More Information About Haale In Concert

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Description

“I grew up with Hendrix in one ear and Hayedeh [Persian singer] in the other,” Haale says. “I grew up hearing the musical traditions mixing, the languages mixing, sonically and even visually, it was all a big collage.”

Haale’s musical career began when she picked up the guitar in 1996. Within a year, she was performing in San Francisco and was invited to play the HORDE tour, along with a slew of bands including Neil Young and Primus. At this point she was writing songs mostly in English, in a folk rock tradition, but upon moving back to New York she spent four years developing her own distinct sound. "I was listening to a lot of Sufi music. In Sufi tradition, music is a tool for ushering listeners into a transcendent state, for turning them on, awakening their souls, propelling them into an ecstatic state....I think great psychedelic rock does this as well....There's definitely a kinship in a level of energy and fire that's in these two genres and in where that can take the listener...That's what I am interested in." Regarding performance, Haale says, "I like to get myself and my audience into a hypnotic state when I play...."

Haale’s distincitve style and incendiary live shows have led her to collaborations with Tchad Blake, Sean Lennon, and most extensively with producer and composer Dougie Bowne. Over the last two and a half years, they have written and recorded more than 3 albums worth of material together together. In January 2007, Haale released their first body of work encompassing two EPs entitled 'Morning' and 'Paratrooper.'

Haale has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, Symphony Space, Bowery Ballroom, Mass MOCA, Temple Bar, Pianos, Club Helsinki, Mercury Lounge, Levitt Pavilion, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Earthdance, Dartmouth's Hop Center, National Geographic Headquarters, and Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall (2/4/07). Haale’s ensemble includes Matt Kilmer, John Shannon, Dougie Bowne, Shane Shanahan, Megan Weeder, and Ken Hashimoto. She’s also had the pleasure of recording and/or performing with with Shahzad Ismaily, Pete VanNostrand, Eyvind Kang, Marika Hughes, and Raz Mesinai.

(Some of the quotes are from an interview conducted by Vanessa Guida for Symphony Space)

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