Known for her dusky, creative pop and throwback R&B sound, singer/pianist Tess Henley first emerged in 2008 with her independent album, Easy to Love. A series of competition wins brought her to the attention of legendary producer Don Was, who recorded her 2015 EP Wonderland.
Born in 1987 in Kent, Washington, Henley grew up in a musical family in which her mother, a professional singer, encouraged her to play music from a young age. She started out with Suzuki Method piano lessons at age three, and by age five was already showing promise as a singer. As a teenager, she began ...