Press for Shauna Burns

El Paso Times Interview with Doug Pullen 6/28/08

Alamogordo Daily News Interview with Nick Fahl 6/24/08

Faire News.com Interview with Escarlata 6/24/08 'Talking with members of the audience after her show, the woman in the black gown listens intently. It's her first year on the Renaissance Faire circuit and she's intensely interested in everything.'

Digi Vegas.com Interview with Paulie Podcaster (#092) 5/29/08

Salt Lake Tribune Interview with David Burger 5/16/08 'The Moon and the Fire Circle, an atmospheric concept album that recalls Tori Amos and Kate Bush, with lyrics about the mystical tension between light and darkness.'

Utah Deseret News Interview with Scott Iwasaki 5/9/08 'Burns, a world-renowned, Celtic-inspired musician, is a graduate of the University of Utah and looks forward to returning to the Beehive State.'

Las Vegas Review Journal Interview with Jason Bracelin 4/8/08 'Burns isn't just singing about the moon, she's aiming for it.'

Rockwired.com Interview with Brian Lush 4/12/08

KUNV Las Vegas Arts and Live Interview with John Nasshan 3/13/08

KLAV Las Vegas/Vegas Rocks Interview with Meg 3/21/08

'One Word. It starts with an 'A'. Awesome. This CD is absolutely awesome. Eerie at times, ecstatic at others. The lyrics tell a story that twists and turns through the brightest of melodic lights to the darkest lyrical corners, and then, just like that, it compels you back into the light. The musical highlights are cryptic and almost chilling piano pieces. Sometimes when I listen to a project that is so personal and creative for the artist, I feel like an intruder. I turn the volume down and cautiously look at the liner notes. That was not the case with this CD. I felt invited - no - I would say it was more like I was drawn to the music and words. I want that, I want the creativity and inner voices that can twist and turn my own reality and give me freedom to think, create and change. That is what I love about music; that is what I want in music. And that is what the Moon and the Fire circle is about.' - Chel, Spinnaker and Lena

'Shauna Burns is a phenomenal talent, and the music on this album will take any listener on a journey that will connect one’s inner soul to the universe. You can literally feel like you are flying between the planets, through a maze of stars, up around the moon and then out to bask in the sun. In this hectic and stressful day and age, this album is what we all need to hear to not only transport us out of the usual hum drum, but remind us of our roots. As her piano playing swirls and crests, her pure voice soothes and almost blesses with innocence as you travel from the embryonic stage to the peak of growth.' - Southwest Blend

'The first thing that strikes you is Shauna Burns' abilities to play the piano. Her chords struck, strike another found within. Music is a force that can speak to emotions and souls, moving past the first contact of the brain. Shauna Burns has spent untold time at the keyboards to make the instrument a conduit of her rather than her a master of the instrument. This is where you separate the prodigies from the technically brilliant. On her album, the Moon and the Fire Circle, she creates 14 songs that are extensions of her.' - Matt Rowe, Music Tap

'Her brilliant piano playing on tunes like 'Tumbleweed' and the softness of 'Magic' prove that she destined for stardom. Her soft voice floats with the music like clouds in a perfect blue sky. I highly recommend this album for all music lovers.' - Celebrity Cafe

'Listeners will immediately identify growth in Shauna's material in the instrumental arrangements. The recording quality is so accurate in these songs that careful listeners will hear the pedals of the piano. Additional strings, electric guitar, bass and percussion round out the tunes. Listeners will note layered vocal harmonies on the new record and Shauna's singing is more expressive, lilting gently, continuing to draw allusions to Celtic artists. This stunning collection is a thoughtful deviation from her prior work that demonstrates artistic growth and attention to details that will bring her new fans worldwide.' - Musical Discoveries

Find even more articles and features on Shauna Burns and The Moon and the Fire Circle in the Press Section of Shauna Burns.com.

Press Release:

SHAUNA BURNS
LAS VEGAS BASED SINGER SONGWRITER TO OPEN FOR
THE YOUNG DUBLINERS AT

SAINT ROCKE, HERMOSA BEACH, CA
SATURDAY JUNE 14TH AT 8 PM
June 9, 2008
WHO: Las Vegas based Singer-songwriter Shauna Burns (www.shaunaburns.com), whose hit single "Around You" from her critically acclaimed CD The Moon and the Fire Circle recently hit the Top 10 (7*) on FMQB's AC Chart. Burns, who was recently profiled in the Las Vegas Review Journal, Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, was an Anthropology Major at the University of Utah and often uses her studies as a tool for songwriting.

WHAT: A live performance by Burns and her band opening for one of her favorite groups The Young Dubliners.

WHEN: Saturday, June 14th, 8 p.m.

WHERE: Sainte Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach www.saintrocke.com

Press Releases:

SHAUNA BURNS DELIGHTS FANS AT
BORDERS BOOKS LAS VEGAS TOWN SQUARE
April 9, 2008 Las Vegas based Singer-songwriter Shauna Burns (www.shaunaburns.com) didn't have to journey very far Sunday April 6th to perform at the opening of a Borders Books at Las Vegas' Town Square. Currently enjoying the company of stars like Alicia Keys, Pink, Colbie Caillat and Taylor Swift in the Top 10 (7*) on FMQB's AC Chart, Burns performed her hit single "Around You" and other selections from her critically acclaimed CD The Moon and the Fire Circle.

Next up for Burns is an in-store performance at Zia Record Exchange in Las Vegas on April 19th, a performance at a special Indie Music For Life fundraising event on April 30 at The Blue Cafe in Long Beach, CA and a May 16-18 appearance at the Utah Renaissance Fair Festival with more dates to be announced shortly.

LAS VEGAS BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER
SHAUNA BURNS SET TO BRING "THE MOON
AND THE FIRE CIRCLE" TO FUNDRAISER
FOR INDIE MUSIC FOR LIFE APRIL 30
AT THE BLUE CAFE IN LONG BEACH
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"Around You," The First Single From Her Acclaimed
New CD, Is Currently in the Top 20
On FMQB's AC Chart, Alongside Such Notables As
Alicia Keys, Pink, Colbie Caillat and Taylor Swift
March 26, 2008 Currently enjoying the company of stars like Alicia Keys, Pink, Colbie Caillat and Taylor Swift in the Top 20 (12*) on FMQB’s AC Chart, Las Vegas based singer/songwriter Shauna Burns (www.shaunaburns.com) will be performing her hit single "Around You" and other selections from her critically acclaimed CD The Moon and the Fire Circle at a special Indie Music For Life fundraising event on April 30 at The Blue Cafe in Long Beach.

Burns will be playing a special 30-minute acoustic set on a slate that includes numerous other top independent artists, including String Planet, Gilli Moon, Annette Conlon and the Jennifer Corday Quartet. The headliner for the show at the 600-seat club known by locals as "The Home of the Blues" in Long Beach and Huntington Beach, California--will be announced soon. The performances start at 8 p.m. and continue until 1 a.m.

Indie Music For Life is a 501c3 non-profit organization launched in December 2004 by founder, cancer survivor and singer-songwriter Vicki Blankenship. Its mission is to raise money to donate for cancer research and to build an educational awareness program on the benefits of music therapy and laughter to cancer patients. Its first educational program is directed towards helping pediatric cancer patients, with more to follow for different age groups.

Besides hosting regular fundraising concerts and other events featuring independent artists, Indie Music For Life works with performers in the entertainment industry that donate songs, comedy and poems for use on compilation CDs that are sold to raise money for cancer research.

Burns' performance at the Indie Music For Life show is part of her current tour in support of The Moon and the Fire Circle, which began in February in Portland and Seattle. Other upcoming dates include the opening of a Borders Books & Music in Las Vegas and the Utah Renaissance Faire Festival May 16-18.

Her participation in the Indie Music For Life event is a true extension of the spirit of the songs on The Moon and the Fire Circle, a fascinating and richly detailed spiritual journey from the light to the dark and back to the light again.

"I view these performances as if I'm holding a conversation with the audience," she says. "I'm communicating with whoever chooses to listen in that moment, and like to visualize my music embracing whoever wants to embrace it."

For more information, please visit www.indiemusicforlife.org and www.shaunaburns.com.

SHAUNA BURNS ON VEGAS ROCKS
March 26, 2008 Las Vegas based Singer-songwriter Shauna Burns (www.shaunaburns.com) went in studio at local radio station KLAV (AM 1230) last week for an interview with Meg Gerard, host of "Vegas Rocks" show. The two Sin City residents discussed all things music including Burns sophomore album The Moon And The Fire Circle and its current single "Around You" which is in the Top 15 (12*) of the AC radio chart. Sin City fans will get to see Burns live on April 6th, 7-9 PM, when she performs at the opening of a Borders Books at Town Square.

Burns kicked off her tour last month with shows in Portland and Seattle. Currently scheduled are performances at The Blue Cafe in Long Beach, CA on April 30th and at the Utah Renaissance Faire Festival on May 16-18, with additional dates to be announced soon.

SHAUNA BURNS LIGHTS A FIRE AT MINT
Feb 19, 2008 Singer-songwriter & Las Vegas resident Shauna Burns (www.shaunaburns.com) celebrated the release of her sophomore album The Moon And The Fire Circle with a party at legendary Los Angeles music club The Mint on February 19th. Friends and industry tastemakers enjoyed hearing Burns perform songs from the album including "Around You," the debut single which recently entered the Top 40 of the FMQB AC Chart.

Next month, Burns will be taking her act on the road. On March 6th, she'll perform at The Buffalo Gap Saloon in Portland, Oregon. The following day (3/7), music fans in Seattle, Washington will have the opportunity to see Burns perform live at The Mix.

SHAUNA BURNS
"AROUND YOU" FROM SINGER/SONGWRITER'S SOPHOMORE ALBUM THE MOON AND THE FIRE CIRCLE DEBUTS IN TOP 40 (#38) ON FMQB AC CHART AND IS "MOST ADDED" FOR A 3rd WEEK WITH NOTABLES AS JOHN MAYER, THE EAGLES AND COLBIE CAILLAT
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FOLLOWING BURNS' VIP RECORD RELEASE EVENT AT L.A.'s THE MINT ON FEBRUARY 19TH; SHAUNA GOES TO THE MOVIES: "AROUND YOU" TO BE FEATURED IN PRE-SHOW AUDIO PRESENTATION IN 900 AMC THEATRES NATIONWIDE WITH A REACH OF 2.2 MILLION MUSIC CONSUMERS MARCH 1 - APRIL 30 2008

The planets continue to be aligned for singer/songwriter Shauna Burns. "Around You" the debut single from her soon-to-be released album The Moon and The Fire Circle debuted on the FMQB AC Chart in the Top 40 (#38). Adding to the good news, the single is also one of the "Most Added" on the FMQB AC chart for a third week and is surrounded by such pop and rock notables as John Mayer, The Eagles and Colbie Caillat. "I'm so grateful that radio listeners are responding to my music," explains Burns.

Burns' Los Angeles fans will get the chance to see her perform cuts from The Moon and The Fire Circle (release date February 19) at her official record release party on February 19th at The Mint. There will be an exclusive VIP/Media party at 7 pm, followed by a FREE!!! open to the public concert set beginning at 8 pm sharp. The Mint is located at 6010 W. Pico Blvd, 323-954-9400.

Then from March 1 - April 30, Shauna "goes to the movies." "Around You" will be featured in a pre-show audio presentation in 900 AMC theatres across the nation. The advertisement will target 2.2 million movie-going music consumers in the US.

Burns says she draws upon her degree in Anthropology from the University of Utah, using her passion for that field of study like a shovel that allows her to dig into herself to uncover her next musical adventure. "I use anthropology as a songwriting tool all the time," she says. "It's the study of human development and cultural identity and relationships between people." More details available at www.shaunaburns.com or www.myspace.com/shaunaburns.

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SHAUNA BURNS
ETHEREAL VOICED SINGER, SONGWRITER
AND PIANIST EMBARKS ON A FASCINATING
JOURNEY OF THE SOUL ON HER
EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING
'THE MOON AND THE FIRE CIRCLE'

Burns' 2005 Debut 'Every Thought' Spawned
Two Popular AAA Format Radio Singles, Was Chosen
As One Of The Top CD's Of The Year By The Indie Website
Collected Sounds And Led To Nonstop Touring Across
The Country And In The U.K. Over The Past Few Years

On the cover of Shauna Burns' (www.shaunaburns.com) critically acclaimed 2005 breakthrough album Every Thought, the dynamic singer, songwriter and pianist looks off into the distance while holding a set of keys in her hand.

Those keys were a powerful metaphor for the overall story she told in her songs, about our unconscious minds coming to consciousness and the potential we all have within ourselves to take control of our own destiny. They also unlocked the door to an exhilarating career as one of the most promising multi-talents on today's indie music scene - a spiritually driven journey that blossoms on her new CD The Moon and The Fire Circle, which is set for international release on February 19.

The disc's compelling first single "Around You" will soon ship to AC, Hot AC and CHR radio stations nationwide.

The singer's blend of ethereal vocals and sweeping piano and percussion driven atmospheres launched the singles "Pink Girl" and "Petunia" from Every Thought to major success in that format upon its release. "Pink Girl" was also chosen as the #1 indie single from the MAACP Radio show.

Every Thought, which Smother.net declared "a newfangled fusion that will ignite a spark that will be hard to replicate," was also selected as one of the Top CDs of 2005 by Collected Sounds, a popular tastemaking website celebrating independent musicians. It was chosen for "Best of the Batch" from the Music Industry News Network and featured on TowerPod.com, Indie-Music.com, Billboard, VH1, Artist Direct, AOL Music and Fox TV, among other outlets.

Over the past few years, Burns has enchanted audiences at clubs and Borders Stores across the U.S. and in the U.K. (where she toured early in 2007) with songs from her debut and its follow-up five song EP Desert Tune, which featured songs that overflowed from the first album's sessions. Her first tour in support of her debut was 40 dates and her most recent jaunt covered 20 dates from coast to coast during the summer and fall of 2007.

"I view these performances as if I'm holding a conversation with the audience," she says. "I'm communicating with whoever chooses to listen in that moment, and like to visualize my music embracing whoever wants to embrace it. Just as it's a friend to them, music is my friend as well. There's also a time travel element to the experience as well. A lot of people say my songs remind them of things they haven't thought about in years. They help them recall the innocence of childhood that they had forgotten about. That's what music does for me, too. I have a huge respect for the power of music and just how spiritual it can be. That's why I take it so seriously."

While most artists enjoying this sort of renown would be content to stay in a fan-friendly comfort zone and stick to the same musical vibe, Burns instead fashions a unique twist—and a much deeper and extraordinary musical journey--on The Moon and the Fire Circle. Her creative center is still the "complex blend of sounds and striking lyrics" that Musical Discoveries raved about in its review of her debut. She's simply expanding upon the emerging consciousness theme of Every Thought and showing the steps it takes to harness our inner strength. By doing that, she says, we can reach our fullest potential.

A fascinating and richly detailed journey from the light to the dark and back to the light again, the 14 track collection finds Burns taking us with her as we travel deep into the underworld of different points of view. "The twist in the story is who is telling us which is light and which is dark?" she says.

"From whose point of view are we looking? These different points of view can help us emerge with the special qualities that help us move forward and heal the pain in our lives. When I say this album is a bridge of light and dark, I'm also asking, just what are we calling dark? I believe we can't truly see what light is if we don't know what darkness is. Some of the songs do come from a dark place, but I don't think that's a bad thing. They offer a perspective that helps us appreciate the things we want to fill our lives with, and that pushes us to be more awake."

Originally, The Moon and the Fire Circle was on track to become two separate albums, with one representing the moon, or the dark, and the other symbolizing the sun, or the light. "When I was structuring the albums," Burns adds, "it became clear pretty quickly that to tell the whole, complete story they needed to be presented together – moon and sun joined as one. You can see this visually in the artwork. We've fused the image of our moon and sun to make a new planet with her own colors and textures. This represents the dark and light in all of us living harmoniously as one."

Working with her co-producer and drummer James Clark, Burns creates a tapestry of voice and piano with layers, loops and other textures that harmonized with the theme of 'blasting out." "This is what The Moon and the Fire Circle feels like for me," she says, "a blasting out into the universe on a great adventure through the soul."

Although the album has any number of potentially inviting target radio friendly singles, it's best experienced as a cohesive story of three specific metaphorical movements, tracking Burns' journey from light to darkness to light again. On "Bloom," "Desert Sun" and "Comet," we're living on the sun. A shift takes place on the very stark "Out" and leads us to explore the darker side of the universe on "Chamber," "Starfish" and "Tumbleweed." Coming out from the moon side, we bask in "The Caribbean Sea." The transition back towards the light includes "Failed You" and "The Slow Process of Shutting Down" before we discover the sun once again on "Around You," "Magic," "And Fire" and the dramatic closer "When The Rain Comes."

The Florida native's music is inspired by many cultures and ideas that surround the world as well as the landscape of the deserts and mountains of the Western U.S. that she now calls home. Drawing upon her degree in Anthropology from the University of Utah, she uses her passion for that field of study like a shovel that allows her to dig into herself to uncover her next musical adventure.

"I use anthropology as a songwriting tool all the time," she says. "It's the study of human development and cultural identity and relationships between people. I feel the need to cultivate and nurture these little seeds of inspiration because they can grow into big ideas if we take care. It makes me question: What's next for all of us in the world? What is the universe trying to tell us? I'm listening."