Tom Brosseau & Shelly Short

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TOM BROSSEAU (Los Angeles, CA)
North Dakotan-in Calfornia TOM BROSSEAU has a unique enchanting shrill to his voice and has recorded four beautiful albums for Fat Cat Records (three solo ones and another as part of the Les Shelleys project).
'Brosseau uses language with a straightforward grace that recalls the writing of John Steinbeck, and in the tradition of all great rustic music (blues, folk, bluegrass), frilly valentine moments sit side-by-side with menace and darkness' - TIME OUT
'equally imbued ... by Woody Guthrie's folk wanderlust, Cole Porter's cosmopolitan class, and even Jeff Buckley's arty otherworldliness. Indeed, Brosseau's the sort of artist whose simple, strikingly unadorned songs and high, lonesome vocals could probably be fit to shape if not any occasion than certainly any time and place.' - PITCHFORK
'The voice is unmistakably in its own class -- a high, plaintive, almost feminine cry -- and the beautifully sparse songs sound as if they could've fit on Harry Smith's 'Anthology of American Folk Music.'- CHICAGO TRIBUNE
http://www.tombrosseau.com/

SHELLEY SHORT (Portland, OR)
From Portland, Oregon and signed to her hometwon label Hush Records (Laura Gibson, Peter Broderick, The Deecemberists etc), Shelley Short is a folk-pop artist who deftly stays clear off the cheesy cutesy traits of her genre thanks to some inventive phrasing and astute observations.
"Short is a storyteller of nonchalant musings on the everyday, a nice break from the usual downer fare we are accustomed to." - BILLBOARD
“What sets Shelley Short apart from her country-crooning contemporaries is her ability to write songs that don’t announce their true colours right away. Sweet and pretty on the surface, a few listens reveal a depth more focused and cunning.” - COKE MACHINE GLOW
http://shelleyshortmusic.com