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Halie Loren : Butterfly Blue Halie Loren : butterfly blue In 2015, Internationally-acclaimed Singer-songwriter Halie Loren’s critically-acclaimed newest (and eighth) album Butterfly Blue enjoyed such highlights as debuting at #1 on Billboard Japan’s jazz album chart and appearing on the Grammy Ballot. Touring in support of the album brought her around the world, to locales such as Japan (her seventh tour there), South Korea, Europe, and across the U.S. and Canada, including sold-out appearances at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Cotton Club Tokyo, the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and Jazz Alley (Seattle). Butterfly Blue has been described as Loren’s most sophisticated and mature release yet, and also her riskiest effort in terms of artistic reinvention and reach. This broad-yet-unified collection of twelve tracks, hailed by many critics and fans as her best yet, creates a soul-steeped journey through the expansive varieties of American music, with nuances of folk, balladry, jazz, and blues. Authenticity and connection is one of the primary keys to Loren’s artistic approach: whether it’s injecting the American Songbook with old-school soul or finding a familiar thread of nostalgia in newly-penned originals, no matter the language (her repertoire finds her singing in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and more), Loren finds ways to bridge cultures and genres in unlikely and always heart-felt ways. “Music creates greater connection with other people, connection to my purpose for existence,” Loren says. The imagery throughout Butterfly Blue speaks to Loren’s own artistic progress, as well as to her sixteen-year professional music career during which she’s journeyed from Alaskan childhood prodigy to jazzy chanteuse to globetrotting award-winning artist— images of strife, loss, cocoons of becoming, things fallen, but also flight and liberation and longing, a new-found sense of freedom, and a return to the vast wellspring of American song. “There is always beauty to be found, even in the most painful experiences, and finding ways to reflect that beauty back at the world to remind us that it’s still there is, to me, the role of art. That is ultimately the highest calling for me as a music-maker. To give back, to share beauty, and to let it transform me so that it might transform others,” says Loren. track list: “Halie Loren glides in flight on her 1. Yellow Bird * 2. I Wish You Love new album Butterfly Blue from 3. Blue * newly composed musical poetry 4. Stormy Weather to the songbook of American 5. Butterfly * music on the wings of a deepening 6. After the Fall and darkening musical sense, 7. Our Love is Here to Stay an extraordinary accompanying 8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin group of musicians and a voice to 9. Danger in Loving You wring out all the passion, pain and 10. Boulevard of Broken Dreams * promise of living.” 11. Carry Us Through - The International Review of Music, 12. Peace Brian Arsenault Released 1/21/15 by JVC Kenwood (Japan/ Asia), * spotlight track and 6/9/15 by Justin Time Records (Globally). Highlights: • A #1 selling artist in Japan, Loren has toured there seven times since 2010. Her 2015 Tour featured 13 shows: Cotton Club (Tokyo), Blue Note (Nagoya), Billboard Live (Osaka), during which she recorded a live album slated for a 2016 Japan release • Three #1 Billboard Japan jazz albums in a row (“Simply Love” in 2013, “Best Collection” in 2014, “Butterfly Blue” in 2015) • Featured artist on terrestrial and web radio, including Jazz FM (UK), KPLU (Seattle NPR), Jazz.fm (Toronto), CBC (Canada) • “Butterfly Blue” was #14 Amazon Japan Jazz albums bestseller for all of 2015, #1 Billboard Japan jazz (with 8 weeks in Top 10) • Her music videos regularly reach thousands of viewers on Youtube, with some garnering over 1,000,000 plays • #1 iTunes Canada (Jazz album category) for several album releases • “Heart First” (2011) given “Golden Award” for Best Vocal Jazz Album by esteemed Jazz Critique Magazine (Japan) • Loren is an award-winning songwriter, including: Independent Music Awards (“Thirsty”, 2011 Jazz Song category), Billboard World Songwriting Competition, John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Pacific Songwriting Competition, Just Plain Folks (Best Jazz Vocal Album, 2009) and more Contact: Jim West, Wild West Artist Management (Manager, Booking - US/Canada/Europe) www.halieloren.com 514.738.9533 [email protected] www.wildwestartist.com twitter.com/halieloren Keith Altomare, Music Marketing Management (Manager, Booking - Japan/Asia) youtube.com/halieloren 541.992.5399 [email protected] instagram.com/halieloren Shelia Smith, White Moon Productions (P.R. Coordinator) halieloren.bandcamp.com 541.521.0120 [email protected] facebook.com/halielorenmusic.
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