Artists

A bandmate of Sufjan Stevens when both were starting their miscal career in Holland, Michigan, Shannon Stephens was the lead vocalist of Mazuki - named after Sufjan's brother the professional long distance runner Marzuki Stevens - when they released two albums in the later 90's. Shannon's self-titled debut - produced by Sufjan and fellow former Marzuki man Matt Haseltine - emerged in 2000 but was re-released by Asthmatic Kitty eight years later after, the same year Bonnie Prince Billy included a cover of closer \I'll Be Glad' on his Lie Down In The Light record. After taking that period to begin raising a family - Shannon relocated to Seattle where she has a young daughter - she returned with the nine-years-in-the-waiting second album The Breadwinner in September 2009.

MP3: Shannon Stephens - In Summer In The Heat (2009)
MP3: Shannon Stephens - I'll Be Glad (2000)
MP3: Shannon Stephens - So Gentle Your Arms (2000)