Shannon Lay - Live at Zebulon (2020) Hi Res

There is an entire sub-genre of poetry devoted to rivers and their persistent, meditative flow. Emily Dickinson’s “My River Runs to Thee” compares them to the cycle of life, while Alfred Tennyson’s “The Brook” deems them eternal and Kathleen Raine’s “The River” muses on the dream-state they evoke. For transcendent folk-pop artist Shannon Lay, the river is all of the above: It’s the metaphor driving her sub-pop full-length debut, the exquisitely uplifting August – which doubles as an aural baptism renewing her purpose for making music.

Following that highly-acclaimed release, Lay offers Live at Zebulon, a live album recorded in promotion of that album, delivering an antimate and of-the-moment account of her new music.

“I always picture music as this river. Everyone’s throwing things into this river, it’s a place you can go to and feed off of that energy, and feel nourished by the fact that so many people are feeling what you’re feeling. It’s this beautiful exchange.”