Shawn Smith, the voice of bands such as Brad, Satchel and Pigeonhed makes a very rare appearance on these shores in May, stopping off at Birmingham's Medicine Bar on Tuesday May 6th.
Shawn’s new solo album, The Diamond Hand, will be released on April 1st and two other solo albums are being reissued in the coming months.
Voted by MOJO magazine as one of the Greatest Vocalists of All Time, SHAWN SMITH is a man of many disguises. He has been driving force behind the cult-rockers SATCHEL, the electro-funk of PIGEONHED, the laid back grooves of BRAD (with PEARL JAM’s Stone Gossard) and as a founding member of THE TWILIGHT SINGERS with Greg Dulli, declared “Seattle’s best kept secret”.
Smith’s vocals have been touted as everything from “yearning and idealistic” to his songs “languid beauties”. A charismatic vocal powerhouse, Shawn’s solo albums showcase his extraordinary voice and beautiful songs. “…deep-soul phrasing and Curtis-styled falsetto you might detect the qualities of Robert Wyatt, a grain akin to Lowell George or the kind of poise Marvin Gaye would have appreciated”. – Jim Irvin MOJO magazine.
As well as a critically acclaimed solo career SHAWN SMITH has toured and recorded as part of THE AFGHAN WHIGS and had songs featured in the global hit TV series THE SOPRANOS amongst many other major motion picture soundtracks.
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