CA. Willow + Hound combines aspects of folk, pop and soul in their original music which emphasizes powerful vocals, rich vocal harmony and intricate songwriting.

Cover Sets:

Willow & Hound have been providing delightful music to events around Sonoma County since 2016. With an acoustic guitar, vocals and harmony, their repertoire showcases pop and folk songs from the 60’s to now.

Full Bio:

Tyler and Julia met almost a decade ago in Santa Cruz, while studying music and sneaking answers off of one another’s tests. Immediately they began playing music together, ripping through the pages of Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Cat Stevens songbooks on a creaky, well loved and out of tune piano in their shared housing. Eventually the duo ditched the songbooks and began writing songs as a pair, graduated and moved immediately to Portland, Oregon, where they formed the band De La Warr with dear friends and played their fair share of venues and local festivals. Theyrecorded their self-titled first full length album and occasionally braved I-5 on tours to Seattle and the Bay Area.

The pair also met current band mate Allison Hall while living in Portland (she founded the band ‘Goose & Fox’), and they often collaborated on each other’s projects and became close friends.

After several years Tyler and Julia made the decision to return to California and set up camp in Oakland, where they continued their songwriting as a pair, began working in music education, and got hitched along the way. The couple recorded and released a more electronic EP titled ‘Howl’ as Attacrobat during their stay in Oakland, in collaboration with LA based composer and producer Parks Burton. Still feeling a sense of adventure, the couple again decided to move continents to Ireland in order to more seriously pursue music education. While studying for their Master’s Degrees in Ireland, Tyler and Julia were surprised to be pulled into the vibrant Irish music scene, and were invited to perform in well renowned venues like Whelan’s in Dublin, King John’s Castle and Dolan’s in Limerick (opening Hudson Taylor), and indie music festival Knockanstockan. While living in Limerick, they were lucky to perform, sing and collaborate with Niamh Hinchy (of BIIRD).

After an indescribable year of friendship, music and pints of Guinness, the pair returned to the States and have now set roots in Petaluma, California, where they continue to write, record and perform as Willow + Hound.

Music:

Follow You

Water’s Edge

Contact:

Julia Cramer
Info@willowandhound.com