Halie Loren

Halie Loren is an international, award-winning jazz/pop singer/songwriter. She brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences in North America, Asia, and Europe. She sings in multiple languages and tours the world. Signed with Justin Time Records- North America/Europe and JVC/Victor-Japan/Asia, she’s released ten albums to-date, garnering national and international awards as well as significant critical and chart success along the way, with her albums consistently charting at #1 in Billboard/Japan Jazz Charts, iTunes (Canada and Japan) and Amazon Music.

Her debut jazz CD, 2008's “They Oughta Write a Song,” won the International Independent Music award for best vocal jazz album of the year, and she was quickly signed in Asia by JVC/Victor Entertainment. Halie has since gone on to win many awards as both a singer and a songwriter. She is signed in North America and Europe with Canadian-based Justin Time Records. Loren’s original song “Thirsty” won the Independent Music Awards’ best jazz song of the year in 2011. Her 2012 release, “Heart First,” was honored by Japan’s Jazz Critique Magazine as the best vocal jazz album of year, and reached No. 1 on the iTunes Canada jazz albums chart. In 2013, “Simply Love” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Jazz / Japan and entered iTunes Canada as #1 jazz album. 2014’s release, “The Best Collection” also charted as Billboard Japan’s #1 Jazz Album, as did her 2015 release, “Butterfly Blue”. Her newest release, ‘From the Wild Sky”, a recording of her original songs, weaves Halie Loren’s faithful fans into her evolving tapestry, while crossing musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences worldwide as she has throughout her illustrious career. Her video for “Noah”, the 2nd single from her 2018 “From the Wild Sky” album, won an Emmy in 2019 for Best Music Video as presented by The National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Southeast Chapter. In September, 2022, she released a live CD recorded at The Cotton Club in Tokyo which is garnering great reviews! She is currently in process of recording a new jazz album in Montreal, which will be released in summer of 2023.

Along with recording success, Loren’s live performances have expanded to include performances with the Jazz Orchestra of Sicily, the Glacier Symphony of Montana, the Monroe Symphony in Louisiana, the prestigious International Britt Fest Orchestra and the Eugene Symphony, Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra and Newport Symphony Orchestra in Oregon,.

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Album Review

They Oughta Write a Song by Some One
Heart First by Dan Bilawsky
Stages by Dan Bilawsky
Simply Love by Dan Bilawsky

Live Review

Halie Loren at the Bach Dynamite & Dancing Society

Interview

Halie Loren: Butterfly Soaring

Album Review

Butterfly Blue by C. Michael Bailey

The singer-songwriter has a sixth sense around lyrics, their compilations, complications, and hidden gems, catchy tunes, and what makes for arresting, unforced melody, with harmonious arrangements that stray just far enough from the status quo to still be interesting. She’s a good songwriter, maybe one of the best, maybe someone who could headline Coachella and accept the next Oscar for the next “Star Is Born.” That good....Her original songs sounded like they were already popular, timeless covers, the ones you want to hear. (Carol Banks Webb – FestivalPeaks.com - Live Performance Review, Jazz Alley, Seattle)

The singer-songwriter has a sixth sense around lyrics, their compilations, complications, and hidden gems, catchy tunes, and what makes for arresting, unforced melody, with harmonious arrangements that stray just far enough from the status quo to still be interesting. She’s a good songwriter, maybe one of the best, maybe someone who could headline Coachella and accept the next Oscar for the next “Star Is Born.” That good....Her original songs sounded like they were already popular, timeless covers, the ones you want to hear. (Carol Banks Webb – FestivalPeaks.com - Live Performance Review, Jazz Alley, Seattle)

It is obvious that Loren has really been moved by these classics and the emotion that she breathes into the music is almost kinesthetic. Her personality shines through, and her originals are believable and meaningful, and each one has a slightly different style showing her creativity. (London Jazz News – Live Performance Review, London)

It is not just a single thing that makes this vocalist stand out from the rest of the jazz vocalists, but the whole presentation...Not only does Loren fill a room with her wondrous voice when singing in English, but she also maintains a high-spirited uniqueness when singing French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese... As one of the knowledgeable attendees, a jazz musician himself, said, " Halie Loren is the best." (Live Performance Review at Half Moon Bay / Bill Leikam, All About Jazz)

Halie was flawless in her presentation and each song exuded a side of her personality that just made you like her more and more and at the end, you felt like you actually knew her. (Live Performance Review - Brock Recital Hall, Samford University/Birmingham, AL) (Michele Wilson-Morris, The Entertainment Bank /www.theentertainmentbankcd.blogspot.com)

One of the brightest talents of contemporary pop-jazz singing. A refined vocalist who expresses a world of rarefied poetry - Sicilian Jazz Orchestra, Palermo, Italy

The jazz arrangement had wonderful charm, even exceeding the original… I even felt a bit dizzy. It was wonderful, and I clapped a lot — I wanted to have a second set of hands! Applause filled the theater.” (Halie Loren Concert Review – Live Performance Review, Theater Yong, Seoul, Korea –http://music.bugs.co.kr/holic/review/reporter/6174?wl_ref=artist_2

Loren's song interpretations drew enthusiastic responses from the many fans who attended as she sang originals and standards in several languages including the crowd’s favorite, Japanese. (Live Performance - Jazz REVIEW)

Halie Loren has a voice that defines a true artist; one that comes from a deep emotional place. She puts an ultimate truth and personal soul into each and every note she sings. As a producer, never has a voice moved me more than Halie's! (Rick Chudacoff, Producer, Nashville/LA)

She is, in every sense of the word, an artist ….she reveals an almost auteur-like level of involvement in every aspect of her craft. (Rick Levine – Eugene Weekly)

Halie Loren has displayed the rare ability of being able to make the most familiar song sound fresh and relevant, and a talent at transforming unlikely material into jazz.” (Scott Yanow, Jazz Reviewer, LA Jazz Scene Monthly)

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