Hanna Haas

Hanna Haas

Hanna Haas is a songwriter drawn to the dance of light and dark. Currently based in Portland Oregon, she has come to call the entire West Coast her home. Hanna describes her music as “contemplative folk,” identifying with artists Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Feist for their alternate tunings and mesmerizing melodies. Inspired by environments in which she has inhabited, Hanna sings of the dramatic landscape of Big Sur, the California sun, and the vast and open Pacific Northwest sky. Hanna loves to engage her audiences in sweet story telling and laughter, leaving her audience in a state of heart-felt introspection.

Hanna Haas performs solo and as a duo (mainly cello as accompaniment). Hanna loves to engage her audiences in sweet story-telling and laughter, leaving her audience in a state of heart-felt introspection.

Her debut album is called, “To Her, the Sea”. Each song seeks to capture the blessings and curses of our lives and the beauty of both—such as how warm and pleasant the sun feels after many days of rain, how bright the stars can shine amidst such darkness, how small one can feel when looking up at the vast Pacific Northwest sky. Grief, heartbreak, softening, and surrender, and a hope for redemption and solace through it all. The album is produced and engineered by Sean Ogilvie at his home studio in Southeast Portland. The album features Zach Gerzon on cello, Luke Ydstie of Blind Pilot on bass,Dan Hunt of Neko Case on drumsJeremy Ferrera on backup guitar, Nate Crockett of Horse Feathers on violin, Micah Rabwin on drums and saw, Denzel Mendoza on trombone, Philippe Bronchtein on backup guitar and keys, Jeffrey Martin on backup vocals.