Check out the highlight reel from my album release show, May 28 @ City Winery, Nashville TN
FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS RODNEY CROWELL, BUDDY MILLER & KENNY VAUGHAN
Bluegrass Situation says:
“It’s fitting that Shannon McNally released The Waylon Sessions on Compass Records, whose headquarters now occupies “Hillbilly Central.” As Tompall Glaser’s former studio, the building helped give rise to country’s outlaw movement and it’s where Waylon himself recorded. With guests like Jessi Colter, Buddy Miller, Rodney Crowell, and Lukas Nelson, the project recontextualizes Waylon Jennings’ material, which is usually associated with hyper-masculine wings of the country scene. As McNally puts it in a press release, “What Waylon Jennings brought to country music is what country music needs right now, and that unapologetic and vulnerable sense of self are what women are tapping into artistically right now as the industry evolves.”
Watch Shannon breaks out of jail in:
“Black Rose”
Watch Shannon escape the police in her official video for
“I Ain’t Living Long Like This”
Shannon sings “I’ve Always Been Crazy” around the bonfire
"wry, playful video for “Black Rose” which complements McNally’s warm, winning take on the tune"
- Relix
“Much like Jennings himself, who was noted for liking to do things his own way, McNally is passionate about what she does.”
- American Songwriter Magazine
“McNally…Sensual, Swaggering, Smokey.”
- Jon Pareles, The New York Times
For those who have followed McNally’s nearly twenty year career, the essence of what she brings to Americana Blues music is all packed into her performance. McNally’s voice oozes with nostalgia of Blues music history to almost hypnotize and transports her audience back to a time when life was simple and music was outlaw. With a large and growing catalog of songs and a star-studded list of peers with whom she has written, recorded and toured with, McNally continues to create music that transcends…
Shows
The Waylon Sessions - New Album Out May 28
"Much like Jennings himself, who was noted for liking to do things his own way, McNally is passionate about what she does, and not afraid to share how she feels about today’s music industry." - American Songwriter
"This is high art right here; cotton field disco perfection" - Relix
“On this gem of an album, McNally’s covers the late outlaw country star feel as much a tribute to Waylon Jennings’ attitude and independent spirits to his music. ” — MOJO, 4 Stars
Black Irish New Album Out Now
Black Irish is McNally’s most personal project yet, which is saying a lot, given the Americana singer-songwriter’s deep catalog. But it speaks to the power of connection, and the power of music to create it and to reflect it. The kick off track “You Made Me Feel For You”, was written by her producer, Americana icon, Rodney Crowell, and serves as a metaphor for their collaboration - how his particular understanding of her unique gifts pulled out the career-defining album many have been waiting for since she came on the scene.