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Jolie Harrison

Haze and Dacey in front of a Lucky Strike factory.

Haze and Dacey

A bit of rock, a bit of folk, a bit of country, and you have the sounds mixed by the duo of Haze & Dacey. Featuring singer-songwriter Kirsten Hazler and bassist John Dacey, the duo plays both original music (their most recent album, Letters from Gilead, is a set of songs based on the Margaret Atwood novel The Handmaid’s Tale) and covers of artists ranging from Queen to Patty Griffin. They’re making a rare Midwest appearance on a summer tour from their Virginia home base.

media release: Based in Richmond, Virginia, Haze & Dacey revel in lilting melodies, tight harmonies, and compelling rhythms that make toes tap and bodies sway. Original songs written by Haze are interspersed amongst covers both familiar and obscure. The indie-folk duo skips nimbly from folk-pop to alt-country to roots-rock, creating a homegrown organic sound with upright bass, acoustic guitar, piano, shaker, tambourine, and mouth-horn. They cover artists as varied as Joni Mitchell, Queen, Patty Griffin, Tom Petty, Indigo Girls, and The Decemberists.

Haze & Dacey have been playing together as a duo since 2012. They combine their love of playing music with their love of travel, entertaining audiences at various breweries, wineries, and other venues throughout Virginia, and occasionally dipping down into North Carolina. They have had the pleasure of performing at several of Virginia's great state parks, including the "Music on the Cliffs" concert series at Westmoreland, the "Music in the Park" series at Hungry Mother, and the Caledon Art and Wine Festival. They have also ventured farther afield to appear at venues in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania.

The duo has released two records of all-original music: an EP called "The Beaverdam Sessions" (2016) and a full-length album inspired by Margaret Atwood's “The Handmaid's Tale”, produced with additional musicians, called "Letters from Gilead" (2021).