by Halle Kearns - Finally
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- Five really nice songs
- Catching ballads and party / dance tracks
- Great voice, feels like the big ones
- Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Halle Kearns – what could be a better way to celebrate your anniversary for a Nashville resident than with new release? Finally is in fact the debut EP of the Missouri-origin singer-songerwriter. Here is my review of the EP, which has been released on 11th December 2020.
Halle Kearns – About The Artist
Halle Kearns was born on 11th December 1996. She grew up in Columbia, Missouri, where she started to love music. She even had her first minor gigs there. After High School, she first moved to Kansas City, but is now living in Nashville. Her first releases all happened this year, the singles are all part of Finally. Thus, the video below is an Ashley McBryde cover.
Halle Kearns – Finally – Track by Track
The five track EP lasts 15 minutes.
1. Pick Me Up
Pick Me Up is something like the hidden title track of the album. A nice uptempo country-pop track, just a lot of fun, cheeky, young, fresh – love it.
2. Whatever You Do
The second track is a bit less pop-ish, it’s style reminds me a lot of Kelsea Ballerini. Great vocals as well. Beautiful song.
3. Before He Could
Before He Could is a lovely country ballad. Like Whatever You Do, it has a very traditional touch on the one hand and could easily be one of the 1990’s country women hits like a Faith Hill one – on the other hand, it is modern and feels to perfectly suit into 2020. Good one.
4. I Drink Whiskey
Boy you know I love you, but you drive me crazy
You light a fire in every part of me
The only thing that saves me is made down in Tennessee
Baby you’re the reason I drink whiskey
That’s Nashville lifestyle – and it is indeed a song how the people love it at Cumberland River. Not the deepest love song ever, but a great country party tune – very catchy and fun. Great songwriting.
5. Shoes to Fill
What a great finale. The lovely piano ballad is just a wonderful, emotional write up – it just has to catch you, I promise! Lovely song.
So if you wanna take the hand that he held first
You have gotta be the man he shown me I deserve
And if you’re gonna love me like nobody ever will
Baby, you got big shoes to fill
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Happy Birthday (again), Halle Kearns – that EP is indeed a great birthday present to yourself. A great musical showcase of your talent. It sometimes feels like Kelsea, sometimes feels like Faith – and it makes me smile when I listen to you. No cake (or a bottle of whiskey) from my side – but a definitely well-deserved Top Pick! rating for this one. Look forward to hear more from this young lady!
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Premier Inn Cologne City South
Trying out another hotel brand: after I had stayed at quite a bunch of Premier Inn Hotel locations in England ...
Hampton by Hilton Munich City Center East
In January 2022, I had a rail trip to Munich. As I arrived rather late, the Hampton by Hilton Munich ...
Holiday Inn Express Oberhausen
Doing Christmas shopping with a hotel room around? Right next to Germany's largest shopping mall, the Westfield Centro in Oberhausen, ...
TownePlace Suites Mississauga-Airport Corporate Center
Right after arriving at Toronto-Pearson Airport (YYZ) in November 2021, my wife and I headed to the TownePlace Suites Mississauga-Airport ...
Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto
Watching the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Scotiabank Arena at the Toronto Maple Leafs in November 2021, my wife and I ...
Hotel Sunset (Kelsterbach)
Due to rail strikes, I had to re-plan my whole trip to Frankfurt Airport before heading to Canada. I finally ...
ME Hotel Dubai
Even though I have a (low) status at Melia Hotels, my experience with the brand is rather mixed. The more, ...
Hotel Restaurant Lewald (Bolzano, Italy)
New regional carrier: since mid-2021, Bolzano Airport (BZO) is operating scheduled flights with their own carrier, SkyAlps. For an early ...
Hilton Berlin
In July 2021, I wanted to explore some of the rather centrally located attractions of Berlin. Due to its good ...
Grand Hotel Villa Torretta Milan Sesto (Curio Collection by Hilton)
A 16th century palace, which has been renovated in the late 1990's and turned into a posh hotel - apart ...
Hotel Alpina Wellness & Spa (Kössen)
Having a prolonged relaxing weekend in the Austrian Alps - this was about the thoughts we had about a stay ...
Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre
Arriving from Krakow testing the Polish EIP high-speed train and heading on to Berlin with the Berlin-Warsaw Express - all ...
Hampton by Hilton Oswiecim
You might struggle with that statement intiially, but in fact the city of Oswiecim is likely one of the globally ...
Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport
Apart from several stays around the terminals, Frankfurt Airport nowadays features four airport hotels with direct walk-in connection to Terminal ...
Hyatt Regency Cologne
Located right at the River Rhine, the Hyatt Regency is one of the most iconic and also one of the ...
Hotel Nord (Guardamiglio, Lombardy)
I had the first night of my June 2021 trip to the Emilia-Romagna region right in the South of Lombardy, ...
Mercure Hotel Hannover City
At the end of an interesting trip in June 2021, I stayed at the Mercure Hotel Hannover (Hanover) City. I ...
Novapark Airplane Hotel Graz
The reason why I decided to go to Graz in July 2021 was a hotel. Or to be more precisely: ...
Moxy Cologne Bonn Airport
The hotel situation at Cologne / Bonn Airport used to be quite bothering. There used to be a single hotel ...
InterContinental Dubai Festival City – One Bedroom Suite
There are these moments in my traveler's life where I just feel I have to go for a certain thing ...
Novotel Suites Hannover City
For a trip to Lower Saxony in early June 2021, I needed a stay in Hanover / Hannover close to ...
Hotel Marina Wellness & Spa Port Soller
Port Soller or Port de Soller is named to be one of the most beautiful places on Mallorca. The trip from ...
IntercityHotel Saarbruecken
There is always (mostly?) a second chance at Flyctory.com: After I haven't been too pleased with my first ever IntercityHotel ...
Pullman Sharjah
When people visit the United Arab Emirates, they typically think about Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The more I got into ...
Hotel Abbazia (Venice)
For my two day summer stage to Venice, I had one night at the Hotel Abbazia in the heart of ...
Conrad Hotel London St. James
The limited travel intensity during summer and fall 2020 lead to some interesting budget travel opportunities. During a trip to ...
Santa Catalina (Royal Hideaway Hotel) Las Palmas, Grand Canary
Hard to believe - but when I selected the Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, in Las Palmas for my ...
Reichshof Hamburg, Curio Collection by Hilton
I haven't been to too many hotels which are featured in own wikipedia articles in my life. One stay, at ...
Fleming’s Express Hotel Frankfurt
Due to the early departure of an ECE 451 ride from Frankfurt to Milan in September 2020, I looked for ...
NH Collection Munich Bavaria
Before Germany went to a lock-down of touristic travel in November 2020, I had a short trip to Munich. For ...
Hilton Garden Inn Munich City West
For a stay in September 2020, I tested the Hilton Garden Inn Munich City West for two nights, Friday to ...
Hilton Milan
The first "real" night of my Four Countries, Four Trains trip to Italy in summer 2020 lead me to Milan. As ...
Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 2/3
I would say that the opening of the Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 2/3 has been one of the ...
The Fair Play Suite at the Kameha Grand Hotel Bonn
After we visited a couple of hotels in Bonn, we finally wanted to check out the only five star one ...
Pullman London St Pancras
As I delayed some reviews after I saw that Covid-19 will have a significant impact on us and our travel ...
NH Collection Eindhoven Centre
During a July 2020 trip through the Netherlands, I had two nights at the NH Collection Hotel Eindhoven Centre, right ...
ibis Styles Amsterdam Central Station
With the Covid-19 situation easing and travel restrictions more and more lifted, I was happy to have a trip to ...
Avalon Hotel Bad Reichenhall
For my June 2020 stay in the Salzburger Land / Berchtesgadener Land area, I decided to go for two nights ...
Vliegtuigsuite Teuge (NED) – Sleeping in an Ilyushin IL-18
Some of my hobbies are travelling, civil aviation incl. historic planes and hotels - so having a plane which has ...
Hilton Munich Airport
After I had some stays at Hilton Munich Airport in the past, I was happy to be back in this ...
Hotel St. Gotthard (Zurich, Switzerland)
As part of a business trip to Zurich in November (during which I also featured the James Barker Band show), ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Schererville
During my trip to Chicago and Indianapolis, I spent the first night as a transfer in Schererville in Northwest Indiana, ...
Conrad Dubai
For my November 2019 stay in Dubai, I decided to also gain some more experience on the Northern and Eastern ...
Toyoko Inn Frankfurt Main Station
As an overnight stay after the Mrs Greenbird concert in Frankfurt, I decided to opt for a hotel chain, which ...
Hilton Newcastle Gateshead
In order to see one edition of the "Introducing Nashville" show (I have been on Tenerife during the German ones), ...
Fairfield Inn & Suites Indianapolis Downtown
While I am typically more of a Hilton Hotels person, I chose a Marriott Group hotel for my stay in ...
Hampton by Hilton Belfast City Centre
I was visiting Belfast in later June 2019 in order to watch some shows of my favorite musical, Rock of ...
So/ Sofitel Singapore
As part of a business trip to Singapore, I chose to have a longer stay in the So/ Sofitel in ...
Hilton Kuala Lumpur
I originally planned to visit Kuala Lumpur on a daytrip from Singapore. As the Malaysian hotel prices significantly beat the ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville-Airport
After I made my trip to Nashville, my stay during the CMA Fest 2019 was the Hampton Inn Nashville-Airport. I ...
Hilton Garden Inn Tupelo
After flying from Washington (DCA) to Chattanooga (CHA), my first night on my trip to Nashville in 2019 was in ...
One Farrer Hotel Singapore (Review)
After some searching and looking for reviews in different sources, I finally opted for the One Farrer Hotel for my ...
Best Western Premier Parkhotel Kronsberg Hanover
Due to a career event of my wife, we had to travel to the trade fair area of Hanover in ...
Hotel Allegra (Kloten, Switzerland)
For my floorball trip to the the Swiss Women matches between the Floorball Riders and Appelnzell and Frauenfeld vs. Jets, ...
Novotel Glasgow Centre (Review)
Glasgow is becoming a more and more frequent destination for me. Very often, my visits are linked to music. For ...
Novotel Zurich Airport Messe (Review)
During a business-related trip to Switzerland's economic capital, I stayed at Novotel Zurich Airport Messe (Trade Fair). Apart from attractive ...
Gran Hotel La Laguna (Tenerife)
One of my favorite places on Tenerife is definitely its historic capital, San Cristobal de La Laguna. Gran Hotel La ...
Hilton Manchester Deansgate (Hotel Review)
With my favourte musical, Rock of Ages, touring again through the UK, just a week after I saw Catherine McGrath ...
Garni Hotel Crystal Kraljevo (Hotel Review)
During the Serbia-India Davis Cup tie in Kraljevo, I stayed in Garni Hotel Crystal. It is just a Garni / ...
Hotel Glärnischhof Zurich (Hotel Review)
As I had to join two workshops in the Zurich offices of the company I am working for, I chose ...
Azor Hotels Ponta Delgada (Review)
A five star stay in the lovely islands in the Azores capital, Ponta Delgada? Sounded like a nice sleep for ...
