About Trevor Hall
Trevor Hall is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is a fusion of roots, folk, and reggae. Many of Hall's themes revolve around spirituality and life exploration.
Hall was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and grew up in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. He grew up surrounded by music due in part to his father who was a drummer and musician. After dabbling with multiple instruments including trombone and bass, he decided to learn guitar in hopes of becoming a singer-songwriter one day. At age 16 he recorded his first album.
Shortly after, Hall left South Carolina for California where he studied classical guitar at musical boarding high school Idyllwild Arts Academy in the San Jacinto Mountains. During his time, he was introduced to yoga and meditation practices and spirituality, which made a major impact on him and has since influenced his life and music.
Hall's friend Sam introduced him to the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Dass, and the devotional music of Krishna Das. Hall has stated that one of the most important weekends of his life was when he went to the Laguna Beach Kali Temple for a weekend while at Idyllwild. At the temple, he learned about the Hindu goddess Kali and was happily surprised to find out people worship God as a woman.
During his senior year at Idyllwild Arts Academy, Hall was signed to Geffen Records. Hall graduated from Idyllwild in 2005 and moved to Los Angeles to be near the Kali Temple. On January 1, 2006, Hall converted to Hinduism, receiving a name, mantra, and instruction from his guru, Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. He has stated that he tries to treat his music as karma yoga, where he wants to create music that will help other people.
His album, Kala, written in Hawaii and recorded in Los Angeles, was released on August 21, 2015. It debuted at No. 2 on the iTunes singer-songwriter chart.
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