The Birdhorse is the pseudonym of North Carolina-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artist, Toni Hartley. Hartley cut her teeth singing back-up for tUnE-yArDs (Nikki Nack, Red Hot Fela, Sketchy.) and began churning out her own indie-folk/pop in 2012.
In 2015, friend, producer, and engineer Bobby Funk helped bring to life The Birdhorse’s debut album, Treasure. In 2018, The Birdhorse released a decidedly assured sophomore effort with Fool’s Adventure — nine tracks written, produced, and recorded by Hartley and traversing themes of bisexual identity, love, environmentalism and loss. The album was hailed a "profound, indie-folk tour de force” by Durham Beat. Collaborating with Brooklyn-based rapper and cinematographer, Uncle Meg, the two artists created an arresting and evocative music video for the album’s second single, “View From The Moon.”
“Let Go” is The Birdhorse’s latest single. Written, produced, performed and recorded entirely by Hartley, the track explodes with serious musical maturation.
“Let Go” was written on a solo trip in the fire of Big Bend National Park on the heels of learning that her longtime partner was pregnant — “a path you have to take.” Elegantly mixed by Ari Picker from the orchestral folk-pop band Lost in the Trees, “Let Go” is a plea, a spell, an order, a hope, a path forward.
