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
Halle Kearns – Finally – Spotify
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Halle Kearns – Finally – My View
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!
Media Review – Debut EP / Album Top Picks!
Here are Media Reviews of debut EPs and albums, which I assigned the Top Pick! rating to:

Bellucci Boi – Lost in Berlin EP

Durry – Suburban Legend

Melanie Wiegmann & Carl Carlton – Glory of Love

Philipp Artmann – Guten Morgen schönes Leben

TracieLynn – More Than a Bad Habit EP

Uncaved – Dogmatorraistes

Bianca James – Bianca James

Pascal Blenke – Gedankenspiele

Oryad – Sacred & Profane

Sophia – Niemals Allein

Leony – Somewhere in Between

Kendall Lujan – Forget Me Knots EP

Brian Falduto – Gay Country

Isafjord – Hjartsatjaki

Myle – Sad Boy Summer EP

Rook Road – Rook Road

The Moon City Masters – The Famous Moon City Masters

Arny Margret – they only talk about the weather

Louisa Specht – Karussell EP

Mary Keey – Digital Me

Avi Kaplan – Floating On A Dream

Conner Smith – Didn’t Go Too Far EP

Tristan Harders’ Twilight Theatre – Drifting Into Insanity

Rachel Bradshaw – Rachel Bradshaw EP

Nick Walker – It’s All South From Here EP

Michael Heppes – Achtung Leben

Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP

Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name

Riddy Arman – Riddy Arman

Ashland Craft – Travelin’ Kind

Freakstorm – Storm Inside My Heart

Laci Kaye Booth – Laci Kaye Booth

Kat Eaton – Talk To Me

pez – All Lowercase EP

Kylie Morgan – Love, Kylie EP

SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen

Allison Russell – Outside Child

Jesse Keith Whitley – Breakin’ Ground

Dillon Carmichael – Hot Beer EP

Durch & Durch – Nice Aber Nutzlos

Elvie Shane – County Roads EP

Chez Kane – Chez Kane

Hayden Joseph – Different

Carly Pearce – 29 EP

Jake Hoot – Love Out Of Time EP

Willie Jones – Right Now

Bow Anderson – New Wave EP

Petric – Flashbacks

Cody Weaver – Southern Noise EP

Kameron Marlowe – EP

Mira Goto – Nobody Warned Me EP

Kelsy Karter – Missing Person

Hardy – A Rock

Gabby Barrett – Goldmine

Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross

Hot Country Knights – The K Is Silent

Twinnie – Hollywood Gypsy

The Cumberland River Project – The Cumberland River Project (Album Review)

Lauren Jenkins – No Saint (Album Review)
Hotels with Top Pick! Ratings
Here are all hotels and other accommodations, which received the Top Pick! rating on Flyctory.com:

ibis London Shepherd’s Bush

Post-Plaza Guesthouse Husavik

Hilton Garden Inn Faroe Islands

Quality Inn Arena (Wilkes-Barre)

Holiday Inn Express Dublin City Centre

RiKu Hotel Pfullendorf

Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik

Hampton Inn Pittsburgh – Bridgeville

Hilton Garden Inn Krakow Airport

Pullman Cologne

Mercure Hotel Severinshof Cologne City

Hampton by Hilton Dortmund Phoenix See

nhow Frankfurt

Homewood Suites by Hilton Orlando Theme Parks

Hafdals Hotel Akureyri

Melia Berlin

Hrafnavellir Guest House (Hornafirdi, Iceland)

Adagio Hotel Bremen

IntercityHotel Hannover Hauptbahnhof Ost

Hampton by Hilton Frankfurt Airport

Hampton by Hilton Utrecht Central Station

Premier Inn Hamburg St. Pauli

DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh Downtown

Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Downtown Convention Center

Hampton by Hilton Dublin City Centre

Premier Inn Saarbruecken City Centre

Hampton Inn & Suites Albany Downtown

Sofitel London Heathrow (Terminal 5)

Hilton Garden Inn Tirana

Clarion Collection Hotel Hammer (Lillehammer)

Hotel Fürst Bismarck (Hamburg)

Wasserturm Hotel Cologne (Curio Collection by Hilton)

Hampton Inn @Aviation Plaza Linden (New Jersey)

Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie

Sleep Inn & Suites Tampa South

MAP Boutique Hotel Nicosia

Radisson Red Oslo Airport

INNSIDE Dusseldorf Derendorf

Holiday Home Wonderland (Ralingen)

DoubleTree by Hilton Dubai – Business Bay

Red Roof Plus+ Nashville Airport

Hampton Inn & Suites Kansas City Downtown/Crossroads

Paola Inn and Suites (Paola, KS)

Hampton by Hilton Warsaw Airport

Premier Inn London Paddington Basin

Comfort Inn Nashville – Opryland Area

Le Belgrand Hotel Paris Champs Elysees (Tapestry Collection by Hilton)

Epsilon Hotel London-Stratford

Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre

Premier Inn London Gatwick Airport South

Hilton Garden Inn Mannheim

Adria Hotel & Conference Center (Queens, NY)

Hilton Gdansk

Premier Inn Hamburg City Millerntor

DoubleTree by Hilton Sharjah Waterfront

Premier Inn Cologne City South

Hampton by Hilton Munich City Center East

Holiday Inn Express Oberhausen

TownePlace Suites Mississauga-Airport Corporate Center

Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto

Hotel Sunset (Kelsterbach)

ME Hotel Dubai

Hotel Restaurant Lewald (Bolzano, Italy)

Hilton Berlin

Grand Hotel Villa Torretta Milan Sesto (Curio Collection by Hilton)

Hotel Alpina Wellness & Spa (Kössen)

Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre

Hampton by Hilton Oswiecim

Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport

Hyatt Regency Cologne

Hotel Nord (Guardamiglio, Lombardy)

Mercure Hotel Hannover City

Novapark Airplane Hotel Graz

Moxy Cologne Bonn Airport

InterContinental Dubai Festival City – One Bedroom Suite

Novotel Suites Hannover City

Hotel Marina Wellness & Spa Port Soller

IntercityHotel Saarbruecken

Pullman Sharjah

Hotel Abbazia (Venice)

Conrad Hotel London St. James

Santa Catalina (Royal Hideaway Hotel) Las Palmas, Grand Canary

Reichshof Hamburg, Curio Collection by Hilton

Fleming’s Express Hotel Frankfurt

NH Collection Munich Bavaria

Hilton Garden Inn Munich City West

Hilton Milan

Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 2/3

The Fair Play Suite at the Kameha Grand Hotel Bonn

Pullman London St Pancras

NH Collection Eindhoven Centre

ibis Styles Amsterdam Central Station

Avalon Hotel Bad Reichenhall

Vliegtuigsuite Teuge (NED) – Sleeping in an Ilyushin IL-18

Hilton Munich Airport

Hotel St. Gotthard (Zurich, Switzerland)

Hampton Inn & Suites Schererville

Conrad Dubai

Toyoko Inn Frankfurt Main Station

Hilton Newcastle Gateshead

Fairfield Inn & Suites Indianapolis Downtown

Hampton by Hilton Belfast City Centre

So/ Sofitel Singapore

Hilton Kuala Lumpur

Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville-Airport

Hilton Garden Inn Tupelo

One Farrer Hotel Singapore (Review)

Best Western Premier Parkhotel Kronsberg Hanover

Hotel Allegra (Kloten, Switzerland)

Novotel Glasgow Centre (Review)

Novotel Zurich Airport Messe (Review)

Gran Hotel La Laguna (Tenerife)

Hilton Manchester Deansgate (Hotel Review)

Garni Hotel Crystal Kraljevo (Hotel Review)

Hotel Glärnischhof Zurich (Hotel Review)
