HALIE LOREN: A singer/songwriter who gets in your head, plunges you into darkly-effervescent musical waters and pulls you on a journey through the emotional gauntlet with her jazz-infused intelligent pop/rock—a molasses-dipped version of Tori/Sarah/ [+]HALIE LOREN: A singer/songwriter who gets in your head, plunges you into darkly-effervescent musical waters and pulls you on a journey through the emotional gauntlet with her jazz-infused intelligent pop/rock—a molasses-dipped version of Tori/Sarah/Joni.
ABOUT THE ALBUM: ‘Full Circle’ represents a collection of some of the songs that Halie Loren wrote over the past year while she was searching for and finding her true musical voice.
Her music has too many facets and layers to simply plug into a cookie-cutter genre to be described as alternative or pop or jazz. Instead, you’ll find Halie’s music and voice taking you down some unexpected paths that reflect an insight into emotions and foresight that seem to belie the short 22 years she’s lived thus far.
The full scope of the songs on the CD move you from 'Full Circle', the CD's title song that spells out emotional revenge so bitter you can almost taste the hurt that’s been a long-time building, to the questioning cry for help on the song ‘Empty’ as it addresses the media-produced images of perfection that are held up to young women in today’s society.
Halie’s lyrics remind us what an excellent writer she is as she cuts to the core without ever thinking of holding back, whether she’s musically commenting on today’s political climate (Numb), reminding backstabbers that their day is coming (Kitty), or giving a tongue ‘n cheek brush-off to a well-deserving significant other (Almost Even). But hope is portrayed in the collection as well. 'Pretty Truth' reminds us to let others love us for who we really are. And her song ‘Lucky’ so aptly acknowledges “lucky is, after all, just a state of mind."
Halie accompanies herself with piano on all the tracks. The album was co-produced and engineered with James House, a multi-talented producer and musician who also adds backup to some of the songs on bass and guitar, along with other fine musicians Chris Ward (electric & acoustic guitar and bass), Brian West (drums), Paul Biondi (saxophones) and Dale Bradley (cello).
ABOUT HALIE: Halie Loren has been blowing away listeners for years with both her voice and her writing abilities as she steadily carves out a unique musical niche with her jazz-infused breed of intelligent piano-rock. Halie writes w
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