Hank Lane Music has been the recommended music provider at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park since their inception ten years ago. We would like to congratulate them on their decade of success! A Hank Lane DJ got the 10 year anniversary party going last night. In honor of the hotel’s birthday, the Ritz-Carlton is offering luxury specials. For example, a 10-course Valentine’s Day dinner as an homage to the past 10 years is an upcoming event. To read more about the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park and how its celebrating ten years, click here.

The Critics’ Choice Awards Ceremony was on January 12th this year. Hank Lane’s own Lori Roth was a guest and had the opportunity to meet and greet many celebrities, most notably George Clooney and Brad Pitt. For more images and news from the awards, click here.

The entire show can be watched on demand at vh1.com.

Dear Michael,

We can’t tell you enough what an awesome performance you put on at our wedding. People are still raving about you guys. We are recommending you to everyone who is getting married! Thank you so much for allowing Sandy to sing Journey’s Separate Ways with you. We hope you enjoyed yourselves at the after-hours party. We hope to see you at another wedding.

Jacqueline & Patrick

Hank Lane Music was recently featured in The Plaza’a January newsletter. Here’s a snippet of our interview with them. To read the rest, click here!

What is the best first dance song?
We get requests for everything from Sinatra to Taylor Swift. You can never go wrong with timeless classics such as “Have I Told You Lately” [Van Morrison] or “To Make you Feel My Love [Bob Dylan], often performed in the style of Adele’s cover. We also love newer up-tempo songs such as Ray LaMontagne’s “You Are The Best Thing” and Michael Buble’s “Everything”.

What is the best song to walk down the aisle to?
Traditional pieces such as Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” are always beautiful. This piece also has the advantage of being able to continually “loop” quite easily, providing for lots of musical length for large bridal parties or a particularly long aisle. While the majority of couples still choose to go with traditional Classical music, more and more are choosing to go more modern. Going the more contemporary route can really make for a memorable ceremony. We have a lot of requests for our Hank Lane Rock Orchestra who perform rock and contemporary classics. Couples who choose to go with this have recently walked down the aisle to Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”, Coldplay’s