The Top Ten New Americana Album Reviews

By Brian Nelson


Good music has a magical way of transforming a dull moment into something brighter. Writing a captivating song takes a lot of effort and time. Artists like Halsey are naturally gifted with this skill. The lyrics come almost effortlessly to such folks. The composer is supposed to play with the words in an artistic manner to bring out a resounding narrative. The best-selling New Americana album reviews suggest that their latest works are headed for great success.

Halsey is just a stage name. Her full name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane. She was born in nineteen ninety-four. The early twenties singer and songwriters fell in love with music at a very tender age. So far, she has worked with the recording company known as Astralwerks to release her first album dubbed Badlands. An instant success by all means.

She was born and raised in a town in New Jersey. Her music first hit the waves in her small town known as Clark. She is a child of parents who come from a mixed heritage and background. Her blood contains a little bit of the following races and ethnic diversities: Italian, Hungarian, African-American blood. That broad diversity has undoubtedly played an integral role in shaping and defining her music.

The girl can play a myriad of musical instruments. The parents gave her an early boost when they took her to music schools. There, she got introduced to playing the musical instruments like the Viola, the acoustic guitar, and even the cello. Her life got faced with adversity by the time she hit her sixteenth birthday. The lady suffered from bipolar disorder. Her music helped to pay her rent in Brooklyn.

People began noticing her talent on the different cover songs she did on Youtube. One of her most famous cover songs was the one she did on the favorite song by Taylor Swift. Her rendition of the song I Knew You Were Trouble attracted quite a significant traffic on Youtube. Soon after that, buoyed by the success of this cover track, she went ahead to produce her first song dubbed Ghost. She published the track on Sound Cloud.

Currently, the resume of Ashley is one of the most impressive for an upcoming artist. To-date, she has done work with recording artists and bands which are award-winning and amazing. The groups she has worked with include Imagine Dragons, Raising Sons and even with The Kooks. She is often the curtain-raiser on various auspicious musical festivals across the country. Some time back, Hasley got an invitation to perform at the famed South by Southwest music festival.

Her debut album known as Badlands continues to receive ravenous reviews and praises from fans and music insiders as well. The debate continues to rage on as to whether this will be her best work ever or whether this is just a sample of the great things yet to come from this talented female artist. She has been on shows like the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The artist often says that she is privileged to have grown up in a family who loved music. Her parents loved different genres. The father was a die-hard hip hop fan listening to songs from the Rock and Rock Hall of Famer, Tupac Shakur while the mom was a soft rock kind of person. Kanye West is one of her idols.




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