Born in 1992, singing came early to Hunter, beginning with performances on the baby monitor. By the age of ten, she was performing every chance she got in her small hometown of Montana. Soon after, she was attending college intensives and summer schools across the country for vocal training and starring in high school and community theatre musicals, singing in several choirs and fronting her own band. She left Montana at the age of 18 to pursue a college education in Los Angeles at Musician’s Institute and graduated with a double major in Vocal Performance and Music Production. By 2016, she was paying the bills modeling and acting on television, and held down a year-long residence as a house artist at the popular Los Angeles club and celeb hotspot, The Nice Guy.
On one particular modeling trip, Hunter met none other than Grammy Award-winning recording artist, producer, and songwriter Lukas Nelson at the gate in the Austin, TX airport. Striking up an instant friendship, Lukas would enlist her to accompany him during various high-profile gigs such as sold-out shows at The Troubadour and The Fonda, and an appearance on CONAN. His father Willie even recruited her to join him during his performances at the Hollywood Bowl and Austin City Limits.
“It was incredible to hear her music for the first time,” says Lukas. “I was struck by her soul…she’s just got so much soul.” “I owe my ability to perform on the fly to the Nelsons,” Hunter adds. “Lukas taught me I needed just to get out and say, ‘Yes’.”
In between, singer and songwriter Joshua Radin invited her to join him for a duet of Sam Cooke’s “Bring it on Home to Me” on Scary Pockets, a YouTube performance series generating over 2.6 million views. Hunter’s voice-powered covers of Bob Dylan, Adele, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Vulfpeck, and more, make her one of the go-to voices on the program and entrench her in the community of artists. She serendipitously met producer John Alagia [Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Jason Mraz] through Lukas and wound up recording her EP with him behind the board alongside her co-producer producer Jesse Siebenberg [Lady Gaga, Kesha, Lukas Nelson and Promise of The Real, Kenny Loggins] at the Village Studios in Los Angeles.
Discussing her latest track, titled “Closer” Hunter states she was inspired by the feeling of driving down the road with the windows down on an easy summer afternoon. ‘ We’ve been through a lot over the last few years and I wanted a song that could help my listeners escape what’s around us.” she proclaims. “Closer” is produced by Grammy-nominated producer and mixer John Alagia (John Mayer, Sarah Bareilles) and Jesse Siebenberg, producer and musician for Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson, and composer for Bradley Cooper’s remake of ‘A Star is Born.
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