"A Wonderful Voice with Amazing Stories!"



Holly D Johnston is known on the folk scene as a captivating performer and a singer of stories. 

She is a songwriter and storyteller who moves effortlessly between live music, storytelling and poetry.                                Holly’s heartfelt lyrics woven together in memorable melody, are sung with a voice that is warm, ethereal and passionate. 

Holly gives listeners an intimate, thought provoking experience, and her songs deliver: 'hauntingly exact observations... with poetic candour'. Her voice is repeatedly praised as 'mellow, clear and expressive', her sound: ‘seductive and enthralling’.  ‘An amazing talent’.


Holly D Johnston shares her music on Backwater Records in Suffolk.  She also creates children's shows and activities as Cricket Wings.

Holly's extensive catalogue of heartfelt music and story is available by clicking 'Shop and Reviews'.

Holly is part of running the Song Writers Club in Bury St Edmunds who meet every 4th Thursday to share budding ideas and inspire the creative craft of songwriting.  Once a year this club feeds into the Milkmaid Songwriting Competition where Holly hosted on 2024 and also acted as one of the judges.

A Story Singer and Songwriter with something to share.

Holly has written and sung for as long as she can remember. She also takes the time to feed local talent and to promote songwriting in her home County.

Holly graduated with distinction from the UWS Masters in Songwriting in 2016.

In 2020 she taught on the songwriting retreat at Halwsay Manor with Reg Meuross.




Holly D Johnston has been hailed as:
 
“a leading light on Suffolk’s acoustic scene” (Stephen Foster, BBC Radio Suffolk); with an “obvious gift for writing profoundly individual, emotional songs and delivering them through pure, passionate, expressive vocals” (Charlie Elland, Folkwords); her music is “delicious, seductive, compelling, beautiful” (House of Prog Radio). 




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