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Ari Hest | |
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 Hest atThe Saint inAsbury Park, New Jersey, May 11, 2011 | |
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| Born | (1979-06-16)June 16, 1979 (age 45) New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock,folk,pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, keyboards, harmonica |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Project 4 |
| Website | www |
Ari Hest (born June 16, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter from theBronx borough of New York.[1]
Hest's father is a college music professor and his mother a cantor.[2] His older brother, Danny, is Hest's former manager. Hest took piano lessons as a child and later taught himself to play guitar. Hest attendedCornell University inIthaca, New York, beginning in 1999 and later transferred toNew York University, where he received a degree in Communications in 2002.
Hest released anEP,Incomplete and two albums,Come Home andStory After Story all independently as he grew his fan base touring colleges and universities around the U.S. In March 2004, Hest signed arecording contract withColumbia and recorded the albumSomeone To Tell and a five-song EP "Guilty Hearts EP" in the fall of 2005. His next EP was calledThe Green Room Sessions, a home spun recording entirely played and produced on his own. Shortly after releasing that, he worked with producerMitchell Froom on "The Break-In", which was his last release on Columbia.
As an independent artist once again in 2008, Hest created52, a subscription based service in which he wrote, recorded and released a new song every week for a year. In 2009, he releasedTwelve Mondays, a collection of 12 fan-selected songs from those 52, remixed.
Between 2011 and 2014, Hest released three more albums -Sunset Over Hope Street (2011),The Fire Plays (2012) andShouts and Whispers(2014). Several songs from these albums have appeared in films and TV shows.
In 2016, Ari co-wrote a number of songs withJudy Collins, and the two released an album of duets June 3 entitledSilver Skies Blue, after two years of on-and-off touring together. The album earned Hest his firstGrammy Award nomination (it was Collins' first nomination in 40 years).Silver Skies Blue was nominated forBest Folk Album at the59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017 but lost toUndercurrent bySarah Jarosz. This is not Hest's first collaboration - he has two other projects: The Open Sea with Rosi Golan, and more recently, the Brazilian guitar inspired Bluebirds of Paradise with Chrissi Poland.
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