Shawn Mullins
NewMusicForOldFolks says …
It appeared that Shawn Mullins' album Soul's Core was going to make him a star. "Lullaby" was simultaneously very good and very popular and "Shimmer," the second single was also excellent. But then something happened. I'm not sure what, but Mullins's albums got fewer and further between. They didn't sell like Soul's Core either. The quality of the music was not the problem. 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor is also superb. Then, after 2010's Light You Up, Mullins didn't release another album for five years. Mullins is back now with My Stupid Heart and it might be his best effort to date.
Artist's Info
Website: shawnmullins.com
See him live: Tour dates
Record company: Sugar Hill
Genre: Rock ’n Roll, Roots
If you like this, look into: John Hiatt, Bruce Cockburn, Eric Lindell
Bio (From the artist's website)
Singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins readily admits that several of the songs on his new album, My Stupid Heart, address his perceived relationship failures. In fact, many were written as he was falling out of his third marriage; in the title tune, he actually chides himself for being such a romantic. But it's also a bit of a joke, he says, because he firmly believes in following his heart — no matter where it leads.That oh-so-fallible, yet essential part of our being is, it turns out, the guiding force behind just about every song on the album — the theme of which, he says, is summed up most succinctly by another song title: "It All Comes Down to Love." (more)
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MY STUPID HEART (2015): Forging influences from folk and punk to jazz and Broadway musicals with pop-leaning melodic sensibilities, Shawn Mullins crafts memorable, affecting tunes that cross many genres on his all new album, My Stupid Heart. Mullins' discography includes 1998's Soul's Core, the album that shot him to fame on the strength of its GRAMMY-nominated No. 1 hit, 'Lullaby,' and 2006's 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor, which contained his AAA/Americana No. 1, 'Beautiful Wreck.' He also co-wrote the Zac Brown Band's No. 1 country tune, 'Toes.' — See the newmusicforoldfolks.com review
Others
Better Days (1992)
Big Blue Sky (1994)
Eggshells (1996)
Soul's Core (1998)
Beneath the Velvet Sun (2000)
9th Ward Pickin Parlor (2006)
Honeydew (2008)
Light You Up (2010)
