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Artist
Shelly Fraley
12+ albums
female vocalistssinger-songwriterkgrlpopunder 2000 listeners
about
After several months of writing and recording, singer-songwriter, Shelly Fraley, has finally released her first full-length album entitled Into the Sun. The collection of songs includes ten tracks ranging from piano ballads to upbeat pop music with a lyrical emphasis on change, love and moving forward. Moving forward is exactly what the artist did in 2007 when she moved to Nashville, Tennessee from a small town in Kansas in an effort to pursue music as a full-time career. After taking a year-long break from performing to explore what she really wanted to do musically, Fraley recorded her freshman solo EP, Up Up and Away. The EP landed her numerous placements on major network television shows and movies including One Tree Hill, Knight Rider, Ghost Whisperer, Plain Jane and the recently-released Free Willy 4. Fraley was also the featured "Needle in the Haystack" artist on MtvMusic.com as a result of the EP. Pulling inspiration from artists such as The Cardigans, Josh Ritter, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, and many others, the new album includes seven new songs mixed with three of the original songs from the EP. The music takes broad stylistic leaps, moving from piano-based, mid-tempo songs such as "Sway," to acoustic-driven, upbeat songs such as "Uh Oh, I'm Falllin'." Hailing from a small town in Kansas, Fraley recalls the age when she first began to take an interest in writing and playing music. I would say I was around four or five, probably f
