Hillary Barleaux takes a childhood of playing ditties on her grandfather’s upright piano, and translates this passion into finely wrought pop anthems. Latest track ‘You Don’t Know Me’ displays the folk singer-songwriter as an emotional torrent that’s come a long way from these roots. With a knack for dark and haunting melodies that stick around long after the last hammer has struck the piano string, her latest EP ‘Live at Dirty Water’ takes the journey one step further as it charts a confident course between love of all things vintage, coupled with an ability to tread new waters. – Mike Levine
