Shannon Stephens is an American singer-songwriter from
Seattle, Washington
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, United States.
She has released three solo albums, an EP entitled ''How I Got Away'' (1999), and also has exclusive tracks featured on both Asthmatic Kitty Records Samplers. Stephens was also featured on a bonus track of
Denison Witmer
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's 2002 release titled ''Philadelphia Songs'' on "Burnt Toast Vinyl" (US).
Stephens was the lead singer in a
Holland, Michigan
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band
Marzuki that featured
Sufjan Stevens
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on the guitar, drums, and recorder. The band released two albums, one titled ''Marzuki'' (MS Records, 1996) and a second titled ''No One Likes a Nervous Wreck'' (MS Records, 1998). Several of her old band members including Paul Mumaw (Rockstar Crush),
Jason Harrod
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, Kenny Hutson (
Vigilantes of Love
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) and Sufjan Stevens appeared on her self-titled release.
After the release of her first album, she went on an eight-year hiatus before releasing a follow-up, ''The Breadwinner'' in 2009, which was noted internationally. It featured the single ''In Summer in the Heat''. In May 2012 her third album was released, ''Pull it Together''.
The song "I'll Be Glad" from her first album was covered by
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy on his 2008 release, ''
Lie Down in the Light''.
Discography
* ''Shannon Stephens'' (independent)
*# "So Gentle Your Arms"
*# "Panic"
*# "Months"
*# "I Want to Be Your Friend"
*# "Deliverance"
*# "I Don't Want to Go"
*# "Welcome to New York"
*# "Air So Thick"
*# "Army of Seven o'Clock"
*# "Catch the Morning Line"
*# "Arrows"
*# "I'll Be Glad"/"Arrows" (reprise)
*''How I Got Away'' (independent, 1999)
*# "The Way Relationships End Up"
*# "Catch the Morning Line"
*# "Air So Thick"
*# "Months"
*# "You Can't Be Happy Without Me"
*''Shannon Stephens'' (Asthmatic Kitty Records, re-release 2010)
*''The Breadwinner'' (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2009)
*''Pull It Together'' (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2012)
MP3's
"Catch the Morning Line"from ''How I Got Away''
"Air So Thick"from ''How I Got Away''
See also
*
Marzuki
References
Asthmatic Kitty RecordsDenison WitmerPaste Music
External links
Sufjan Stevens interviews Shannon Stephens at Asthmatic KittyShannon Stephens page at Asthmatic Kitty
Living people
American women singer-songwriters
Asthmatic Kitty artists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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