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Happy Spring, everyone!
It's officially the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice, and I don't know about you, but I'm so very happy to be celebrating the end (at least in theory) of winter this time around. It is so good for the soul to see things beginning to blossom again! I was lucky to get quite a nice sneak-preview of a brighter, sunnier season last week, though, during a tour that brought me all the way from beautiful Aspen, Colorado to the perpetually sun-drenched Port-au-prince, HAITI for the International Port-au-prince Jazz Festival! More on that in just a moment... first, since it's coming up so very soon, I wanted to remind you that we are greeting the new spring season with a show NEXT WEEK!:
I'll be in Florence, Oregon on Saturday, April 1st, 6:30 pm at the Florence Events Center with pianist Matt Treder, bassist Sean Peterson, drummer Brian West, and guitarist William Seiji Marsh as one of the headline acts at the brand new Florence Fest. Tickets are $20, and include admission for the full day (including a whole lot of music performed by a number of local groups!) along with ten wine tastes - find out more info and get your ticket HERE (Pssst... I highly recommend attending both days of this two-day festival, and catching Tony Glausi's headline set on March 31st as well!)
Now for tour details from the last few weeks: It was an amazing 11 day journey, with so many life-changing experiences that I couldn't possibly catalogue them all for you... but here were a few highlights:
TOUR RECAP!
- In Aspen, Matt Treder and I played music for and spoke with the 70-member 8th grade choir at Basalt Middle School:
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- I enjoyed singing with pianist Matt Treder, bassist Sean Peterson, and drummer Brian West for 4 very fun shows as part of the JAS Cafe series (held at the Cooking School of Aspen):
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- In Haiti, we (the "we" in this case referring to pianist Ariel Pocock, bassist Morgan Moore, and drummer Jim Doxas, and I) performed several shows for the Port-au-prince Jazz Festival...
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"I Wish You Love/Que reste-t-il de nos amours?" @ Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-prince.
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- ... but then we ALSO visited with the English Conversation group at the U.S. Embassy to Haiti, did a master class for a group of aspiring musicians and musical enthusiasts at the Fondation Connaissance et Liberte (FOKAL), learned a lot more about Haitian history at MUPANAH Cultural Center ...
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- ... performed at the U.S. Ambassador's home, where we met the Chargé d’affaires, many lovely people from the US Embassy, and several amazing Haitian singers (read all about that - in French - in this article published in Le Nouvelliste) ...
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- ... and spent a morning with a whole lot of amazing girls and young women (who even joined us on a rousing rendition of my song "Yellow Bird!") at the YWCA Haiti!
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(Not displaying properly? You can also view it on the YWCA Haiti Facebook page HERE or their Instagram HERE)
You can see a WHOLE lot of photos, videos, and commentary on my Facebook page and my Instagram... if you aren't yet following me there, I invite you to do so! :) |
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Spring 2017 shows!
April 1: No joke, I promise! As mentioned earlier in this email, I'll be performing in concert on Saturday, April Fools Day at 6:30 pm for Florence Fest 2017, a brand new jazz festival happening in Florence, OR. This is a 21 and over event.
Tickets now available through https://www.florencechamber.com.
April 22: The Sugar Beets celebrate their 27th year playing music as a band, and we are going to be dancing you down memory lane with a concert at HiFi Music Hall in Eugene, OR from 7 to 9:30 pm on Saturday, April 22nd! This is a 21 and over event.
Find tickets now at http://www.hifimusichall.com/event/1439954-sugar-beets-eugene/
May 6: You might be wondering what I'll be up to the rest of the time in April... or maybe you weren't wondering 'til I brought it up... but, there is good reason, and that leads me to announce some OTHER good news: halie and the moon will be busy finishing up work on a brand new album coming out later this season! So please, Oregon fans, mark your calendars for the big release concert happening in Eugene, OR at the First Christian Church on Saturday, May 6th! More details, including ticket info, coming soon. Check out halieandthemoon.com for updates, or the calendar at halieloren.com.
May 20: Later in May, please join me for a fabulous evening of musical variety in celebration of the Wildish Theater's 10th anniversary on Saturday, May 20! There will be sets performed by my jazz quartet, halie and the moon, AND The Sugar Beets, along with other special guests! This will be a fundraiser event for the Wildish Theater as well. I hope you'll be able to take part in supporting this most excellent theater/music venue which has brought so much to the Eugene/Springfield performing scene... and enjoy a whole lot of music while you're there! More info coming soon.
Other spring shows TBA in the next newsletter!
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RADIOOOOOO!
- Catch me next Monday, March 27 at 9:25 am on 106.9 FM KCST on the Oregon Coast for a quick interview on the morning show about the Florence Festival!
- My interview for "Now Hear This Entertainment" podcast with host Bruce Wawrzyniak is now archived at http://now-hear-this.net/content/podcast
- Indie Music Radio - Halie Loren's Jazz Hour plays EVERY SUNDAY (7 pm PST/10 pm EST/12 noon Monday Japan time) - please listen in at http://www.indieradiomusic.com
- My music has been added to Jazz 88.3. KCCK - http://www.kcck.org/!
- WJMX-DB Internet Digital Radio - Smooth Jazz Boston plays my music frequently. Listen in at http://www.smoothjazzboston.com
- I'm now featured on Paulette Jackson’s Radio Show, "The Classic Soul Music Café". Her show streams on the following stations online:
~ Wednesdays, 6 - 8 pm EST/3 - 5 pm PST on WMEL
~ Saturdays, 8 - 10 pm EST/5 - 7 pm PST on 365 Smooth Jazz Lounge
~ Sundays, 8 - 10 pm EST/5 - 7 pm PST on Tampa Bay FM
Available to stream online...
- Check out my music on Spotify, Pandora, and Jango - anytime, any place, right from your mobile phone or computer.
- Indie Music Radio features halie and the moon's music EVERY DAY at 11 am PST/2 pm EST/19.00 GMT! Tune in to hear it at IndieRadioMusic.com.
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FIND ME ON SPOTIFY!
All of my worldwide releases are streamable via Spotify!
Thanks so much to all who are listening to my music on Spotify, and to those of you who are already followers! If you aren't following me on Spotify but would like to (and I'd love it if you would!), click on the below button to visit my artist page:
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WANT TO PURCHASE MY MUSIC?
You can buy my music, for yourself or a friend (send as a gift directly from the site!) on my official webstore halieloren.bandcamp.com!
My full discography is now available to purchase in one fell swoop, both in Digital form and Physical CD format - and both options include a sweet discount:
Link to purchase Physical Discography:
https://halieloren.bandcamp.com/merch/full-halie-loren-discography-cds
Link to Digital Discography (click and scroll down page):
https://halieloren.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly-blue
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VIDEO with over 4,000,000 VIEWS!
I'm thrilled that several fan-created videos featuring my music have now surpassed the ONE MILLION VIEWS mark (and one that has surpassed 4,000,000!!!)
Links below to check out these pieces...
"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" fan video: https://youtu.be/-8wU-LnDrxc
"Sway" fan video: https://youtu.be/HYljojzhays
"Whiter Shade of Pale" fan video: https://youtu.be/dbuHk6sfrXY
"A Woman's Way" fan video: https://youtu.be/RldoPGqgZIE
In case you haven't seen the official music video for my original song "A Woman's Way", please check it out as well!: https://youtu.be/fPn8kTfzF_s
Speaking of videos, have you seen...
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New Video: "For All We Know" (live)
Hope you enjoy this intimate performance featuring trumpet phenom Tony Glausi, bassist Todd Sickafoose, guitarist Michael Radliff, and drummer Jason Palmer. Performed November 2016, with videography by Merlin Showalter.
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MORE ON halie and the moon..
As many of you already know, I'm part of a new band called halie and the moon that creates all-original acoustic dream pop music, and we've now released two EPs thus far, each featuring four original songs. We are on the cusp of releasing a brand new full-length album later this Spring, and will be celebrating the release locally with a concert on May 6th at First Christian Church in Eugene (where you will also be able to buy the CD before anyone else!). More details coming soon - please check out halieandthemoon.com and Facebook.com/halieandthemoon to find out more information of upcoming events and the album release!
Our already released music is available for sale on our official webstore (halieandthemoon.bandcamp.com), iTunes, Amazon, and more (our EP "A Million Suns: vol. 1" has also recently collected over 300,000 listens via Soundcloud!)
Excerpt from a recent review of "A Million Suns: vol. 1":
"A Million Suns, Vol. 1, is a great celebration of summer, love, and beauty, and in these days of so much hate and violence, an homage to love and beauty is to be cherished" (Joe Frazier)
This EP and debut "Blue Transmissions: vol. 1" can be streamed on Spotify... we'd love for you to follow us there!:
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As always, you can find the latest news and show additions at my website, halieloren.com, watch live videos and more on Youtube, and follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr.
Thanks very much for reading, and happy holidays to you and yours!
~Peace, Love, and Jazz-hands~
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