Thursday, January 12, 2017

The Top Ten New Americana Album Reviews

By Brian Nelson


Music is both uplifting and inspiring in so many ways. Music transcends age, gender and all other divisions there are out there. It then comes as no surprise that the best songwriters are amongst the wealthiest individuals on the planet. Their top-of-the-shelf skills make them a highly-sought-out-after breed. One of the most promising songwriters of our age is known as Halsey. Here are some reasons behind her wild success as outlined by the New Americana album reviews.

The full name of this artist is Ashely Nicolette Frangipane. She coined her stage name Halsey from her first official name, Ashley. The singer-songwriter is in her early twenties, and she began her career as a little child. Her debut album debuted two years ago, and it went by the name Badlands. She records with the company known as Astralwerks.

The maestro hails from a remote town in New Jersey. The city of Clark is where she got most of her inspiration. Her parents are from different parts of the world. The mom happens to be the daughter of immigrants who had Italian and Hungarian ancestry. The father is an African-American. Her broad scope of culture plays a huge role in the type of music she produces.

The girl can play a myriad of musical instruments. The parents gave her an early boost when they took her to music schools. There, she got introduced to playing the musical instruments like the Viola, the acoustic guitar, and even the cello. Her life got faced with adversity by the time she hit her sixteenth birthday. The lady suffered from bipolar disorder. Her music helped to pay her rent in Brooklyn.

Her break to the mainstream came about as a direct result of her deliberate efforts. She used to love listening to Taylor Swift among other famous singers of our time. She recorded herself singing and playing the cover songs of this successful and already established artists. One of the songs that made the day for her was the popular breakup song by Taylor Swift known as I knew You Were Trouble.

Some years back, Halsey, went on tour with the Band known as The Kooks. She was their main opening act. The crowds instantly fell in love with her, and she got named as the most promising artist at the South by Southwest festival. In her lifetime, Halsey has worked with award-winning bands like Imagine Dragons/ and the Young Rising Sons.

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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