"Quando Nadie Te Quiera" - Joan Shelley

Friends, LIKE THE RIVER LOVES THE SEA, the new record, is coming out in just over 2 weeks.  I can't wait to rip off the seal and let you all into it.  Two songs are out now, as singles for the record: Click to listen to Coming Down for You featuring Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Nathan Salsburg, and James Elkington -and- Cycle featuring Nathan and James as well as the Icelandic sisters, string dream-team Sigrún Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir and Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir. Music video animated by Douglas Miller.  Album artwork by Kevin Earl Taylor Pre-order "Like the River Loves the Sea" And as a little bonus for those of you on this email list, I wanted to include a song that up till now I couldn't share because of my embarrassment at my flawed Spanish pronunciations. But since El Paso last week, that just doesn't seem to matter and I'd like to just share something I love deeply, in a language and from a culture that I love deeply. It is a Ranchera song that I learned from the amazing Amalia Mendoza. Hear her version HERE. She was born in 1923 in Michoacán, Mexico. Her deep voice and heart-shredding performance is well worth your 2:38 minutes.    Here is my cover of the song: "Quando Nadie Te Quiera" - Joan Shelley Come be with us at one of the shows on the list of new tour dates. I'll be joined by one of these top-shelf opening acts along the way: Jake Xerxes Fussell, Daughter of Swords, and Nathan Salsburg. Check them out: Tour Dates Some fun news: If you stop by your local bookshop this month, you can find me in the music magazine rack. Not only did UNCUT magazine decide to come down to Kentucky and do a big spread on me in my home place, but MOJO and Qmagazines also talked with me about music and making the record. Big honor and very overwhelming, to be honest. Who says you have to live in Brooklyn or L.A.! So, check those out. I hope to see you out at one of the shows. Meanwhile, may the summer treat you kindly and music fill your house ~~~ Joan Copyright © 2019 Absolute Anthem Music