Things continue to go Angel Rattay's way.
She's got a crack band that rock as hard as it twangs. Although they haven't performed in public for the past couple of months, they haven't taken the summer off. They are about halfway done with a CD of new material that is scheduled to be released later in 2009.
This set will feature songs by some of the writers that made her first CD, Flying Blind, such a listening pleasure.
On Her Own Terms
As she’s done her entire life, Angel is forging her musical identity honestly and on her own terms.
That current CD, Flying Blind, shows she’s an artist to be reckoned with. She chose the material herself, knowing that if she found songs that meant something to her, they would mean something to her audience.
“I had to love these songs,” Angel says, “because my heart and soul is in that album. It is me.”
She found some good ones, written by some of Nashville’s best writers. You may not have heard of them, but you’ve heard their songs: I Hope You Dance, In My Daughter's Eyes, This Kiss and Why Haven’t I Heard From You Lately, to name a few.
Born and raised in Kansas City, Angelcomes from strong musical roots. Her family remembers the year she gotup to sing at a family reunion. She was only three or four, and whilethe other kids chose church songs, Angel belted out Hit the Road Jack.
Angel sang in her mother’s restaurant, where she developed herconfidence and stage presence. She also found her voice in countrymusic and discovered her dream of singing to fans that connected withher music.
Listen to her CD, or catch her live, and you’ll discover why Angel’s best days are ahead of her.
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