Shannon Hope is a South African born piano-based vocal artist who writes her own version of Art Pop that is intriguingly powerful, yet delicately moving in its artistry.

In only the first six months of launching her solo career, Shannon Hope had recorded and released her debut solo album STILL, gained playlisting on radio stations across the country, and embarked on national promotional tours, performing on some of the country’s premier music platforms with some of its most revered artists including Prime Circle, John Ellis (Tree63), Josie Field, and Plush. Her extensive musical journey has seen her grace the esteemed stages of The Barnyard Theatre, Splashy Fen Festival, Woodstock SA, The White Mountain Folk Festival, Oppikoppi, Music at the Lake, as well as The Metro Theatre in Chicago. Her brief sojourns in America in the early days of her music career earned her the opportunity of recording a five track EP in 2004, with Chicago’s high profile producer, Bjorn Thorsrud (of Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan fame). It is her vast experience over the past years that now have her poised to become a respected force on the local scene, and she is fast gaining a reputation as one of the hardest-touring self-managed artists on the national circuit.

Her debut solo endeavour is classed within an alternative adult-contemporary genre, and is a mature and remarkably honest eleven track studio album, co-produced with Tim Rankin at his Cape Town studio, and recorded in a mere five days. Released on 1 April 2009, STILL delivers the thoughtfully personal and often heart-wrenching sincerity of an artist whose music forces you to feel, with a voice impossible to ignore.

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Website: www.shannonhope.co.za
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