Halie Loren April 14, 2011

Still in her 20s, Loren is already a veteran entertainer - a talented vocalist and award-winningsongwriter with five albums to her name. While still in her mid-teens, Loren won songwriting awards in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and Billboard World Song Contest. In 2000, she earned first place in the Austin Songwriters' Awards for three of her songs, including jazz, and in 2005 took top prize in the Pacific Songwriters' Association Awards. Loren sprinkles versions of beloved jazz standards with her own originals and re-imagines popular songs in unexpected, !jazzified' ways.