One of the advantages of controlling your own web site is being able to take liberties once in awhile to plug something or someone that is maybe not within the primary mission range of the web site but is deserving of attention nonetheless.
Such a person is singer-songwriter Hayley Taylor, the musically talented daughter of my former boss and mentor at The Hollywood Reporter in the 1990s, and friend Alex Ben Block. She has a new music video on YouTube, “Felt Like Love” that will be showcased with an interview of Hayley at 7:30 a.m. (PT) Monday morning, March 21, during the “Music Spotlight” on KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles.
I’m a sucker for upbeat songs featuring a banjo fused with acoustic guitar, and this pop ditty is a delight, enhanced further in the perky video below depicting the exhilarating feelings in the early stages of a new romance.
L.A.-based Haley’s first EP, Waking, was released in 2006 and was nominated by the LA Music Awards for “Best Independent Album of the Year.” Her music has recently been featured on “How I Met Your Mother (CBS), Royal Pains (USA), Privileged (CW), Heartland, a Vick’s Campaign, and several other television shows and films. Her new album, One Foot in Front of the Other, was released in August 2010 and was recently featured on In Touch Magazine’s “Hottest List.” It features performances by an all-star cast of players, including Michael Chaves (John Mayer), Ben Peeler (Alexi Murdoch), Adrienne Woods (Josh Radin), Elliot Jacobson (ingrid Michaelson), and Marshall Altman (Kate Voegle).
— By Scott Hettrick