Carly Johnson

CARLY JOHNSON RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MUSIC FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN PHILADELPHIA IN 2007 AND HAS HONED AN IMMENSELY VERSATILE CRAFT THAT INCLUDES JAZZ, ROCK, BLUES AND OPERA. LOCALLY KNOWN FOR HER SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GUITARIST CRAIG WAGNER AS A JAZZ VOCAL/GUITAR DUO, CARLY HAS ALSO BEEN DIGGING INTO THE VAST ROCK & SOUL MUSIC SCENE THAT HER HOMETOWN LOUISVILLE, KY HAS TO OFFER.

IN 2010, CARLY RECORDED WITH MY MORNING JACKET ON THE TRACK “HOLDING ON TO BLACK METAL” FROM THEIR 2011 GRAMMY NOMINATED ALBUM ‘CIRCUITAL.’ FOLLOWING THE RECORD’S RELEASE IN THE SPRING OF 2011, SHE PERFORMED LIVE WITH MMJ AT LOUISVILLE’S OWN PALACE THEATER. CARLY ALSO JOINED LOCAL ROCKERS WORKERS TO PERFORM AND RECORD THEIR 2012 DIGITAL & LP RELEASE OF ‘BOTH HANDS’ ON LOUISVILLE’S SONABLAST! RECORDS.

IN 2012, CARLY JOINED THE 7-PIECE JAZZ-FOLK FUSION BAND LIBERATION PROPHECY LED BY SAXOPHONIST JACOB DUNCAN. MAY 2013 SAW THE DEBUT OF THEIR RECORD 'INVISIBLE HOUSE’ AND A RELEASE SHOW AT THE LEGENDARY BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB IN NYC. SHE JOINED LIBERATION PROPHECY AGAIN IN THE GROUNDBREAKING CHILDREN’S WEBISODES OF ‘LIBERATION LIVING ROOM’ IN 2013, WHERE SHE PERFORMED WITH MUSICAL SPECIAL GUESTS: BEN SOLLEE, WILL OLDHAM, RACHEL GRIMES, TYRONE COTTON AND NORAH JONES.

FREQUENTLY FEATURED ON WFPK LOUISVILLE PUBLIC RADIO, CARLY JOHNSON AND CRAIG WAGNER LOCALLY RELEASED THEIR JAZZ DUO ALBUM ‘IT’S PRETTY STANDARD’ IN MAY 2014. SHORTLY FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE, CARLY AND CRAIG RECEIVED THE 2014 LOUISVILLE MUSIC AWARD FOR ‘JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR.’