Blair Hansen

Lead Vocals, Guitar and Keyboard.

1.) Favorite band/bands: K's Choice, Sarah McLachlan, Melissa Etheridge, Garrison Starr, DoublePlus,
2.) Favorite movie/movies: If These Walls Could Talk 2, The Hours, Kissing Jessica Stein, The Money Pit
3.) Favorite Quote: "Everything happens for a reason" (A quote I choose to live by and highly believe in.)
4.) Current CD’s: Garrison Starr, K's Choice
5.) Other Interests: The internet... I love to chat with friends and surf the net! I'm such a computer nerd!
6.) Favorite Blair Hansen song: Every new song that is written, I seem to like it more than the one before.

Blair's background:

Trained in classical voice since the age of 10, Blair Hansen is emerging as independent artist and songwriter. Her ability to blend classical and folk roots with pop sensibilities at the age of 18, has given Blair a sound that is unmistakably her own. While she herself would say that her music lands "somewhere between the Dixie Chicks and Sarah McLachlan,” the depth and soul coming from her voice hints at much more.

Blair Hansen has been blessed with a voice that can glide in angelic falsetto one moment and turn quickly into a raspy yell in the next. Since she was just 7 years of age her natural talent has been heaped with praise and earned her numerous choral and voice awards in her hometown of Castro Valley, CA. However it’s clear to anyone that hears her sing that she is destined for much bigger things. At fourteen she picked up an acoustic guitar and began writing songs before she even knew the names of the chords she was playing.

Now with a band of experienced rock musicians around her, Blair has been able to turn the songs that she strums on her acoustic guitar into dramatic rock anthems that express the urgency and surprising wisdom of a woman so young. Drawing support from her family and friends, Blair has transformed from a girl with a guitar to an artist that is on the verge of something special.

With the help of her producer, Clay Bigham, Blair has also been able to independently release her own full length debut CD. The album is an encapsulation of Blair’s own unique portraits of her life thus far as a teenager growing up in the Bay Area. She is hard at work on her next batch of pop gems, which by her own volition are markedly more “mature” and “reflective.”

Even though Blair picked her first acoustic guitar three and a half years ago, she is no stranger to the road. Already a veteran of the festival circuit in Northern California, Blair has opened for the likes of Susan Tedeschi and Chuck Prophet in San Francisco and held her own at the prestigious South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas. With upcoming performances slated for Los Angeles and New York Blair Hansen is ready and willing to take her music anywhere people will listen. We hope that the people are prepared.

Some words from others about Blair:

"All he marks of a major star in the making, Blair is already an accomplished guitarist, an insightful songwriter, a confident performer, and a versatile singer. She is already at the point it takes many artist into their mid-20's to reach. Seldom have we seen so much talent and potential in one so young; keep a serious eye on this gal!"

--Rosalie Howarth, Producer and Host, KFOG's Acoustic Sunrise

"Singer/Songwriter Blair Hansen is probably an artist you have never heard of. She is quite possibly one of California's hidden musical treasures though…and she's still a teenager! This young woman's rich full voice and superb songwriting is certainly far beyond her years. "

-Mark Fisher
GoGirlsMusic.com

"I had the pleasure to interview and to listen to Blair play her wonderful songs. She has a very bright future in front of her."

-Tom Smith
Co-Host, Outlook Video

"Even the notoriously snarky American Idol judge Simon Cowell would have to heap praise on the pitch perfect vocals of 17-year-old Castro Valley singing sensation Blair Hansen."

-Brett Schaeffer/Diablo Magazine.

"Fresh, and captivating, multi-talented singer/songwriter, Blair Hansen has been entertaining Borders staff and customers for the past year, and is considered to be one of Borders' favorite performers. Blair has a joyful, honest approach to performing, and she always brings in a crowd when she touring the Borders circuit."

Barbara Tavres
Borders Books, Music & Cafe
Area Marketing Manager

"Hansen displays a vocal range and complex lyrical phrasing unusual from someone of her tender age. And on the CD's bonus track, "Too Young to Die," she paints a gray, moody picture as ominous as anything created by fellow songwriters David Gray or Ani DiFranco."

-Chris De Benedetti/Daily Review

"Blair delivered her song Too Young To Die live on KALX with as much accuracy as I had heard it on the c.d. She is truly a talented young girl who will make her mark."

-Radio Host "Ginger Lee" KALX 90.7FM

"Blair Hansen is a young singer/songwriter from the bay area whose poetic lyrics are beyond her years with rare melodies and hooks that keep you listening and humming her songs for days. You'll be hearing a lot about her in the near future."

-Tom Patrick
West Coast Editor
Singer Magazine

"I just wanted to let you know that I've been listening to Blair's CD this week. WOW! Blair you have an amazing talent that could someday shock you. You have a great voice, see all that training really is great! But even better right now, you have a natural talent for writing songs, and your so young. I'm very impressed! Someday I will be either watch you on the Grammy's or I will see one of your songs being played. Keep up the faith."

-Kim McAbee/Buck Owens Band