You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 28 Dec 08 - 05:01 AM

This is another girl with great pipes! - Aselin Debison

That kid got a good folk voice in the making. How refreshing it does not have the hard Classical, Broadway or Disney polish.

Thank you Sandy for posting that link.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Gurney
Date: 28 Dec 08 - 12:59 AM

Hayley is a Kiwi, as Open Mike says. She has several CDs out, and seems to be classically trained but includes on her CDs the sort of folksongs that non-folkies know, like Shenandoah.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 10:13 PM

She makes a nice job of Down In The River To Pray on YouTube. Obviously very influenced by the Alison Krauss version, but I find her voice a bit stronger.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Stringsinger
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 09:11 PM

All of the ladies from Celtic Woman sing quite well. Lisa Kelly is highly versatile from trad Irish, folk to show. Check out Celtic Woman.

i'd love to hear an Irish album from Judy Collins.

Jo Stafford sang many Appalachian folk songs well.

Frank

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: oldhippie
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 06:21 PM

Hayley has a very nice voice, thanks!

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 06:03 PM

Let's try that again :0) - Anne Buckley

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 05:20 PM

You might like this lady too, Dan:

a href="http://www.nme.com/video/id/s9DV9x8lMuU/search/flatley">Anne Buckley - Carrick Fergus


I recall seeing Hayley on TV last year, over here, during her UK tour. She seemed a level headed and intelligent young woman. I agree, she has a beautiful voice.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: SussexCarole
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 05:08 PM

Oops perhaps not her best - here she's just like Charlotte Church (ugh). Hayley has a voice to die for - a brilliant singer. Hope she gets back to the style and quality of voice I heard on her earlier CD

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 05:00 PM

This is another girl with great pipes!
Aselin Debison

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 02:25 PM

At amazon.com, one finds that the gal has steam-dozen cds out; she has made a pile. She has recorded in Japan (an expensive import) and with a number of pop and pop classical people.
Dunno if she still pays taxes to New Zealand, but if she does, they would counter the economic downturn.

Her voice is attractive but not strong (her age 21); she will never grow up to be a Kiri Te Kanawa.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Alice
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 02:02 PM

Liked that Hayley link. Thanks.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: olddude
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 01:57 PM

On Youtube unless it is someone actually playing I tend to ignore the whatevers and just minimize and listen ... Not we can agree that Doc Watson playing Deep river blues is something

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: olddude
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 01:53 PM

I suppose you are right Bobert ... in a studio they can do anything. I never watched the video slide thingy just listened to the music. But there is a full orchestra there and hearing her do a live concert would be the measure. Just like the voice ... but I like Church's voice also.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Bobert
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 11:24 AM

Just another purdy face, oldster...

This is highly studio-ized recodring... Most voice majors could have done as well...

Ya' really have to get someone like her in a live settin' to see what she can do... I mean, there's more to just being on pitch in a studio...

But purdy, that's fur sure...

Just MO...

B~

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Maryrrf
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 10:55 AM

I guess it's a matter of taste. Her voice is lovely, but it's not the way I like to hear a folk song done. I had the same problem with Charlotte Church singing "Carrickfergus". Some of my friends loved her version, but I didn't care for it. There's no denying that this girl has talent - but my preference would be for a less stilted rendition of Shenandoah.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: kendall
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 10:46 AM

Sure it was overdone but the talent is still there.

What about the second one with her boobs all but falling out?

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: treewind
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 10:34 AM

Yuk! it's been autotuned to hell and back and sounds like a robot. I couldn't listen to more than 20 seconds!

Anahata
Not impressed.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: kendall
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 07:59 AM

Comparing this child to Paul Robeson is not fair! By the time she's 30, she will be hell on wheels.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Jim Lad
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 07:35 AM

Very nice.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 07:30 AM

Whoa bobad.... That Nikki is brilliant. Thanks for posting the link.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Fidjit
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 05:00 AM

Did a tour of England feb. - july '08

Did you miss it ?

Chas

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: open mike
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 02:44 AM

it seems as if she may be from new zealand...

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: masato sakurai
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 02:21 AM

See HAYLEY WESTENRA OFFICIAL SITE.

She's been very popular in Japan since her "Amazing Grace" was used as a TV drama theme song several years ago.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: bobad
Date: 26 Dec 08 - 05:05 PM

This young girl from Montreal has been wowing the locals with her singing prowess since she was 12 years old. She is now 14 and only getting better. In this clip she was 12; Nikki Yanofski.

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Hear This Girl - Shenandoah
From: olddude
Date: 26 Dec 08 - 03:29 PM

Well I never heard of her but I think she is great, has a beautiful voice and does a great job on that song

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Here This Girl - Shenandoah
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 Dec 08 - 03:17 PM

"This little girl" sings with the other pop stars such as Andrea Bocelli, and has a few million socked away already.

She ain't no Paul Robeson (his "Shenandoah" also on yewtube).

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Here This Girl - Shenandoah
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 26 Dec 08 - 02:12 PM

sigh... just another Charlotte Church.


try Renee Olstead

or

Renee Olstead again

Subject: RE: Review: You Got to Here This Girl - Shenandoah
From: olddude
Date: 26 Dec 08 - 01:47 PM

Oh and it is Hear this girl not here this girl
can't type, can't spell ... lack of air from blowin my new harp yah

Subject: Review: You Got to Here This Girl - Shenandoah
From: olddude
Date: 26 Dec 08 - 01:39 PM

Who ever this little girl is has the voice of an angel
Have a listen to Shenandoah by Hayley Westernra


Hayley Westenra