Shauna Burns is a Las Vegas based
singer-songwriter who blends ethereal vocals and sweeping piano runs who has
won over audiences across the United States with her Celtic style.
From her 2005
debut Every Thought and 2006 follow-up
EP Desert Tune she has evolved and
grown as a musician and a performer. The year 2013 has provided Burns to
express her fresh ideas through storytelling. The new album, titled Violet, showcases her music that continues
to flourish.
Her debut release unlocked the door to
an exhilarating career as one of the most promising multi-talents on today’s
indie music scene—a spiritually driven journey that blossomed on her
breakthrough 2008 recording The Moon and The Fire Circle and continued on her 2009 EP Anamnesis.
The Moon and the Fire Circle, a richly thematic
and ultimately healing work that offered an emotional bridge between darkness
and light, met with similar success. Its first single “Around You” reached #7
on the FMQB AC Chart, was one of WCH Radio’s “Top Songs for 2008” and hit #1 on
“Song Vault Radio.” The collection was
selected “Best of 2008” by Collected Sounds and The Promise Live. Radio Crystal Blue also chose Burns as one of
the “Top Recording Artists of the Year 2008.” Conceived as an extension of the
music on The Moon and the Fire Circle,
Burns’ follow-up five track EP Anamnesis
included songs that relate in some way to each of the five senses (including
“Smell”).
Burns had developed her captivating vocal
and playing style while growing up in Miami, where she was inspired by her mother’s
love for the piano and groundbreaking pop/rock artists like Sarah McLachlan and
Tori Amos.
After receiving
a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology at the University of Utah, she spent a year
in Europe preparing her debut album. Burns’ music has long been inspired by
many cultures and ideas that surround the world as well as the landscape of the
deserts and mountains of the Western U.S. Drawing metaphorically upon her
passion for Anthropology, she sees every phase of her career as a new opportunity
to dig into herself to uncover the next musical adventure.
“It’s heartwarming to receive
messages from people who discover and connect with my music and it’s gratifying
to know that what I created in solitude has the ability to touch people emotionally,”
she says. “I use anthropology as a songwriting tool all the time. It’s the
study of human development and cultural identity and relationships between
people. I feel the need to cultivate and nurture these little seeds of
inspiration because they can grow into big ideas if we take care. It makes me
question: What’s next for all of us in the world? What is the universe trying
to tell us? I’m listening.”
Over the past few years, Burns has
enchanted audiences across the U.S. and in the U.K. with songs from her four
original albums and her 2011 holiday release A Winter Gathering, which is a collection of newfangled, holiday
carols and original songs.
“I view these performances as if I’m
holding a conversation with the audience,” Burns says. “I’m communicating with
whoever chooses to listen in that moment, and like to visualize my music
embracing whoever wants to embrace it. Just as it’s a friend to them, music is
my friend as well. There’s also a time travel element to the experience as well.
A lot of people say my songs remind them of things they haven’t thought about
in years. They help them recall the innocence of childhood that they had
forgotten about. That’s what music does for me, too. I have a huge respect for
the power of music and just how spiritual it can be. That’s why I take it so
seriously.”
Burns is proud to announce her brand
new album entitled Violet. The
direction taken for this project is focused on a female love-inspired freedom. Continuing
with her Celtic flare, this upcoming release will have positive messages of
understanding and show that women are capable of being the heroine and
uplifting to those around them.
Violet was released October 22nd with a total of 14 songs on the album
and is available on most digital retail outlets.
Site: www.ShaunaBurns.com
Facebook: ShaunaBurnsMusic
Twitter: @ShaunaBurns
YouTube: ShaunaBurns
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Soundcloud: ShaunaBurns
Check out the Interview with Shauna Burns on
Tuesday, November 19th at 2:30 pm
#TheSashaMarinaShow
