CoralJohnston

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Based in

Denton, TX. Plays across Dallas–Fort Worth.

Venues played

Tulips FTW, Fort Worth (Familiar release show, Nov 7, 2026) · Cheba Hut, Denton (Nov 13, 2026) · Andy's Bar, Denton (first billed show, Nov 2024)

For press

Long bio

Coral Johnston started writing songs on an acoustic guitar in her bedroom in Florida during high school, raised on her parents' Jack Johnson records and her own love of Lizzy McAlpine, Adrienne Lenker and Noah Kahan. She writes songs as stories, and often waits until time has given her some distance from an experience before she writes it. The emotions stay true even when details are rearranged, and she treats the silence in a song as part of the song.

Now a commercial music senior at the University of North Texas, she met producer and multi-instrumentalist Brody Silver right after freshman orientation in fall 2024. They started recording her songs in a dorm closet. Her first billed show came that November. The Warm Enough EP followed in April 2025, made quickly with close friends, along with the singles "Colorado," "Circle Back" and "Thief."

Her debut album, Familiar, came out November 6, 2026: eleven songs recorded with her band that spring, with Denton players on pedal steel, fiddle, mandolin, upright bass, strings and woodwinds. KXT 91.7 played the single "If I Wanted" on its Homegrown Music Show. She celebrated the release at Tulips FTW in Fort Worth, her favorite room to play.

Away from music, she's a passionate conservationist for the Florida Everglades and spends days at a time camping in Big Bend. This past summer she taught kids at a Florida youth camp about swamp ecology.

Press

• North Texas Daily"Coral Johnston releases debut record 'Familiar'" · Cassie Taylor · Nov 12, 2026
• KXT 91.7 · Homegrown Music Show"If I Wanted" played on air · Nov 6, 2026
• Jambaloo LiveInterview: "Coral Johnston is learning what to leave out"

Release

Album

Familiar · Nov 6, 2026 · 11 songs, 48 min · self-released

Written by

Coral Johnston (music and lyrics)

Produced by

Brody Silver (also recorded and mixed). Mastered by Rob Kleiner.

Listen

Spotify · Apple Music · Bandcamp

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