Loretta Hagen

Loretta Hagen
West Milford, NJ
United States

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THE DUKE SHOW of

WNTI radio, Centenary College in Hackettstown will host Loretta in a live in studio performance and interview Sunday Dec. 21 from 6pm to 8pm.

For more info or to stream the performance go to

www.wnti.org

 

 

Loretta and Ellis Paul

 

Pat Wictor,L.H. & Gary Hagen

L.H. & Jonathan Edwards

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Loretta on front cover of Greater New Jersey

Winter Newsletter for Alzheimer's Association

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Big Thanks to Jersey Joe Pick to Click !!!!
"I see Loretta is opening for The Kennedys in June. The Kennedys are really nice people..not to mention super talented (and they know music). They did our All Mixed Up LiIve Show last year. Loretta and The Kennedys are a great double bill. Loretta's music compliments theirs perfectly. Sounds like SOMEBODY was paying attention." Jersey Joe Pick To Click www.picktoclick.net

Backlight Productions announced , that "Bruce Springsteen has joined the sound track for 10 Mountains 10 Years  a documentary feature film."  
The film follows Enzo Simone and his international team of mountain climbers, The Regulars, as they scale 10 of the greatest peaks in the world to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. The title track of "Sundown Till Dawn" written by Loretta about her Mom diagnosed 7 years ago with Alzheimer's disease is in good company. Leeza Gibbons opens the film and actress Anne Hathaway narrates! For more info about 10 Mountains 10 Years The Movie & The Regulars please
click here 

 

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Loretta Hagen lands in the top 100 of 2009 on Unsigned the Magazine!UnsignedTheMagazine.Com::Top 100 of 2009_2

Loretta Hagen. Unsigned The Magazine Faves
Day Hello Mountain Sundown Till Dawn!
www.unsignedthemagazine.com/content/100/100of2009_2.html

 Sundown Till Dawn Released At Music At The Mission!

The title song from Loretta Hagen''s latest CD , "Sundown Till Dawn", is her most personal recording to date.  After her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease five years ago, Loretta and her family became her caregivers, taking turns staying in their mom's home round the clock and dealing with the changes and challenges that come with such a terrible disease. It has been an emotional roller coaster for her family and Loretta's song paints a clear picture of how her mom has suffered, describing a typical day in her life.

The song, Sundown Till Dawn, will be included on a soundtrack in a film by Backlight Productions due to be released in Spring of 2010 called "Ten Mountains, Ten Years", about a group of mountain climbers called The Regulars who are climbing ten mountains in ten years to raise awareness for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.  Loretta's hopes are that her song will help raise awareness and funds for research so that someday, there will no longer be a disease that robs loved ones of their dignity and personality.
Sundown Till Dawn was released at a CD release concert, Sept. 20, 2008 at Music At The Mission. The CD is available on ITunes
For more information about the upcoming film, Ten Mountains Ten Years, and Alzheimers Disease, and The Regulars please visit  www.theregulars.org

 

 

 Loretta will be joining Jon Stein in the studio at WTBQ on Friday July 11 2008. (The Hootenanny Cafe) airs Fridays at 6PM (est) and Saturdays at 11PM (est)  on  AM 1110,  99.1FM and
 / or  www.wtbq.com
Online is best if folks are located outside of the
 Orange County borders. Loretta will also be joined by guitarist Gary Hagen, and back ground vocal singer Sara Gallmann.

 

 

Gods of Music Review by: Chris K.

ARTIST: LORETTA HAGEN.  SONG: I’M COMING UP.  GENRE: FOLK/COUNTRY

FOLK/AMERICANA SIMILAR: MARY CHAPIN-CARPENTER/SHELBY LYNNE/

KIM RICHEY.

I’m Coming Up is Loretta Hagen playing to her strengths and succeeding, magnificently. Loretta falls somewhere between Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Kim Richey, and Shelby Lynne; a songwriter’s songwriter and a passionate performer. Loretta’s intonation, inflections, and diction are the kind you hear from legendary artists. Her ability to weave a story places her squarely in the pristine company of her aforementioned peers.

This is a summer time song, the kind I’d put in the cd changer for the car so that I can go out and tool around the Rocky Mountain canyons. Now I do have an edge here, because I’ve been listening to this song almost daily from the time I first heard it three months ago. I put this in the player along with Emmy Lou Harris, Chris Hillman, Steve Early, Shelby Lynne, and Mary Chapin-Carpenter, set the cruise and settle back for a nice drive. Loretta’s music on this song soars. It’s the kind of song I’d dream of hearing in the background while I lay alongside a Colorado Rocky Mountain stream watching eagles. It has that kind of imagery for me. The harmonies on this recording, provided by Bob Delevante, are tremendously sung. The players Loretta is surrounded with here are studio masters, and the production makes this song perfectly suited for the NPR/PBS crowd. I’d expect to see Loretta perform at any festival in the country where folk, country, bluegrass, and Americana, come together. Is it good enough for commercial radio?...straight up! Matter of fact, this review ends here with this: I cannot think of or hear one single thing I’d change in this song….this is as perfect as it gets for me.

 

ASCAP AWARDS / Loretta wins 2007 ASCAP  PLUS Music Award! /

Congratulations goes out to Loretta Hagen for being nominated for and winning the ASCAP PLUS award for alternative music plays for 5 consecutive years in a row!  Thanks to the fans who continue to enjoy her music!

 

Book / Quiet Storm Publishers' "The Gods Have Spoken - Best Indie Music on the 'Net" /

You can buy this book featuring Loretta at Amazon.com, Borders and many other fine retailers.

Loretta opened for Gin Blossoms read a review of the concert here. http://www.kweevak.com/files-articles/rd_art_2010_01_24_gin_blossoms.php
Rich Lynch
 
CD Review: Sundown Till Dawn – Loretta Hagen

"She writes songs that sound like they can come from the Heartland, but they also really come from the heart."

John Platt WFUV

Canadian Radio Acoustic Planet 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

 

 

 December 10, 2008

Review in Acoustic Live in NYC and Beyond 2008 NERFA CD Finds

Loretta Hagen - Sundown Till Dawn
"2008 has been good to Loretta Hagen. Twelve self-penned songs for that big, Nashville-style voice to ride on.
Many songs are inspirational and seem directed inward for the singer as well as for the listener. Some, like
"Mirror, Mirror," are so brilliantly conceived lyrically, they seemed destined for one of the Nashville biggies to
pick up and have a monster hit.
"Mirror, mirror, can you bring love back, mirror, mirror, try / Layered teardrops
blur my reflection, mirror, mirror, lie."
Of course, if justice prevails, and the buying public will take to a li'l ol' gal
from New Jersey, Loretta will have the big hit (or two) herself."

Richard Cuccaro

Acoustic Live in NYC and Beyond Magazine


December 10, 2007 - Monday

 

 

 

Review in Acoustic Live in New York City 2007 NERFA CD Finds

 

 

Loretta Hagen - Something More
The title of this CD might refer to the singer's voice. There is indeed something more in Loretta Hagen's vocals.
Although she's from New Jersey, the material has a country feel, having been recorded while Loretta lived in Nashville.
With her big alto, she covers many of the standard subjects &emdash; love found, love lost, love missed, love almost found and a
whole lot of personal redemption. All of it is gripping and real and it's mainly due to Loretta's big voice.

 

 

 

 

 

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Loretta Hagen
West Milford, NJ
United States