SHANNON WRIGHT
Dyed in the Wool (Quarterstick Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Listening to Shannonwright (or is it Shannon Wright? I've seen it both ways) is especially disturbing when you're lying in a hospital bed. Her songs are eerie enough as it is, but the uncertain lyrics sung in her quavering yet brilliantly strong voice take on new meaning depending on your situation-when you're lying in a hospital bed, her songs are all about terminal illness, sympathetic orderlies and picking out coffins. Aside from the slightly melodramatic factor (both me and the album), Shannonwright/Shannon Wright is an amazing performer, composer, and musician, and has assembled a staggering cast of musicians to join her on this album, including most of the cast of The Shipping News (the band, not the book or the movie) and Rachel's Christian Fredrickson, just to name a few. The songs are wonderfully crafted works loaded with beautiful keyboards (electric, piano, organs, and harmonium), strings, bass and muted percussion, often bordering on classical and pop all in the same song.

[Ed. Note: Both CDNow and All Music Guide list her as Shannon Wright...]

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