Also we've performed and recorded with Shahzad Ismaily, Eyvind Kang, Marika Hughes, Chris Hoffman, John Shannon, and Mike Gamble.
Dougie Bowne produced the "Paratrooper" and "Morning" EPs, which were released in Jan 2007, and co-wrote some of the songs on these and on "No Ceiling."
Influences
Nina Simone, Chris Whitley, Led Zepellin, Neil Young, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Thelonius Monk, Bjork, Laurie Anderson, Velvet Underground, Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley, Sigur Ros, Omme Kalsoum, Gillian Welch, Tom Waits, David Byrne, Eric Dolphy, Billie Holiday, Shahram Nazeri, Oumou Sangare, Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, the Beatles, Ostad Elahi, Dougie Bowne, Johnny Cash, Eugene Ionesco, HD, Allen Ginsberg, Sohrab Sepehri, Forugh Farrokhzad, Rumi, Nicolai Gogol, Michio Kaku, the ocean, the desert
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Check out this live recording Haale did with Chicago Public Radio as a part of the Chicago World Music Festival, September 2007:
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Here's a great review on JamBase.com about Haale's Bonaroo Performance, June 2007 (its toward the bottom of the page, next to the picture of John Paul Jones):
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('Paratrooper' features Sean Lennon on the track 'Before the Skies')
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PRESS
"Percussionists provided driving rhythms...over which Haale's warm, supple voice unfurled like a curlicue of smoke. Her band's amplified rumble served as a reminder of the extent to which rock bands like the Doors and the Velvet Underground turned to the East for their most hypnotic efforts; here their borrowlings were reclaimed with interest."
NEW YORK TIMES
"Haale is...a star on the rise. Her first recordings came out in January [2007], and the two five-song EPs show her split musical personality to wonderful effect...her raw sound owes as much to '60s psychedelic rock as it does to the ancient Middle East" WASHINGTON POST
"The trio, led by an intoxicating Persian-American singer who gives the band their name, were deep into a tangent that might have slipped from Zep's "Kashmir"...It was apparent these three were spinningout something deeper than a musical performance, something worshipful yet still wholly rock 'n' roll. Haale seem capable of something really special, say a record like Astral Weeks or Dark Side of the Moon, or maybe hallucinatory concert spectacles like the '70s Patti Smith Group. Within them burns the potential to
kick down a bunch of doors of perception. Listen up now and begin being nourished by this music sooner than later." JAMBASE
PRESS FOR 'NO CEILING'
BOSTON GLOBE
"'No Ceiling' is set to go down as one of this year's most memorable releases...It situates Haale in a particular tradition of female rockers who balance electric-guitar frenzy with the intimacy and alluring elusiveness of poetry." full article
CITYPAGES
"One of the most memorable albums of the young year…a deeply sensual release, powered by the groove and Haale's smoky, honey-thick voice."
CHICAGO SUN TIMES, JIM DEROGATIS
"An extraordinarily powerful vocalist. The emotions expressed in Haale's songs are as warm and inviting as the sounds..."
CHICAGO FLAME
"Haale is on the verge of redefining the music scene. Songs to check out: "Middle of Fire," "Off Duty Fortune Teller" and "Ay Dar Shekasteh."
VAIL DAILY
"If I had to describe the overall tone of "No Ceiling" it would be like making love in a ring of fire while awaiting death at the hands of marauding enemy soldiers. It's equal parts chaos and beauty, a pearl snatched from the mouth of a violent sea.”
GLOBAL RHYTHM
"In every song she creates, Haale makes it difficult to discern where tradition ends and modernity begins -- the indelible mark of truly progressive artistry."
BUFFALO RISING
"Equally erotic and enlightening."
SECOND SUPPER
"No Ceiling is - and I'm going to capitalize this because it bears emphasizing - A BIG FUCKING ALBUM. The sonics are far more Western than might be expected, though the Persian elements fade skillfully into the songs, giving additional depth to the already deep. The total is greatness, heedless of origin, a silk-sharp explosion, beautiful and monstrous. This is easily in the running for my album of the year.
MORE TRACKS TO HEAR AND LYRICS TO READ AT HAALE.COM
Hi Haale, We did a bunch of postering over the weekend for your show Thursday night at the Iron Horse. Hope lots of people come... should be a hot night! In bliss, Diana ((o))
I've seen plenty of concerts with Pyro-technics FX...but yesterday's gig was the first time I ever experienced Hydro-technics FX. How did you get the Parks Dept. to agree to do it? If you do rain-shower effect at the Dubai show, they'll be so awe-struck that they'll have to make you an honorary member of the the royal family...then you could tour with diplomatic immunity...wouldn't that be fun? Sorry I didn't get an opportunity to say hello to you in person...but you played a wonderful show, and, despite the rain, everyone in the audience was favorably impressed.
Congrats, you go girl!! Like i said you've got it all, with a great soul to match .TRue Artists rule ...See ya at the Temple Bar ? new songs posted weekly, diana
