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Since moving to Typepad, I've been spending a lot of time doing maintenance and backing up old articles. Hours and hours of work, I tell you. It was also kind of fun to go back and read some of my old 2007 articles, despite how lame we were in the beginning.
One of those artist that I spotlighted early on was Sarah Shannon, the singer from Velocity Girl. As "indie pop darlings", I think fans were a little shock to discover in 2002 that Sarah Shannon was more into contemporary adult jazz music! On retrospect, I suppose it made sense since her singing style does lend itself well to that genre.
The inclusion of pianos, and backup singers, not found on a typical Velocity Girl song, was a nice change of pace. Two favorite songs from the self-titled album are "I'll Run Away" and "Heaven Got Wider".
For her long delayed follow-up album, City Morning Song, released in 2007 on Minty Fresh Records. The story behind the title track, "City Morning Song", according to Sarah's own words, was that it was about a homeless man.
Listening to her songs recently made me really miss her voice. As far as I know, I think she's left the music thing behind.... but if she does return, you know I'll be there for her.
One of those artist that I spotlighted early on was Sarah Shannon, the singer from Velocity Girl. As "indie pop darlings", I think fans were a little shock to discover in 2002 that Sarah Shannon was more into contemporary adult jazz music! On retrospect, I suppose it made sense since her singing style does lend itself well to that genre.
The inclusion of pianos, and backup singers, not found on a typical Velocity Girl song, was a nice change of pace. Two favorite songs from the self-titled album are "I'll Run Away" and "Heaven Got Wider".
For her long delayed follow-up album, City Morning Song, released in 2007 on Minty Fresh Records. The story behind the title track, "City Morning Song", according to Sarah's own words, was that it was about a homeless man.
Listening to her songs recently made me really miss her voice. As far as I know, I think she's left the music thing behind.... but if she does return, you know I'll be there for her.
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