SHANNON SAUNDERS & THE SPLINTERS: Cold November

Shannon Saunders & The Splinters

Cold November

© 2003 Shannon Saunders (634479536922)

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On this much anticipated 2nd release, Shannon's beautifully crafted songs carry you through a CD spiced with driving bluegrass instrumentals, featuring the usual Splinters cast along with special guests John Reichman on mandolin and Steve Dawson on slide

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This is smooth British Columbia bluegrass and more from a fine Vancouver fiddler and singer who's also a longtime member of The Paperboys. Shannon Saunders is a smokey-voiced singer with a Norah Jones-like depth in her voice, and her songwriting and fiddling draw from country, gospel, and Celtic sources as well as traditional bluegrass roots. There's plenty of down-home fiddle, banjo, and high harmonies on this disk, like on the travelling song "See You in the Morning" and "San Juan Worm", a classic breakdown featuring Splinters banjo player Cam Salay, plus some different sounds too, like the traditional "Dark Hollow" arranged as a midtempo shuffle with slide guitar, or the slow, meditative fiddle tune "Bell Housing". Don't worry about getting splinters in your fingers; Cold November is a disk that fans of modern bluegrass will want to grab.
(TN) Dirty Linen 2004

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  • Sadness and joy, sorrow and hope
    author: Chris

    This is a wonderful recording full of both sadness and joy, sorrow and hope. Musically it's as brilliant as you'd expect from Shannon Saunders, while the songwriting and vocals are even more powerful than on her previous CD. Looking forward to the next one!

  • Great Stuff!
    author: Dave Bastian

    Wonderful vocals, catchy songwriting and fantastic picking. Brings a soulful element to traditional music. You need this CD.

  • Beautiful songs and nice songwriting
    author: Julie

    Lead singer Shannon Saunder's voice sounds absolutely great. Her first solo CD the Yellow Book was nice but I am loving her second CD even more because this time we get to hear more of her beautiful vocals. Great musicianship on the record, great songwriting, and great to come home and listen to after a long day at work!!

  • BEAUTIFUL VOICE, INSTRUMENTATION AND SONGS
    author: ANON.

    also get the first cd, The Yellow Book, you'll be glad you did

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