Sharla June
Flyin' without My Wings Again
© 2007 Mayhaw Music, Sharla June (837101324663)
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Acoustic stomp and revelry.
tracks
- 1 Bumble Bee
- 2 Fish Story
- 3 Built to Go Hungry
- 4 Within You Without You
- 5 Share the Love
- 6 Those Memories of You
- 7 Trouble Me
- 8 Firebreak
- 9 Everybody's Got One
- 10 Float
- 11 When You're Dead
- 12 Flyin' without My Wings Again
- 13 Black Dog
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Singer, writer, teacher, and poet Sharla June is a north Florida native who first appeared on the Tallahassee music scene with soul/punk band The Shakes, a scrappy garage ensemble that sounded like The Stooges drilling through the entire Stax/Volt catalog. Sharla went on to form Begs and Achin', a southern-fried cowpunk band who built a massive and loyal following with their stellar song-craft and rollicking live shows.
When Sharla and her guitar moved on to Athens, Georgia, she began to explore the possibilities of acoustic music. Earnestly digging into her southern roots, she learned slave songs, Bessie Smith blues, and Hank Williams, incorporating these influences into her writing while following her own, way-out, loopy muse.
Having built an extensive catalog of songs and an itch to see more of the world, she moved to Prague, where she fell in with a group of like-minded miscreants and busked her way across Europe with just her guitar and her big, black dog, Sushi. It was during this time that she and fellow traveler Traci Buckle (the duo was called Hunka Hunka) released the album Self-Help Songbook, and Sharla recorded an 8-track collection called One Hand One Crooked Finger.
Missing home, Sharla returned to the land of swamps and sink-holes, and has followed her voracious creative intelligence from one music and artistic success to the next. The Mayhaws bring together a wealth of influences, styles, and disciplines, and yet, like everything Sharla June touches, is uniquely itself--joyous and strange, wonderful and weird. We can eagerly look forward to what this particular synergy of talent, creativity, and originality will bring.
by David Ferguson
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Front porch music that gets you outta yer seat
author: Cat (Radio Free Americana DJ)Floridian Sharla June's new album, Flyin' without My Wings Again, is a high-energy acoustic romp that incorporates many elements of traditional American music, including folk and country blues, bluegrass and jug band music. Perhaps it might best be described as front porch music that gets you out of your seat. What lifts you up is Sharla's punky attitude, perfectly captured on this recording, that makes her kindred spirits with Exene Cervenka of The Knitters and a number of better known female artists (think Neko, Kelly, etc.) associated with the Bloodshot Records label in recent years. The CD's 13 tracks include 10 originals tackling diverse subjects with intelligence, wit and charm, and 3 brilliant covers, including personal favorite "Those Memories of You" by A. O'Bryant that highlights the superb playing of The Mayhaws, Sharla's band that formed during the recording session. Indeed, the musicianship throughout finely balances looseness (not sloppiness) and tightness (not rigidness) for a perfect feel, and Sharla's singing covers a broad range of emotions but is always infectious. Check out the new CD at CD Baby.com and catch The Mayhaws on tour. ~ cat (DJ@RadioFreeAmericana.com)