New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Allen Media Strategies) Award winning singer-songwriter Lara Johnston is in the middle of her first ever New York City residency, performing at The Bitter End ( https://www.bitterend.com ) at 8:00pm on Tuesday, October 22nd, and again at 9:00pm October 30th.
Johnston's soulful voice, magnetic stage presence, incredible beauty and artfully crafted songs are winning legions of fans from coast-to-coast. Lara was selected from over 7,500 competitors as the first Grand Prize Winner of the Unsigned Only Competition for her song, K.I.S.S.
A graduate of USC's Thornton School of
Music and daughter of a professional touring musician and songwriter, Lara has spent the past year writing and
co-writing songs as well as recording in studio sessions with partners in LA, London, and Nashville. Her busy touring schedule has seen Lara performing at theatres, amphitheaters, fairs, festivals and clubs stretching from her Bay area home to all four corners of the U.S. and points in between.
Lara has appeared in Las
Vegas at Caesar's Palace, the California
State Fair main stage, on national television's Wendy Williams Show and Piers
Morgan Tonight, and shared the bill with legendary performers including
Journey and Heart, country superstars
Luke Bryan and Willie Nelson, Huey Lewis and the News, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Miller,
Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit from The Eagles, Bad Company,
Pablo Cruise, The Kopecky Family Band, Gin Blossoms, The
Doobie Brothers and many others.
Lara gives back as well, donating her time and considerable talents to fundraisers for many worthy charities including Wounded Warriors, The Guardsmen, Redwood
Empire Food Bank, and the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation.
Her Bitter End residency shows are free with a student ID. Tickets are $8 for non-students, 21 and over only. Visit Lara online at https://www.larajohnston.com or check out her Facebook at https://www.Facebook.com/LaraJohnstonSings
