The granddaughter of Yellowstone National Park’s former chief ranger, guitarist and songwriter Hannah Siglin was raised with a particular appreciation for the natural world.  Her father was in the marine corps, and the family spent time all over the country before eventually settling in Spokane, Washington, where Siglin lived from the age of eight.  Hannah loved singing from an early age and began taking guitar lessons to accompany her voice.  She grew up playing music with her family in the church, and after high school, she became one of just a few women in Berklee College of Music’s expansive guitar department.

Towards the end of her tenure at Berklee, Siglin teamed up with engineer and producer Loren Dorland, a former Berklee graduate, to record her debut album at Great North Sound Society in Maine.  The result was “Seeds”, an eight track exploration of Siglin’s coming of age into heartbreak and a world of her own making.  Joined by Julian Pinelli on fiddle, Noah Harrington on bass, Regan Siglin on piano, Alex Formento on mandolin and Jobi Riccio and Mike Skriloff on backing vocals, the album was recorded over four days almost entirely live.  

Throughout “Seeds”, Siglin showcases emotive indie-folk songwriting, precise and tasteful guitar arrangements and a breathy yet perfectly sustained voice which feels intimate and immediately draws the listener into her musical landscape.  Her original songs deal with everything from heartbreak to her questioning of faith.  On “All About It”, she sings“And I set off alone with a song in my mouth / And a hurt I didn’t know how to process / I have to admit I was desperate for faith /Hiking alone through the cactus /And I’ve sang all about it / Tell me, my friend, have I found it?”

-Rachel Baiman