Shawn McDonald

I recently discovered an AMAZING Christian artist on MySpace named Shawn McDonald. His music just grabbed me with his honesty and vulnerability laced with authentic praise. Here's a little snippit I found about him @ http://www.chrisitanmusictoday.com.

On occasion we are fortunate to hear a voice that rings true. One that is hard to forget. A vocal delivery filled with cracks and crevices that belie a difficult past. Simultaneously hopeful and haunting, it is impossible to get out of your head…let alone your heart. A cry from deep in the valley where the spirit of a song lives and the necessity of its telling is born. This is the case with 28-year-old Seattle singer-songwriter, Shawn McDonald. On McDonald's second studio offering, Ripen, the humble songwriter carves out 15 stories with the urgency and earnest of a town crier.
McDonald's tender is his honest lyrics. Neither inexplicit generalities nor simple saccharine praise are found on the album. Rather, Ripen exhibits poetic pop ("Free," "Pour Out"), soulful howling ("Perfectly Done," "Salvation"), and vulnerability (the autobiographical "Lovely"), à la Damien Rice, Cat Stevens and Ben Harper. The artist's gravelly voice, wrapped in atmospheres of cello, violin, acoustic guitar and sophisticated noise, provides several snapshots of a journey in progress.

You can also check out McDonald here http://www.myspace.com/shawnmcdonald at MySpace.com! Let me know what you think! For now, I'm out like Christians @ the rapture.