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Shannon Stephens is a Seattle-based singer/songwriter with a winding road behind her. Her third album, Pull It Together, is the result of nearly two decades spent traversing a unique musical landscape. The album captures a fresh sense of self-assurance and a sound that weaves hard truths with sweet melodies for an emotionally gripping blues-tinged brand of indie folk.
Stephens grew up in a house filled with music. As an infant, she sat under the piano as her mother rehearsed hymns for the church service. Her father hosted hootenannies in the family home, singing and strumming a sunburst Gibson. Stephens studied both piano and voice as a child and wrote her first song at the age of 7 – a ballad of heartbreak and longing titled “Where Is My Pie?” As a young adult, she delved into poetry and still keeps, hidden well away, a 3-ring binder overflowing with mortifying adolescent poetry. During a particularly boring teenaged summer, she sat on her bed and learned to play the acoustic guitar, starting, as everyone did in those days, with a soulful cover of Extreme’s “More than Words.” She soon ventured into songwriting, and was driven to seek out other musicians to satisfy her urge for musical collaboration.
Stephens grew up in a house filled with music. As an infant, she sat under the piano as her mother rehearsed hymns for the church service. Her father hosted hootenannies in the family home, singing and strumming a sunburst Gibson. Stephens studied both piano and voice as a child and wrote her first song at the age of 7 – a ballad of heartbreak and longing titled “Where Is My Pie?” As a young adult, she delved into poetry and still keeps, hidden well away, a 3-ring binder overflowing with mortifying adolescent poetry. During a particularly boring teenaged summer, she sat on her bed and learned to play the acoustic guitar, starting, as everyone did in those days, with a soulful cover of Extreme’s “More than Words.” She soon ventured into songwriting, and was driven to seek out other musicians to satisfy her urge for musical collaboration.
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| FULL TRACK In Summer in the Heat | 4:06 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK I'll Be Glad | 3:02 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK so gentle your arms | 4:09 | Free MP3 |
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elfruna wrote:
hey! could anybody share links with free download of her album? need it badly
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kakaroism wrote:
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taijin_kyofusho wrote:
so perfect voice...
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expertstone wrote:
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helloimjoshua wrote:
so she's the one who originally wrote i'll be glad :)
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wryterly wrote:
Hello Shannon: I just posted a video of your very beautiful song "In Summer in the Heat" on your site. I hope you like it. Hope you have great success! Best to you, Wayne Erreca
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Lissof_leuf wrote:
:-)
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odinsaxe wrote:
Nydlig warm voice.
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nonstopbus wrote:
awesome
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chromechisel49 wrote:
So apparently, this girl is from "a musical family," has "christian folk" as a tag, is on Asthmatic Kitty, has played with Sufjan in a band, has Sufjan as a similar artist, and somehow is NOT a relative of Sufjan Stevens? The world is small indeed.
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spacehxc wrote:
She's really good
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juho_n wrote:
Sounds very promising.
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thankmykeds wrote:
her self-titled is lovely. it kinda seeps in deeper than you realize it's seeping, sneakily, and it's suddenly a beautiful, calming sort of seeping.
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MadMaGumby wrote:
Seriously 30 seconds of If You Want Me is criminal. Criminal. And what's all this business about a hideous red sweater?
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schatzcanudigit wrote:
We only need one more YES to get rid of that hideous sweater pic!!!
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BananaForce wrote:
You are correct. That is most certainly not Shannon Stephens. I wasn't allowed to vote on the red sweater photo. Is it there for good now? Maybe someone should send Shannon a red sweater so the picture is more truthful.
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