Paul Loren

Paul Loren is an American musician and singer-songwriter, currently based in Brooklyn. His sound combines elements of classic American music, influenced mostly by 50’s and 60’s pop, soul and country, while adding his own contemporary twist.
==Early Life==
Paul Loren (born February 14, 1984), grew up on Long Island, New York to an Italian-American family who nurtured in him a real appreciation for music and the arts. His parents met at a resort in the Catskill Mountains, where his earliest memories of music and show business were formed. Loren started singing at 3 years old, along with the Frankie Valli and Billy Joel records his mother would play, and he started playing piano at 4 years old.
==Career==
Loren launched his solo career with a number of sold-out shows in New York City at famed venue Joe's Pub with his ‘One-Night Only Band’ in 2014. His first solo single, “All By Myself,” released in 2015, was supported by radio stations Lightning 100|Lighting100 in Nashville, SiriusXM’s The Pulse, WCOO/Charleston and KPND/Spokane, among others. A six-song debut EP came in 2016, Paul Loren Is…Available!, featuring swing-era covers of classic songs by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen.
2017 saw the release of the single and video for the original song, “I Know A Place,” inspired by Civil Rights-era anthems and evoking the somber hope of Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World.” A slew of singles followed, including the 50’s-inspired “(Gonna Take) A Little Time,” with its accompanying video filmed at Brooklyn’s The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club and premiering on Parade.com.
During this time, Loren was selected by Jennifer Lopez to perform at her Birthday Gala in Las Vegas; appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|The Tonight Show” starring Jimmy Fallon; partnered with The Ryan Seacrest Foundation; performed at the legendary Stax Museum of American Soul Music|STAX Museum in Memphis Tennessee; and recorded in the world-renowned Sun Studio. He opened for and supported touring artists including: The Temptations; singer-songwriter Brendan James; American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks; folk singer and guitarist David Bromberg; and has shared the stage with Paul Shaffer, Queen Latifah, Christie Brinkley and food personality Giada De Laurentiis.
==Betwixt==
In the spring of 2020, locked down during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Loren wrote some 25 songs in a 6-to-7 week period. Returning to the recording studio in July of that year with co-producers and musicians Zach Jones and Oscar Albis Rodriguez, the trio recorded 22 songs that would form the basis for his full-length debut Betwixt, and the companion album Between, due in 2022. Both albums wrapped production and were fully mixed by the end of 2020.
Ahead of the 11-track collection Betwixt, Loren released the rockabilly-flavored single “No Room For Yesterday” and premiered a cinematic video for the song “Marlena” on American Songwriter, shot in the California desert near Joshua Tree during a weeklong heatwave.
While his earlier material put him on the map, Loren’s heightened, and at times devastating, lyricism set against an upbeat groove-based sonic backdrop sets the LP Betwixt a career milestone, much of it evoking early-Sun Studios Elvis records. The record was released in the fall of 2021 with NYC-based independent music label, Five and Dime Records.
 
Category:American musicians 
Category:American singer-songwriters