It's National Release Day for Swift Arrows!!!

July 23, 2013  /  Shelby Earl

It's national release day for my sophomore solo album, Swift Arrows! JOY!!! 

You can STREAM THE WHOLE ALBUM FOR FREE (today only) and purchase a digital or physical copy at Bandcamp, CD Baby, Amazon or iTunes. If you're in Seattle you can pick up a copy at Sonic Boom, Easy Street, Everyday Music or Silver Platters. 

If you missed the release show last weekend, come by Sonic Boom Records, Ballard at 6pm TONIGHT to catch the encore show! 

Lastly, I really hope you enjoy the new tunes. 

-- Shelby

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Announcing New Album: Swift Arrows!

May 28, 2013  /  Shelby Earl

I'm THRILLED to announce that my sophomore solo album Swift Arrows, produced by Damien Jurado, will be released July 23rd, 2013 and it's available for PRE-ORDER HERE!

To read about our MAGICAL experience making this record, check out the blog posts from the studio last summer. And SAVE THE DATE for the big CD Release Show at Columbia City Theater on Saturday, July 13th, 2013 (Mikey & Matty Gervais and Courtney Marie Andrews will open)! Tickets for this show will go on sale this Sat, June 1st! 

There's LOTS more exciting news around the corner so sign up on the mailing list or "Like" the Facebook artist page to stay in the loop! 

I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THIS MUSIC WITH YOU!

-- Earl 

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First Living Room Show Tour a Success!

May 19, 2013  /  Shelby Earl

A huge THANK YOU to all who hosted and attended shows on my first ever Living Room Show Tour! It was a really wonderful experience for me and I hope it was for you too. Each night was truly unique and special and I am now a TOTAL believer in this format for sharing music. There's just nothing else like it! Here's a collage I put together of my loveable little "throne" at each stop. Can't wait for the next LRS tour! 

Tacoma, San Francisco (x2), Cambria, San Diego, Venice, Pasadena and Seattle!

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West Coast Living Room Show Tour On Sale NOW!

April 02, 2013  /  Shelby Earl

Starting April 28th in Tacoma, WA, I'll be heading out on my first ever Living Room Show Tour! Confirmed cities include Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco, Cambria, San Diego and Los Angeles, with MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON! 

Click here for tickets and info:

 

Check back soon for more show announcements!!! 

Shelby

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A Song + A Window Into My Creative Process at WWU

March 20, 2013  /  Shelby Earl

On March 3rd I had the honor of opening for Benjamin Gibbard again, this time at his alma mater, Western Washington University. The crowd was stellar and a crew of some WWU's best and brightest sat me down for an interview pre-show to talk about my creative process and future plans. They made a super sweet little vid! Check it...

-- Earl

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Fretboard Journal Feature, Seattle Mag & Last Show of 2012!

December 12, 2012  /  Shelby Earl

The fine folks over at Fretboard Journal invited me to swing by their offices and play a song for their awesome "12 Days of Fretboard" event. I'm honored to have been featured alongside Benjamin Gibbard and Joseph Arthur for Days 1 - 3, and rumor has it there are more badass artists yet to come! See the video below for a sneak-peek of my new song "Swift Arrows" off the forthcoming album. 

Twelve Days of Fretboard: Shelby Earl from fretboardjournal on Vimeo.

And a big thanks to Seattle Magazine for the great write-up and summary of all-things-holiday in my world! What a sweet little surprise on this grey 12.12.12. morning!


ALSO, the band and I will play our last show of the year tomorrow - Thursday, Dec. 13th at the Sunset Tavern - opening for the fabulous Lavender Diamond (from LA). Tickets and info HERE.
 
Lavendar Diamond with Shelby Earl (and Band!)
The Sunset Tavern
Thu, December 13, 2012
Doors: 8:00 PM (*we play at 9PM SHARP!!!)
$10.00, This show is 21+

 

Come celebrate a stellar 2012 with us! 

Happy Holidays! 

-- Earl
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"This Christmas Is For Us" Newly Re-mastered, for Modern Times!

November 29, 2012  /  Shelby Earl

My bandmates and I got together one wintery afternoon in Nov. of last year and recorded this Christmas tune I'd just written. It's about staying in Seattle for the holidays, with the community I love, for the first time in years (my mom lives in Cali, so to Cali I usually go!). We lit candles, ate home-made Christmas cookies, sipped our coffees, threw sounds on tape, and goofed off in all directions - it was a joyous day. 

We didn't have much time to get the recording out into the world before Christmas (and I had no time to get it mastered), so I've gone back and gotten it all fancied up in time for the 2012 holly-days. Now the sound quality will stand up to the rest of your digital catalog and you can spin this bad boy all season long. PLUS, it's only $1! 

Download "This Christmas Is For Us": This Christmas Is For Us (Re-mastered), by Shelby Earlshelbyearl.bandcamp.com

Happy tree-trimming! 

-- Earl

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Gigs4Good's "Wintersong" at the Crocodile!

November 20, 2012  /  Shelby Earl

Get your scarves and sweaters on and oochie over to The Crocodile on Wed, Nov. 28th! I'm playing a a Gigs4Good/Team Up for Nonprofits event called "Wintersong," where a bunch of great local bands will play their favorite winter-themed jams. I'm cooking up a coupla fun co-llabs for the night and would love to see you there!

All proceeds from the event go to TUfNP/G4G so they can continue their great work (check them out if you aren't familliar!). The line-up also includes local fav's Ivan & Alyosha, Tea Cozies, Tom Eddy, Ben Fisher, Kevin Long, Naomi Wachira and Tony Kevin Jr.!

You can pick up your very own tickets here: http://thecrocodile.com/events/6620073/ivan-alyosha 

-- Earl

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Fall 2012 - Best Time Ever?

October 26, 2012  /  Shelby Earl

This is happening. It seriously might be. Not only is the COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS ON (*winningest holiday*), but my new record is in it's final mixing stages (and sounding killer) AND there are some SUPER EXCITING shows on the calendar! 

 

Here's what's crackin' thus far (more announcements to come!): 

  • Oct. 28th - The Great Ballard Chili Cook Off (to benefit Ballard Food Bank) w/ Country Lips - SOLD OUT.
  • Oct. 30th - Fremont Abbey w/ Sam Russell (CD Release show) and Slow Skate. Info HERE. 
  • Nov. 17th - Washington Hall w/ Benjamin Gibbard. SOLD OUT, **but keep an eye on my Facebook Page for ticket give-away info!**
  • Nov. 28th - Wintersong (to benefit Team Up!) at the Crocodile w/ Ivan & Alyosha, Tea Cozies and more! Info HERE. 

Enjoy every minute of this beautiful season and I hope to see you at a show! 

-- Earl

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The Jurado Sessions Pt. 2!

July 31, 2012  /  Shelby Earl

Recording vocals. Pic by Damien Jurado.Well, we did it. We tracked about 95% of 14 songs in 7.5 DAYS(!). Damien tracked his latest (GENIUS) record, Maraqopa, in just 3 days so this probably doesn't feel *quite* as revolutionary to him, but I am STUNNED and AMAZED. I thought for sure we would have tons of stuff to re-do or tweak or add, but as of now it seems that we do not. We listened through all 14 songs at the end of the week and there were big smiles all around. Not only did we make something beautiful together, but there was SO MUCH JOY in the making. How did we do it in such a short amount of time? We did it live, in single takes, with all the "mistakes" left IN. This is how people used to make records. This is how Damien Jurado makes records now. And the resulting sound has SO MUCH LIFE IN IT, it's astounding. 

I am a new artist after this experience. 

Below are a few highlights from the final tracking days. Stay tuned for news on mixing, mastering and eventual album release plans!

 

 

The fabulous Barry Uhl (a member of Damien's band) came in and added lots of spooky/bendy bits to the songs with his UNBELIEVABLE collection of keyboards!G. Mula rockin' some bermudas at Avast Studio even though we were inside for 12 hours that day. Buddy, pal, bandmate, brilliant backing vocalist, Anna-Lisa Notter, working her magic on some harmonies!Dylan Rieck, cello genius, making the songs sound EPIC! A choir of pals including: Lauren Daniels, Eric Elbogen, Cristina Bautista, Tony Kevin Jr., Daniel Williams, Ben Obee, Salomon Navarro, Cam Shaw, Kika Westoff, Ragan Crowe, Kris Orlowski, and Sam Hatch. Making the songs EVEN MORE EPIC! D.J. and I listening back to the group vox. Ear candy! Photo by Cam Shaw.Faustine added a bunch of percussion on the last day - including castanets, which she learned to play ON THE SPOT!Damien Jurado adding his HEARTBREAKING voice to a few songs. Goosebumps to the max!

Ragan Crowe, adding some last-minute 12 string guitar to one song to make it EXTRA lush! A moment of joy and excitement for yours truly. Captured by Cristina Bautista. The final scene on the final night at Columbia City Theater. I miss it already!

New music coming your way! 

-- Earl 

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Making a Record with Damien Jurado!

July 27, 2012  /  Shelby Earl

(Pic of Damien and me on the 2nd day!)I've kept this news in my hat for a while now because Damien Jurado is blowing up (though to many of us he's always been HUGE) and I was terrified he was going to call me up and say "Bob Dylan is taking me on tour and I can't produce your record after all," but THANKS BE, the scheduling fates have aligned and we were able to start recording together this week (YAYAYAYAYAY!)! We are now just 4 1/2 days in to the process and it's already been a magical experience - for everyone involved. Damien is a wonderfully supportive, strong, and creative force in the studio, and I am growing immensely as an artist working with him. Songs are evolving, fears/insecurities are falling away, and I am becoming increasingly more and more excited about this collection of songs.

I'm so grateful.

I absolutely cannot WAIT to share the love and magic with you all! Here are a few shoddy iPhone pics from our time at Columbia City Theater this week. More pals are coming in next week to lend their respective talents to the project so stay tuned for news and updates!

(Me on my guitar/vocal recording perch!)

(The fabulous Ben Obee - aka "The Commander" - layin' down sick bass lines!)

(The brilliant and lovable Faustine Hudson tracking drums and looking *shockingly* like the Mona Lisa!)

(The fearless and talented Jacob James came in and SLAYED the piano on songs he hardly knew - it was insane!)

(Eric Howk, guitar maestro & Gary Mula, engineer extraordinaire - two GEMS of humanity!)

(The guitar slayers, Eric Howk and Ragan Crowe - aka "Howk & Crowe" - admiring their small arsenal of guitars and gear)

(Columbia City Theater, our recording home all week. What a beaute!)

-- Earl

 

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