Shannon Kingsbury

https://shannonkingsbury.bandcamp.com

Shannon KingsburyEqual parts philosophical musing and modern mysticism, the stories and worlds conjured in Shannon's music are at once familiar and somehow borne of another time.While firmly rooted in the songwriter tradition, the ever ambitious artist explores a diversesonic palette that features harp, cornet, hurdy gurdy, double bass, accordion, layered vocals, tuba and more.Bones & Secrets, released 07 May 20171. Spring Song2. Dinosaurs3. Find Your Wise4. Hole in the Sole5. Hush6. Proserpine7. Insomnia8. Ribcage9. Persephone SuiteBones & Secrets is the 2nd solo offering from Canadian based songwriter and harpist, Shannon Kingsbury. On her sophomore release, the ever ambitious artist explores an even more diverse sonic palette than on her debut, Luminocity. The widescreen production and rich instrumental mix of harp, cornet, hurdy gurdy, double bass, accordion, layered vocals, tuba and more, transports the stories conjured in her lyrics into both familiar and foreign worlds. The album’s myriad images of spring, transformation and rebirth, the Greek origin myth of Persephone, heroines reclaiming and retelling their own stories, melancholy lullabies and middle-of-the-night musings play like a picture book for the listener.This is a songwriter’s record first and foremost, but it also dips fearlessly into the unknown. The epic, album closing, 16-minute “Persephone Suite” suggests the orch-pop terrain of ‘Spirit of Eden’-era Talk Talk and yet Kingsbury and co-producer Jeff Bird (Cowboy Junkies) do not shy away from suggesting more buoyant musical worlds like on the whimsical “Dinosaurs” and “Hole in the Sole”. “Spring Song” quietly breaks your heart with an intimate vocal and harp arrangement, while “Insomnia” winks at you with a gin-joint, vaudevillian come hither swagger.“Bones..” began as a series of group improvisations led by co-producer Ben Grossman, with hours of recordings being culled for musical seeds which were then developed and added to by Jeff Bird. An army of instrumentalists completed the canvas and includes Gary Diggins, Colin Couch, Sharlene Wallace, Tannis Slimmon, Sue Smith and many more. At the centre of all this, however, lies Shannon’s richly textured voice, nuanced stories and deeply affecting melodies.

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