Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions [LP]

COMPASS

£21.58

Cat. no: COM47681
Format: LP
Barcode: 766397476810
Release Date: 28th May 2021
Genre: Americana

Recorded with an all-star band and featuring special guests like Jessi Colter, Buddy Miller, Rodney Crowell, and Lukas Nelson, Shannon McNally’s extraordinary new collection, ‘The Waylon Sessions’, isn’t so much a tribute to Waylon Jennings as it is a recontextualization: a nuanced, feminine
rendering of a catalog long considered a bastion of hetero-masculinity.

That’s not to say McNally has a softer, gentler take on the songs of Jennings and his outlaw compatriots here; in fact, just the opposite. Over and over again, she manages to locate a smoldering intensity a searing hurt buried deep within the music’s deceptively simple poetry and she hones in on it with a surgical precision.

McNally doesn’t swap pronouns or couch her delivery with a wink; she simply plays it straight, singing her truth as a divorced single mother in her 40’s in all its beauty, pain, and power. The result is that rare covers record that furthers our understanding of the originals, an album of classics that challenges our perceptions and assumptions about just what made them classics in the first place.

“When I listen to Waylon, I hear an adult,” says McNally. “He sounds like a grownup, and for a long time, I think being a grownup has been confused with being a man. There’s a feminine perspective hidden somewhere inside each of these songs, though. My job was to find a way to tap into that and draw it out.”

Press:
Print reviews confirmed to run around release date in Uncut, Record Collector, RNR.
Album announcements in Uncut and Record Collector
Mojo 4 star reveiw out now
CMP **** review
“The album and indeed McNally suceed in making these Waylon numbers both fresh and timeless at the same time and that says a lot for all concerned” Duncan Warwick CMP

“On this gem of an album, McNally’s covers of the late outlaw country star feel as much a tribute to Waylon Jennings’ attitude and independent spirit as to his music.” - MOJO

Online:
review and feature confirmed in Americana UK, review confirmed in Holler
https://www.countryline.tv/

Shannon McNally: The Waylon Sessions Album Release Show Live From City Winery Nashville with special guests: Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller and Kenny Vaughn Friday, May 28th, 2021 8:00pm Central A 48-hour replay will be available for all ticket holders, including those in the UK!

Radio:
BBC Scotland Iain Anderson show to feature as Album of the Week release week.

LP: I’ve Always Been Crazy / You Asked Me To (feat. Buddy Miller) / I Ain’t Living Long Like This (feat. Rodney Crowell) / Out Among The Stars (feat. Jessi Colter) / You Show Me Yours And I’ll Show You Mine (feat. Lukas Nelson) / Black Rose (feat. Buddy Miller) / This Time / I’m A Ramblin’ Man / Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys / Help Me Make It Through The Night / We Had It All