《Hushabye》是新西兰歌手Hayley Westenra最新专辑,管弦乐、吉他、长笛和温暖的歌词给人一种舒缓的感觉,非常适合的精神身体放松时来听,值得一提的是专辑中特别翻唱了张悬的《宝贝》,答谢华语歌迷对她的支持。
不断写下傲人佳绩,稳坐跨界美声后座,纽西兰的国宝歌手-海莉,以她的纯净美声,征服了全世界爱乐者的身、心、灵,在日本及台湾均拥有超高人气。多次的亚洲巡演,票房都写下亮丽佳绩。她并亲自为日本及台湾歌迷以英文填词并演唱多首广受欢迎的经典日文金曲,成为全亚洲「最亲民」的当红国际歌手。
Born in 1987, Hayley Westenra hails from New Zealand. Classically trained as both a singer and as a dancer, she is a former member of the New Zealand Royal Ballet. Westenra's voice is an operatic instrument and she has performed with the New Zealand Opera and Orchestra. She made her recording debut at the age of 14 with a self-titled collection that took her country by storm. Universal International then released Pure, an eclectic and very engaging set of pop, classical, and sacred songs, which exploded all over the globe. Westenra's voice is unusually suited to popular music because, unlike other classical singers, she doesn't resort to using vibrato technique. Instead, her delivery is extremely clean and full, hitting notes effortlessly and letting them draw out naturally.
While critics have unfortunately compared her to Charlotte Church, Westenra's interpretive gifts lie in the same terrain as singers such as Kate Bush on one side (whose "Wuthering Heights" was Pure's first single) and Barbra Streisand on the other. After the runaway success of Pure, Westenra and her family moved to London, and she began nearly n world touring in support of her album. She has performed at the British Classical Awards, guaranteeing her success in the U.K. Pure was issued in the United States in April 2004, and the music video for "Wuthering Heights" has garnered considerable play on VH1, underscoring well-received performances in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. In June 2004, Universal issued My Gift to You, a collection of Christmas and seasonal songs. Westenra's second international album Odyssey was released in September 2005 and featured folk ballads, as well as a wide selection of more pop-oriented compositions. Treasure, a personal collection of Irish and Maori folk songs arrived in 2007, followed by the compilation River of Dreams: The Very Best of Hayley Westenra in 2008. The holiday-themed album Winter Magic appeared in 2009.