Petra-fied!: Sing-a-long with Petra Haden

In a musical career spanning three decades, Petra Haden has established a singular reputation for creativity and versatility, and a unique niche, allowing her to apply her multiple talents to a diverse array of music.

As a singer, instrumentalist, and composer, Haden has built an impressively varied and accomplished discography encompassing her work as part of the 1990 alt-rock quartet That Dog, her collaborations with a wide variety of acts, and a series of her releases, which often showcases her unique talent for constructing complex, evocative a cappella arrangements by inventively layering multiple tracks of her voice. Her catalog includes her solo album Imaginaryland (1996), Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out (2005), and Petra Goes to the Movies (2012).

Haden’s far-flung creative endeavors share a consistent sense of adventure and expression and a playful sensibility that gives her projects a consistently uplifting, inventive spirit that marks them as hers. As one of the triplet daughters of the late legendary jazz bassist and composer Charlie Haden, Petra was born into a life in music. Petra's skill for vocal harmony and instrumental accompaniment has led to her voice and/or violin appearing on albums and projects with Bill Frisell, Mike Watt, The Decemberists, Beck, Susanna Hoffs, Rufus Wainwright, Rickie Lee Jones, and more.