Posts by Shannon Curtis

The community of people who support the music I make rallied in force to contribute their voices to this video project—living their hearts out loud in the face of the helplessness, sadness, anger, and fear many of us experienced in the wake of our national election.

Even the stories you see of big stars who seem like “overnight successes” have actually been working at it for years and years.

I thought maybe there was something wrong with me. Maybe my songs just weren’t good enough. Maybe I was a terrible performer.

I want to make the same impression on my audiences that the Prada Marfa store made on me: a moment of wonder in the middle of an otherwise ordinary road.

Here are the things I can’t live without when I’m on the road.

I had the idea a few years ago that perhaps I could write songs for people to give as gifts to their loved ones.

I’ve never been quite comfortable with the word “fan.” It’s always seemed to conjure an artificial hierarchy. House concerts have changed that.

If I can gather a group of people who remain supportive of my music over the years, that will sustain me as a career artist for a long, long time.

There is something disarming and powerful that happens when a performer gives everything they have for the audience of a house concert.