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“McConnell — who has had his songs cut by Brett Young, Tim McGraw and Brothers Osborne — strikes out on his own here. He gets a fine assist from The Wood Brothers on a tune that recalls The Band with its earthy, rollicking piano center. They perfectly balance country and gospel as he declares himself the apostle that no one has ever heard of, though he is no less devout.”
NEWS
Join "Breathtaking"..."Enigmatic" Sean McConnell at AmericanaFest - City Winery 9PM, Friday 9.24
Finally Friday From Home: Sean McConnell and Boy Golden (WMOT)
Sean McConnell Releases Superb ‘A Horrible Beautiful Dream’ (Medium’s Pop Off)
Sean McConnell’s “Price Of Love” Debuted By BBC Radio 2 & The Bluegrass Situation
Exclusive Song Premiere: Sean McConnell, “Price of Love” (The Bluegrass Situation)
The Country Show with Bob Harris Premieres Sean McConnell’s “Price of Love” (BBC Radio 2)
Sean McConnell’s New Song “Nothing Anymore” Out Everywhere April 23
First Country: New Music From Luke Bryan, Sean McConnell, Lanco & More (Billboard)
Sean McConnell Releases “The 13th Apostle” Feat. The Wood Brothers, Friday, April 9
Sean McConnell Releases ‘Live from Basement East’ (American Songwriter)
Sean McConnell: Just One Song That Came the Quickest (The Bluegrass Situation)
Sean McConnell Views Life’s Poignant Questions Through ‘Secondhand Smoke’ (No Depression)
BIOGRAPHY
Peril exists in both the underexamined and overexamined life.
Claiming to have all the answers may appear to hold a premium in life in the 21st century, but finding even one flaw in that claim threatens to crack the entire edifice.
Similarly, building a life out of nothing but an endless stream of questions while also afeared of gathering answers leaves one paralyzed into inaction.
Life is rarely black and white. Nor is it almost entirely gray.
The dichotomy of balance, amidst the turbulence of the to-and-fro life’s situations warrant, is a central theme of singer/songwriter/producer Sean McConnell’s newest collection, A Horrible Beautiful Dream. . .
“While many an artist has been compared to Jason Isbell in the last four years, surely Sean McConnell has earned that nod more than most with his raspy vocals and shoot-em dead lyrics. Yet behind that edge is a melodic whimsicality that gels with Hiss Golden Messenger’s enigmatic talent of matching hummable music for dark times... the video for the jubilant “What the Hell Is Wrong With Me” (Feat. Fancy Hagood)” shows McConnell doing what he does and best and proves to be a new vital voice in the Americana scene.”
“Fabulous”
“A jack-of-all-trades is too cheap a title for the sought-after songsmith... The 13-track collection is an edification incited by the often crippling stillness of an era of unknowns.”
“Filled with song upon song of marvelously written Americana music, backed up by a voice that has the power to soothe the world”