Shannon Whitworth - No Expectations & Water Bound '2007 & 2010

Tracks list

:: TRACKLIST ::

2007 - No Expectations
1 Here But Never Home 3:28
2 No Expectations 3:57
3 Teach Me How To Fly 3:17
4 Keep Me On This Road 3:09
5 Song For You 3:24
6 Marmalade Skies 4:14
7 Killin Time 2:30
8 Unpack Your Suitcase 3:16
9 Not Ready To Know 3:27
10 Come On Baby 3:47


2010 - Water Bound
1. Run To Roll On Home (04:08)
2. Spring Is Here (03:18)
3. Cant Look In Your Eyes (02:31)
4. Mermaids Song (03:42)
5. Wrong Kind Of Man (03:17)
6. All The Same (03:20)
7. Fly Away (03:17)
8. Dont Lie (03:31)
9. I Got The Blues (04:24)
10. Put Me Back (03:03)
11. Taking It Hard (02:56)
12. Am I A Stranger (03:54)

 Waters run deep in Shannon Whitworths soul. A daughter of South Carolinas
low country, its to the water that she returns when she needs respite from the
wearisome world. So its understandable the theme of water surfaces in her songs
so often; these are women who run, women who hope, women who love the wrong man,
and when true love is present, women who return. They are Water Bound. The first
thing that you notice about Shannon Whitworth is the voice-smoky, elegant, a bit
husky, patient at all the right moments and equally adept at the phrasing of a
iazz chanteuse; its no wonder shes garnered comparisons to singers from Patsy
Cline to Billie Holiday, as well as contemporaries like Neko Case.

Shannon Whitworth was born in Virginia, but moved to South Carolina almost
immediately after birth. Her father was an educator and a music lover. He and
her mother filled the Whitworth house with music, and Shannons early years
echoedwith the songs of those that she considers some of the writers who framed
her melodic sensibilitie\% Paul Simon, James Taylor, John Prine and Crosby
Stills, Nosh & Young. Some of my band tease me when I listen to these en route
to gigs, but these guys are my classics, says Whitworth. Moving back to Virginia
in her teenage years, she was able to plug into the Northern Virginia music
scene. She eventually found her way to North Carolina, where she was a founding
member of the Biscuit Burners, the bluegrass band that brought her prodigious
talents to the aitention of the music world. After appearances on the BBC and
PBS, Whitworth left the band to pursue a broader musical vision. She released
her first solo album No Expectations in 2007. Whitworth has finally settled in
North Carolina with her husband on a piece of land where three rivers meet. Is
it any wonder that the ideas of love and water are so inextricably linked in my
mind? jokes Whitworth.

Water Bound carries with it the promise of heading toward something better-
promise that Shannon Whitworth and her beautiful new album deliver in spades. 

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