An Akron singer-songwriter is gaining worldwide attention. In this week鈥檚 Shuffle, WKSU鈥檚 Amanda Rabinowitz talks to 鈥檚 Brittany Nader about blues-folk singer Angie Haze, who鈥檚 made it to the top of an international songwriting competition:
Angie Cevasco performs as , and she's been performing with her band throughout Northeast Ohio for years. You'll see her on stage with a kazoo. Or an accordion. Or a tambourine.
Brittany Nader describes her music as folk-gypsy-jazz. But Haze also incorporates some blues into her songwriting.
"It鈥檚 so diverse and eclectic, but she鈥檚 also got that soulful quality to her that can be very appealing to people who don鈥檛 necessarily see shows in Akron or don鈥檛 listen to folk music," Nader says.
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The moment she knew
A few years ago, Haze toured with and got the chance to open for .
"She told me that was one of the first experiences when she got up on stage and her knees were shaking," Nader says. "She feels so confident on stage but, she said, 'That鈥檚 when I knew that鈥檚 what I was meant to be doing.'"
International Songwriting Competition
Now, Angie Haze's music is getting worldwide attention. Her song "Wave Goodbye" in the top 25 of the .
The competition is open to all genres, from AAA to Christian. It's judged by established music industry insiders and artists, including , and . There's also a separate through April 14.
Haze recorded the song "Wave Goodbye" years ago.
鈥淪he basically said she kind of holed up in her basement, didn鈥檛 really see daylight for an entire week 鈥� didn鈥檛 eat, didn鈥檛 sleep. She was just obsessed with getting this perfect. So now Tom Waits gets to hear it," Nader says.
Nader says Haze refers to herself as a gypsy and believes in the law of attraction, which is, if you want something to happen, you tell yourself it鈥檚 already happening. "She鈥檚 telling herself big things are going to happen and they are starting to happen," Nader says.
The Angie Haze Project tour dates can be found . Also, earlier this year, Haze collaborated with Akron's Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts for a concert called "The Bigger Picture." It airs on next week.
