Shelby Lynne
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Image:I Am Shelby Lynne.jpg Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynne Moorer, October 22, 1968, Quantico, Virginia) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
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Biography
Lynne's personal history is steeped in family tragedy. Lynne's father, an abusive alcoholic, shot and killed her mother and then himself when Lynne was 17. Lynne and her younger sister Allison Moorer did not actually witness the shooting, as has widely been reported. Shelby and her sister briefly lived with an aunt until Lynne turned 18, whereupon she married a friend from home. The marriage lasted only a year. Lynne began supporting herself and her sister by playing music in local clubs and eventually the two moved to Nashville where she landed a recording contract with Epic Records, after appearing in TNN's Nashville Now in 1987.
After releasing several albums on the fringes of the country music establishment with minor success, Lynne moved to Palm Springs in 1998 and released the confessional, eclectic I Am Shelby Lynne in 1999 (released in US in 2000) to wide critical acclaim; on the strength of the album Lynne won a Grammy award for "Best New Artist," despite the fact that she had been recording and releasing records for more than ten years.
Her 2001 followup album, Love, Shelby featured a slicker, more pop-influenced sound. This album was a moderate commercial success but received mixed reviews. In 2003, Lynne released the critically-acclaimed Identity Crisis. Though, not a commercial success, many magazines rated the album among the best of 2003. 2005's Suit Yourself has also been well received by critics.
She portrays Carrie Cash in the 2005 Johnny Cash biographical film, Walk the Line.
Discography
Albums
- Sunrise, Epic Records 1990
- Tough All Over, Epic Records 1990
- Soft Talk, Columbia Records 1991
- Temptation, Morgan Creek 1993
- Restless, Curb Records 1995
- I Am Shelby Lynne, Mercury Records 1999, Island Records 2000
- This Is Shelby Lynne: The Best of the Epic Years, Sony Music Entertainment, 2000
- Love, Shelby, Island Records 2001
- Identity Crisis, Capitol Records 2003
- Suit Yourself, Capitol Records 2005
Singles
External links
Official and Fan Sites
Interviews
- Midwest Beat 2005 Interview
- Lumino Maganize 2005 Interview
- Interview 2003, by Mary-Louise Parker
- Oregon Music Guide 2003 Interview
- NOW Toronto 2000 Interview
- CNN 2001 Interview with Shelby and her sister Allison
Album Reviews
- BBC review of Identity Crisis
- collection of reviews of Suit Yourself
- collection of reviews of I am Shelby Lynne
- reviews by Rolling Stone Magazine
