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Loretta Hagen Releases "Mud and Stone" to Radio March 1
Rich alto vocals, polished award winning lyrics and tightly woven harmonies are the hallmark of Loretta Hagen's musical career. A 2011 winner of the New Jersey Folk Festival Songwriter Competition, Loretta recently released her third CD, Mud and Stone, featuring uplifting heartfelt ballads, playful up-tempo country swing, and cool bluesy grooves. Hagen, a New Jersey-based singer-songwriter brings her songs to life with gentle sincerity and tongue-in-cheek musings through her depiction of the human experience in today's economic and social climates. Loretta's melodies leave folks feeling as if they are listening to their own stories set to song.

Loretta successfully released "Mud and Stone" at an Official CD Release Concert Sunday Feb. 19 at the Borderline Folk Music Club, the first in the club's history.

Borderline President Sol Zeller reviews the concert "It was truly a pleasure for us at The Borderline to host the CD release party for LORETTA HAGEN’S third album, “Mud and Stone”. It was a momentous event for a relatively small venue but it preserved that warm and intimate ambiance of a house concert atmosphere. We had guests drive in all the way from Cape Cod, MA as well as Philadelphia, and Allentown, PA.

Loretta Hagen is a very special performer with a deep understanding of human emotions and this is reflected in the songs that she writes. Her songs are about every day real life situations that we all encounter and she has the uncanny ability to penetrate our inner feelings and know exactly what we are thinking. Everyone in the audience was able to relate to what Loretta was singing and some were actually moved to tears by some of the thoughts expressed in her lyrics. Yes, they too faced similar situations in life and Loretta knew exactly how they felt. She has a rich alto voice and a very smooth delivery to her songs which make them very pleasant to listen to."



Hagen has shared the stage with Roger McGuinn, John Gorka, Jonathan Edwards, Johnny Winter, Richie Havens, Gretchen Wilson, and Kim Richey, to name a few, as well as headlined many of her own shows.

Career highlights include performances at many concert venues and festivals throughout the Northeast and Nashville such as Outpost In The Burbs, Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, Acoustic Cafe, Listen Live Music, Borderline Folk Music Club, FMSHNY Hard Luck Cafe, Art Barn Songwriters Series, SteelStacks, Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club, Bluebird Cafe, Black Potatoe Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Acoustic Live in NYC Showcase, Musikfest, SS Cape May, New Jersey Folk Festival, and Hudson Valley Songfest and Music Expo6.

Following her critically acclaimed CD Something More, co-produced by Pat McInerney (Nanci Griffith), Hagen released Sundown Till Dawn, a CD that garnered rave reviews and radio play across the country. Sundown Till Dawn is extremely personal, with the title track written about her mother who suffers with Alzheimer's Disease. The emotionally charged ballad is included on the soundtrack of a film called "10 Mountains 10 Years" chronicling the journey of a group of mountain climbers who are raising awareness about the disease.

Loretta performs primarily with her trio consisting of husband/guitarist Gary Hagen and harmony vocalist and djembe player Linda Lambiase, or with full band if requested.

www.LorettaHagen.com