Courtney Jaye
出生美国宾州的Courtney，求学时期受到嬉皮年代所释放出的独特魅力驱使，对於音乐的文化影响力，开始有著浓厚兴趣，发现从音乐中可以全然感受无拘束的自由感，直到遭受身边挚友过世的打击，让她认真面对创作音乐之课题，藉由实际创作发表，换化内心喜怒哀乐多样情绪。Courtney毕业后，决定展开旅行生涯，一方面感受各地域音乐民情文化，一方面详细写下当时心境转变，为自己的音乐世界画出更为多彩的鲜亮色调。喜爱冲浪的她，不时享受阳光、海浪的洗礼，更在每一个待上不久的地方，留下一道道深刻足迹。Courtney曾经疯狂著迷於地下独立摇滚才女Ani DiFranco毫不跟主流大厂妥协、自由随性发表音乐创作专辑、完全洒脱的酷派性格，然而最具个人特色的外貌造型也让Courtney与之效法，将她一头亮丽长发剃成光头，这时她也慢慢惊觉到，若是没办法诚实做自己，只是跟随别人的影子走，永远不会加宽自己的格局，走出属于自己的味道。
藉由工作伙伴Gal Asher的鼓励，Courtney的创作歌曲受到主流大厂喜爱，集结多年来旅游心情写照，创作出这张处女秀【Travling Light】。首支主打呈现如Sheryl Crow的"Soak Up The Sun"轻松自若曲调，踩著快意步伐挺进排行各榜，引发乐迷高度询问度之先攻之作"Can’t Behave"；微微凉意的吉他声线，不断藉由"Mental"颇具起伏之情绪，蔓延出一股轻易动容的声音共鸣；与同样是创作才女并且拥有个人专辑的Michelle Lewis共谱之同名单曲"Traveling Light"，些许乡村声韵搭配Courtney甜而不腻的嗓音，调和出毫无压力的音乐触感；"Hanalei Road"则惊喜邀来蓝调乐派之传奇性人物Taj Mahal 献声合唱；推荐曲目"Can You Sleep"与"Love Me"，则请出新生代创作才子Butch Walker及乡村界亮眼才女 Tift Merritt助阵搭唱。(以上内容系转载）
Singer-songwriter Courtney Jaye's debut album, "Traveling Light," embodies all the surprising and enthralling qualities of pop music; Jaye writes recognizably real-life stories from the inside out--stories that anybody who's ever been young and in love will relate to--and she delivers them in a beguilingly, natural voice.
Working with producer Peter Collins (Indigo Girls, Jewel, Elton John) and a studio band of handpicked musicians, including drummer Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears, John Mayer) and guitarist Rusty Anderson (Ednaswap, Paul McCartney), Jaye fearlessly swings for the fences throughout her first at-bat, and she consistently connects. This young artist is stepping up to the plate with a fistful of memorable songs she's fashioned with, among others, Matthew Sweet, the Jayhawks' Gary Louris, Butch Walker, and former Veruca Salt co-leader Nina Gordon, all skilled songsmiths who share her belief in the enduring expressive potential of the verse, chorus and bridge.
专辑曲目：
01. Lose My Head
02. Can't Behave
03. Permanent
04. Mental
05. Time For Goodbye
06. Somersault
07. Traveling Light
08. Hanalei Road
09. Can You Sleep
10. Love Song (For Everyone)
11. This Is The Day
12. Love Me