"...immediate and compelling. 'Into the Light' is a gloriously uplifting song of hope and redemption...."
-Americana UK
"Unspeakable things that happen to you can make you paralyzed, and then if you go into the light and speak your truth there can be a cathartic release...Aliza expresses this all courageously....
"...it is evident that Hava has an old soul....its lyrics are pure poetry and meaningful."
-Digital Journal
Biography
Aliza Hava (aLEEza Hah-vuh) is an award-winning, #1 charting artist and songwriter whose music transforms hardship into hard-won wisdom. Her lyrics carry gut-level honesty and emotional intelligence, alchemizing life's most challenging moments into songs that reflect the full range of the human experience.
Her latest album, Into the Light, is a ten-song journey from brokenness to beauty, tracing the inner work of healing, growth, and empowered transformation. Drawing from a childhood marked by violence, Hava's music carries the weight of what she's survived and a fierce belief in renewal.
Produced by multi-platinum, Grammy®-winning producer Mikal Blue, the album features Dean Dinning (Toad the Wet Sprocket), cellist Giovanna Clayton (Adele, Tori Amos), and Gregg Bissonette (Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band). It reached #1 on Roots Music Report's Folk and Folk Rock charts for 14 weeks, and charted on NACC and AMA, with lead singles debuting as Top Folk adds.
Her music is featured in Sharon Stone's award-winning documentary FEMME: Women Healing the World, and she is the recipient of the Human Spirit Award, presented by Talent for Humanity.
Originally from NY/NJ and now based in Southern Oregon, Hava blends folk, rock, pop, and soul, and has toured across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North Africa, and Australia. She has shared stages with Zac Brown Band, Rising Appalachia, Loreena McKennitt, and Dr. John, and her song "Rise" appears on Occupy This Album alongside Ani DiFranco, Amanda Palmer, and Warren Haynes.
Her debut book, Into the Light: Ten Songs & Stories Transforming Trauma to Triumph, out August 20, is a musical companion to the album, expanding on its themes of healing, resilience, and reclaiming one's voice.