Loretta Hagen

         LORETTA HAGEN

"Hello Mountain (Ode To Bearfort Mt.)" from CD release Sundown Till Dawn http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_3214862

VIDEO ~ "I'm Gone" by Loretta Hagen 4pc @COYOTERIDGE MUSIC SERIES http://youtu.be/HYOKP56YHYM (Courtesy Bernie Stapleton)

VIDEO ~  Loretta Hagen Trio @BCH Barrington Coffeehouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NAXY3vb8qE (Courtesy Tom Ryan)

                                                                                                                    Photo by Tracy Stoft

 "Loretta Hagen writes songs that sound like they can come from the Heartland, but they also really come from the heart." John Platt WFUV 90.7 (Roger McGuinn concert)

     Loretta Hagen is a New Jersey-based singer-songwriter, whose musical career spans two decades. Weaving folk, country, rock and blues, she writes songs with strong, catchy melodies and passionate poignant lyrics, and delivers them with her rich alto voice.

Hagen has shared the stage with Roger McGuinn, Steve Forbert, John Gorka, Jonathan Edwards, Johnny Winter, Ellis Paul, Richie Havens, Ollabell, Gin Blossoms, The Kennedys, Gretchen Wilson, Buskin & Batteau, Kim Richey, and Bearfoot as well as her own headlined shows and performed in many concert venues and festivals such as Music At The Mission, Outpost In The Burbs, The Mainstage, Minstrel Coffee House, Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, Acoustic Cafe, Listen Live Music, Borderline Folk Music Club, FMSHNY Hard Luck Cafe', Art Barn Songwriters Series, SteelStacks, Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club, Bluebird Café, Black Potatoe Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Acoustic Live in NYC Showcase, Musikfest, SS Cape May, New Jersey Folk Festival, and Hudson Valley Songfest & Music Expo6  

Following her critically acclaimed CD “Something More”, co produced by Pat McInerney (Nanci Griffith), Loretta released “Sundown Till Dawn”, a CD that garners rave reviews and radio play across the country.  Hagen will release her highly anticipated, upcoming CD “Mud and Stone” with Trespass Music at an official concert release party held at the Borderline Folk Music Club slated for Feb. 19, 2012 in NY.

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"Loretta is an amazing performer and writer, and the Borderline is doing an incredible job of presenting such artists to the community." Ron Olesko WFDU 89.1 Traditions

"Loretta has a magnificent voice and is a terrific performer! Great new CD!" Jim Monaghan WDHA FM All Mixed Up Radio Show

Management/Booking

Michelle Fortier

Wingschell Entertainment

wingschell@yahoo.com

http://www.myspace.com/wingschellentertainment

1-519-300-5954 

1-862-324-5565

skype michelle.fortier2

CD Review: Sundown Till Dawn – Loretta Hagen

Canadian Radio Review March 05/09

I had taken a stack of recent CD submissions to the office to begin the reviewing and cataloguing process.  A big package from Hudson Harding Music included the new Loretta Hagen CD Sundown Till Dawn.  As the disc loaded into the computer, I wandered through the liner notes and web-site, looking at the photos of this new (to me), but well established artist and her band without any idea what to expect.

What I got when I opened Sundown Till Dawn was a magnificent voice, tight arrangements, insightful lyrics and a terrific variety of styles, all in 12 well crafted songs.  The supporting cast of musicians is superb and the production is crystal clear, but it’s that wonderful alto that will get you.

Sundown Till Dawn is a listening pleasure.  The album supports the diverse writing and singing talents of Ms Hagen, ranging through old school “pure” folk (Longing for Home), blues (School Bus Driver), new country (Mirror Mirror) and lyrical (Hello Mountain , Sundown Till Down).  And yes, you may detect a touch a Mary Chapin Carpenter in some of the selections. You can find out a lot more about New Jersey ’s Loretta Hagen at www.lorettahagen.com.  Buy a CD too, if you’re so inclined. They’re available from the website or CD Baby – you won’t regret it!

Steve Clarke

Host: Acoustic Planet on Erin Radio

www.erinradio.ca