Celilo
Riviera
Shannon Stephens
- White Eagle Saloon |
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- 8:30 p.m. |
- $7 in advance, $7 day of show |
- 21 and over
Tickets on sale now!
About Celilo
- MySpace:
- http://www.myspace.com/celilo
About Riviera
Riviera plays Americana music grounded in roots and folk with electric overtones. After several years in Chicago, the band is now based in Portland, Oregon and firmly ensconced in the city's thriving music scene. In 2005, Riviera was called "one of the city's top unsigned bands" by the Chicago Tribune before signing with Glorious Noise Records. Riviera has opened for Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Son Volt, Califone, Hem, The Radar Brothers, Brent Best (Slobberbone) and Kraig Jarret Johnson (The Jayhawks, Golden Smog, Run Westy Run) and is currently recording material for their third full-length album.
- website:
- http://riviera-sound.com/
About Shannon Stephens
Shannon Stephens began her musical career in 1994 as the voice of the band Marzuki, a folk-rock ensemble assembled by Sufjan Stevens. Marzuki played a lot of shows around Michigan, and a few ill-fated shows in New York City. They released two albums in the five years that they were together.
After Marzuki disbanded, Shannon began to perform and record on her own. She recorded her self-titled debut LP in 1999, the same year she moved to Seattle and shared the stage with the likes of Denison Witmer, Rose Thomas, Jason Harrod and Damien Jurado. But by the time the new album had come back from the manufacturer, she had realized that all this music stuff was a lot of work. The boxes went into her garage and collected dust for nine years while she got married, read copious amounts of books, had a daughter, and did lots of hippy stuff like growing potatoes, canning preserves, and making kombucha. In 2008, one of her songs ("I'll Be Glad") was covered by Bonnie "Prince" Billy on his album Lie Down In The Light.
Shannon released her second album, The Breadwinner, in 2009, which Rachel Carson at Exclaim! describes as "...a spectacularly beautiful and fiercely compelling sophomore album" and Sufjan Stevens calls "...a joyful, heartfelt collection of quiet, gorgeous songs about family, friends, work, love, and the beauty of the world at large."
In 2010, Asthmatic Kitty Records proudly re-released Shannon's self-titled debut (2000). Produced by Stephens and her former Marzuki bandmates Sufjan Stevens and Matthew Haseltine, the re-press features new artwork and two previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Shannon continues to play shows in the Seattle area and around the Pacific Northwest, and is busy recording her next album.
- MySpace:
- http://www.myspace.com/shannonstephens
- website:
- http://asthmatickitty.com/shannon-stephens
- Facebook:
- http://www.facebook.com/thebreadwinner
