May 2007 Featured Artist: Breanna Paletta

Portland native, Breanna Paletta, who has made a mark as Rye Hollow’s lead vocalist, is stepping out on her own with a new solo debut with a backing band made up of a group of friends and some quirky instrumentation.

With poignant, piercing honesty and bittersweet reflection, Breanna’s lyrics speak to the joys and pain of every day life that can’t be captured in everyday expression. Her lyrics are matched in substance, personality and quality by her songwriting, simultaneously raw, without embellishment and novelty while still reaching impressive depth and profundity. With touches of alt country, her folk-pop sound has been compared to Aimee Mann, Mindy Smith and Kathleen Edwards both in her solo work and in her history as RyeHollow’s lead vocalist.