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Ashley Moyer
Rounder Records
amoyer@rounder.com

Rounder Records is very pleased to announce the signing of acclaimed GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne. Lynne recently completed recording at Louisiana’s Dockside studio on what will be her first album since 2011’s critically lauded Revelation Road. The as-yet-untitled album is tentatively set for release in early 2015.

Additionally, Rounder will celebrate the 15th anniversary of Lynne’s landmark breakthrough album I Am Shelby Lynne with a special deluxe reissue of the now classic recording, due for release October 7th, 2014. The 2-disc (1CD/1DVD) I Am Shelby Lynne Deluxe Edition features the re-mastered full-length album plus six previously unreleased bonus tracks from the original sessions.

The special package also contains Shelby Lynne: Live at the House of Blues on DVD, a newly unearthed, never-before-released, 16-song, 90-minute concert performance captured at Los Angeles’ House of Blues on April 28th, 2000. Moreover, I Am Shelby Lynne will be issued for the first time ever on vinyl (180-gram), which includes deluxe, double-gatefold packaging and digital download card containing the six bonus tracks. The digital version of the I Am Shelby Lynn Deluxe Edition includes the full-length album plus the six unreleased bonus tracks.

It’s difficult to overstate the impact that I Am Shelby Lynne’s dazzling blend of country and soul had on Lynne’s career and on popular music in general. Forerunner to albums such as Norah Jones’ Come Away with Me and Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black; I Am Shelby Lynne, with exquisite production from Bill Bottrell and superb songwriting by Lynne and Bottrell, earned worldwide critical acclaim, broad commercial success and the Best New Artist GRAMMY® for Lynne in 2001.

Shelby Lynne: Live at the House of Blues, recorded as she toured in support of I Am Shelby Lynne, documents an artist at the height of her creative powers. The country firebrand delivered a commanding, super-soulful performance that showcased I Am Shelby Lynne in its entirety, plus several gems that didn’t make the original recording along with brilliant covers of John Lennon’s “Mother” and Jimmy Webb’s “Wichita Lineman.” Playing in front of an adoring crowd at the House of Blues on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, the show was a triumphant homecoming for the Palm Springs (via Mobile, Alabama) resident. “I’ve been waiting 12 years for this damn show,” she declares mid-concert in her trademark southern drawl. Check out USA Today’s video premiere of “Should Have Been Better”, the show’s striking leadoff performance here: http://usat.ly/1rZYppX

Lynne will commemorate the I Am Shelby Lynne Deluxe Edition with a special live performance at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 8th.

Tickets available here: http://bit.ly/Sh3lByl1ve

Lynne remarked, "I'm very happy to have a creative home with history-making Rounder Records."

"Shelby Lynne is a songwriter and a soul singer of the first rank. The immediacy of feeling she is able to summon in the studio is a rare form of artistry. Working with her is an exhilarating experience,” said Scott Billington, veteran producer, musician, and Vice President of A&R at Rounder.

Rounder President John Virant concurs: “Shelby Lynne is a truly extraordinary artist who possesses one of the most soulful and profoundly affecting voices in contemporary music. We’re very proud to welcome her to Rounder.”

I Am Shelby Lynne Deluxe Edition track list:

YOUR LIES 2:54
LEAVIN’ 3:12
LIFE IS BAD 3:17
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER 3:54
GOTTA GET BACK 3:36
WHY CAN’T YOU BE? 4:19
LOOKIN’ UP 3:28
DREAMSOME 4:13
WHERE I’M FROM 3:50
BLACK LIGHT BLUE 3:20
*SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER 2:36
*SHE KNOWS WHERE SHE GOES 3:12
*MISS YOU SISSY 4:16
*SKY IS PURPLE 7:01
*WIND 3:59
*BLESS THE FOOL 4:14
*Bonus track, previously unreleased

Shelby Lynne: Live at the House of Blues track list:

SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
YOUR LIES
LEAVIN’
LIFE IS BAD
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER
GOTTA GET BACK
MISS YOU SISSY
WHY CAN’T YOU BE?
LOOKIN’ UP
SHE KNOWS WHERE SHE GOES
DREAMSOME
WHERE I’M FROM
ONLY A FOOL WOULD STAY
WICHITA LINEMAN
MOTHER
BLACK LIGHT BLUE

Buy I Am Shelby Lynne - Deluxe Edition here:

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Shelby on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelbylynne

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/shelbylynne_68

www.shelbylynne.com

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Joel Amsterdam at Concord Music Group:

Joel.amsterdam@concordmusicgroup.com – 310-385-4206