MUSIC

Born and raised in small town midwest America, Hannah Fairlight moved to New York City at 18 where she played her first gig at CBGB, the punk rock club countless acts including the Ramones, Blondie, and Patty Smith got their start.  Fairlight then carved out a home base at The Bitter End, the Greenwich Village home to Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Tori Amos and recently Lady Gaga.  It was there she was enlisted by power-pop rock band Girls Don't Cry for two years of touring, followed by two years with Kolker - a more mature blues rock band headed by legendary blues guitarist David Kolker. 

Hannah is currently working and touring in Australia.  She has collaborated with numerous artists all over the States and Europe, and her current plans are to play a slew of shows and create a stir down under whilst gaining inspiration for and recording her first official EP with acclaimed producer and composer Daniel Denholm.

 FILM & TV

Hannah is an experienced location sound recordist and studio engineer, and has done ample film and television work in New York City and London.  She worked for the BBC on the prime time program "Inside Sport" and is currently directing her first documentary "Sweet Surrender" about The Chocolate Room in Park Slope, Brooklyn.  Watch the trailer and learn more soon!

Friends and Influences

Stone Temple Pilots, TOOL, Tori Amos, Heidi Renee, swimming in Lake Superior, Chris Whitley, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Electric Six, Weezer, The Helio Sequence, Ben Folds, cycling through Ireland, Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, R.E.M., Chumbawamba, Kings of Leon, Maximo Park, Islay single malt scotch, Regina Spektor, Patty Griffin,  Girl in a Coma, Brazilian Girls, Foo Fighters, Bjork, KOLKER, good people with big hearts, Rage Against The Machine, Rufus Wainwright, Holding Back Entirely, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Robbie Gil, Heidi Renee, The Pogues, Cherish the Ladies, Josh Dion Band, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, The Guess Who, The Who, America, late night dish-doing with dad, Three Dog Night, Phil Collins, Paul Simon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, winter in Minnesota, The Cars, U2, Talking Heads, The Allman Brothers Band, Peter Frampton, hockey and ice fishing, The Steve Miller Band, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, small towns, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Roxette,Carlie Simon, camping,