ERIN HALL 

GREAT BLUE  ALBUM RELEASE

JUNE 7TH, 2019 

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Singer, songwriter and cellist Erin Hall, also known as Erin and Her Cello, will release a new album, Great Blue on Friday, June 7th, 2019. 

Hall — who has opened for the Portland Cello Project, Tig Notaro, and has been featured on Broad City Live — is releasing her latest project under her own name. Great Blue features more pronounced bass-driven cello lines than her prior releases, the self-titled debut album Erin and Her Cello and Petits Bisous, but the arrangements are also more complex —  the sound more introspective and funky, with Hall’s wit and humor figuring prominently on every track. 

Hall was inspired to write about nature by her daily walks through Central Park. “The inspiration behind Great Blue came from a bird. While New Yorkers and tourists were flocking to Central Park to catch a glimpse of the Mandarin Duck, I was there searching for another bird, the Great Blue Heron. Hidden in the winter shadows, I found wonder, solace, and inspiration for a new song, which became the basis for this album.” 

Great Blue draws from a range of musical influences, from the bolero inspired percussion of the album’s opener “Tricky”, to the uptempo swing take on “Linger” by The Cranberries (the only cover on the album), to the neatly arranged chamber pop song “David” and Serge Gainsbourg-esque “Deux Claques” featuring harpsichord and clarinet. There are also songs about the banal details of everyday city life, from hailing a taxi to detoxing from a day job — as on the slow building funk anthem “Detoxin”. 

The theme of nature returns in “Cicada Song”, where Hall sings of the fragile bond between insects:

“luck be by our side, 

let this be for life, 

another seventeen, 

will you still dream of me?”

In addition to Hall’s cello and layered vocals, Great Blue features many of her longtime collaborators, including Aya Kato (The Talking Dreads, Meta and the Cornerstones), Adam Enright (2Scoops, Good Bitch Goes Down), Amber Gray (Hadestown, The Great Comet) John Bollinger (The Sway Machinery), Gabe Shuford (Repast Baroque Ensemble), and Lars Jacobsen (Lars Jacobsen Trio). The album was recorded at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn, New York (Sufjan Stevens, Snail Mail) and Tonal Park Studios in Maryland. Great Blue was produced by Don Godwin (Sxip Shirey), Gabe Shuford, and Ms. Hall. 

Prior appearances include Joe’s Pub at the Public, BAM Café, Rockwood Music Hall, Ars Nova, UCB Theater, CMJ, Pianos. Winner of the 2009 Stand Up NY Musical Comedy Contest. Member of Eliot Glazer’s Haunting Renditions. “Sounds like? Blossom Dearie fronting They Might Be Giants.” (The Philadelphia Enquirer). “Quirky, Vivacious, and undeniably unique.” (Strings Magazine) For more information, visitwww.erinhallmusic.com