FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Contemporary Folk Album
ALIZA HAVA
PRODUCED BY MIKAL BLUE
THE ALBUM
A Journey from Trauma to Triumph.
Into the Light is a ten-song reckoning with finding the courage to speak and sing the truth. Powerful vocals and evocative storytelling move through folk, rock, and Americana as Aliza Hava travels from the depths of darkness toward self-reclamation and healing.
Rooted in Aliza's experience of navigating life after severe childhood abuse, the album traces a raw emotional arc: from surviving what should never have happened, to confronting buried pain, breaking destructive patterns, and finding the strength to thrive. The songs are intimate, yet universal. They portray a search for meaning after trauma, a refusal to quit, and the realization that self-love isn't a luxury. It's a birthright.
Produced by multi-platinum GRAMMY®-winner Mikal Blue (Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz, OneRepublic), the album features a world-class ensemble: Dean Dinning (Toad the Wet Sprocket) as Musical Arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Giovanna Moraga Clayton (Adele, Tori Amos) on cello, Gregg Bissonette (Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band) on drums, and multi-instrumentalists Dalton Cyr, Jason Achilles, and Jason Perno. Mastered by Daniel Rowland.
Fierce and gentle. Soulful and grounded. Into the Light is a clarion call to face what's hidden and find your own way out of the darkness.
THE BOOK
ALSO FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
(Craft Committee, please take note)
Best Album Notes
Written by Aliza Hava
The album is the soundtrack.
The book is the whole truth.
Discover them together.
Into the Light: Ten Songs & Stories Transforming Trauma to Triumph is a musical companion to the album. Serving as expanded liner notes, the book goes deep into the stories behind each song and includes lyrics, album art, insights into songwriting as therapy, and reflective prompts to encourage readers to reclaim their voice and find their unique path to healing.
By pairing an album with a book and companion journal, Into the Light extends beyond a listening experience into an ongoing tool for reflection and connection. It encourages readers to move from silence toward expression, from isolation toward community, and from survival toward wholeness. It is an invitation to step into your own light, not as an abstract ideal, but as an embodied truth.
THE ARTIST
Aliza Hava is an award-winning, independent singer-songwriter, author, and social-impact artist whose work explores music and songwriting as therapeutic tools for inner healing and positive social change.
For more than two decades, Hava has used music and the arts to advance social justice, peacebuilding, and human connection, including performances at the United Nations and festivals internationally. Her songs have been featured in Sharon Stone's FEMME: Women Healing the World, and she is a recipient of Talent for Humanity's Human Spirit Award.
REVIEWS
"Into the Light is a powerful, uplifting anthem that the world needs to hear during these turbulent times."
-Music Connection
“Aliza Hava offers a courageous testimony to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Her willingness to give voice to what was once hidden reminds us that our wounds need not become our identity, and that even after profound suffering, the light within us remains whole....”
-Michael Bernard Beckwith
Founder & CEO, Agape International Spiritual Center
"Into the Light is a gloriously uplifting song of hope and redemption."
-Americana UK
"...it is evident that Hava has an old soul...her lyrics are pure poetry and meaningful."
-Digital Journal
CREDITS
Credits
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Into the Light
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EACH SONG ON THE ALBUM HAS ITS OWN ARTWORK
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