Shannon Stephens

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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. In 1993 she moved to Michigan where she became the voice of the folk/rock band Marzuki, an ensemble assembled and co-led by Sufjan Stevens. When Marzuki disbanded, Stephens moved to Seattle and embarked on a solo career, recording her self-titled debut LP in 1999. Shortly afte

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The Breadwinner

Shannon Stephens

Pull It Together

Seven Swans Reimagined

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Paste Magazine Sampler 56

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Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation

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Works in Progress (Presented by Asthmatic Kitty Records)

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Asthmatic Kitty Sampler, Vol. 3

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Achoo! An Asthmatic Kitty Sampler, Vol. 2

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Paste Magazine Sampler 64

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Achoo! An Asthmatic Kitty Sampler

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Asthmatic Kitty Digital Sampler, August 2010

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