{"product_id":"once-i-was-a-bird","title":"Once I Was A Bird - 666","description":"About the Artist\n\nMusic has played an integral part in Lauren Shera's life from the very beginning. The New York native grew up surrounded by an eclectic range of performers. When she was 13, her family relocated to northern California at the same time that she picked up the guitar.\nShera swiftly developed a reputation in the folk-indie world, joining the ranks of such artists as Jessica Lea Mayfield, Iron \u0026amp; Wine and Gillian Welch, and earning titles such as \"Princess of Power\" and \"Folk music's new royalty.\"\nIn 2008, she studied at the renowned Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, where she expanded her knowledge of traditional folk music and honed her skills as a singer and a musician while adding ukulele and clawhammer banjo to her arsenal.\nHer original songs and soulful voice combine to make a sound that is equal parts powerful and melancholy; she weaves her opulent sound together with the performances of various instruments, including the mandolin, violins, cello, banjo and more. Her personal experiences with grief and emotion translate effortlessly into stunning musical arrangements, haunting melodies and honest lyrics.\n\"Every generation or two, a voice comes along that redefines what you thought you knew about music and touches you deep down in your soul...\" said Phil Lesh from the Grateful Dead about Shera. \"Her voice is going to define the next generation of folk music.\"\nShera's most recent project \"Once I Was A Bird,\" re-tells the stories of her hard-learned lessons with heartbreaking transparency, while imparting solace and wisdom to the listener. The album's lush sounds and beautiful temperament are complimented with guest performances by Abigail Washburn, and Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses).\n\"It's important to me that people are able to relate to [the album],\" said Shera. \"and take out of it a shared experience that everyone has been through in some form or another.\"\nShera has shared the stage with such artists as Ray LaMontagne, Jason Mraz, Phil Lesh, Shawn Colvin, Billy Bragg, Nanci Griffith, Kristin Hersh, Joan Osborne and Abigail Washburn. She's also making her mark on the festival circuit, making appearances at Bonnaroo, the High Sierra Music Festival, Sausalito Music and Arts Festival, Monterey Music Summit and South by Southwest. When she was 18-years-old she was also invited to perform at the Bob Dylan Tribute Concert at New York City's Avery Fisher Hall. When she isn't performing solo, Shera performs with the Monterey-based female quartet Honeymoon.\n\n\n\nProduct Description\n\nA major talent lying in wait....Her world-weary ruminations exude wisdom far outpacing her years on this planet\"\" MOKB Artful musical arrangements and compelling narrative lyricism...a fresh spin on classic folk - Consequence of Sound Lauren Shera absorbed the nuanced art of folk music while attending Chicago s Old Town School of Folk Music and it shows in her critically acclaimed album, Once I Was a Bird. Colored with tinges of Traditional, Appalachian, Old-Timey and Irish Folk, it is an album of richly textured arrangements, gorgeous melodies, and stirring poetry, that is emotionally inspired by the fragility of the human heart, and defined by Lauren s voice, which Phil Lesh (Further, Grateful Dead) describes as a voice that redefines what you thought you knew about music and touches you deep down in your soul...her voice is going to define the next generation of folk music.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B004FKF3R6\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GGV.B004FKF3R6.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:SHERA,LAUREN\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49565843456298,"sku":"GGV.B004FKF3R6.VG","price":10.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0819\/9210\/files\/skuimage_15de8019-6f03-477a-9add-fa040294e96f.jpg?v=1731187923","url":"https:\/\/recycle4.com\/products\/once-i-was-a-bird","provider":"Recycle4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}