Sunday, January 15, 2017

The Top Ten New Americana Album Reviews

By Brian Nelson


Good music has a magical way of transforming a dull moment into something brighter. Writing a captivating song takes a lot of effort and time. Artists like Halsey are naturally gifted with this skill. The lyrics come almost effortlessly to such folks. The composer is supposed to play with the words in an artistic manner to bring out a resounding narrative. The best-selling New Americana album reviews suggest that their latest works are headed for great success.

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane also known as Halsey is a young American singer and songwriter. Her career began while she was still a teenager. Two years ago the lady was fortunate to land a contract with the recording company Astralwerks. Soon after that, she released her premier album titled Room ninety-three. Barely a year later, her hot studio album dubbed Badlands hit the airwaves.

She was born and raised in a town in New Jersey. Her music first hit the waves in her small town known as Clark. She is a child of parents who come from a mixed heritage and background. Her blood contains a little bit of the following races and ethnic diversities: Italian, Hungarian, African-American blood. That broad diversity has undoubtedly played an integral role in shaping and defining her music.

The gifted artist is not only a singer but also a performer. The parents recognized her interest in music a long time ago. To that effect, they enrolled her in music school. Here, she was taught how to play various musical instruments, for instance, the cello, acoustic guitars and even the viola. In the mid-two thousands, she got a diagnosis of being bipolar.

People began noticing her talent on the different cover songs she did on Youtube. One of her most famous cover songs was the one she did on the favorite song by Taylor Swift. Her rendition of the song I Knew You Were Trouble attracted quite a significant traffic on Youtube. Soon after that, buoyed by the success of this cover track, she went ahead to produce her first song dubbed Ghost. She published the track on Sound Cloud.

Currently, the resume of Ashley is one of the most impressive for an upcoming artist. To-date, she has done work with recording artists and bands which are award-winning and amazing. The groups she has worked with include Imagine Dragons, Raising Sons and even with The Kooks. She is often the curtain-raiser on various auspicious musical festivals across the country. Some time back, Hasley got an invitation to perform at the famed South by Southwest music festival.

The reviews for her debut album Badlands are in a superior, special class of their own. The masses cannot seem to stop talking about how beautiful the tracks are. There are flawless in their arrangement and composition. Ashley or Hasley if you prefer continues to promote her album on leading syndicated shows like the Late Show by Stephen Colbert.

On numerous occasions, she has reiterated the fact that her music is a blend of the influences she got from her parents. On one side, the tracks have a tinge of hip hop from the likes of Two Pac Shakur and Notorious B. I. G, and they also have an element of Alanis Morissette and Nirvana from the influence she gets from her mother. She is a huge fan of Kanye West.




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