ARI HEST
With his new album, The Break-In, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ari Hest builds on the soft-spoken sensibility he established with his 2004 major label debut, Someone To Tell, and sets out in new musical and lyrical directions with an album that showcases both his development as a writer and growth as an artist. A productive musician and prolific songwriter, Ari writes songs every week and tours consistently throughout the year, honing the tunes in front of ever-appreciative audiences. The Break-In showcases Ari's rich vocal range and some of the album's most lyrically moving moments. "When and If," a story of a disgruntled soldier who wants to come home from war, is a compelling and thought provoking musical journey that only Ari can produce. Coupled with the depth and strength of his lyrics and the natural ease of his melodies, Ari's extraordinary vocal abilities give his music its power. This album, he explains, " is saying that in the end, the predominant message is that I'm going to figure this out and it's going to be OK." Well, with a message like that, we all could learn a thing or two from Ari Hest.