Jordyn Shellhart — In A Room

In A Room was recorded by Jordyn Shellhart in her manager's office where the up-and-coming singer/songwriter sang lead and overdubbed backing vocals as well as playing the piano and guitar on this fifteen-track album. The angle, besides the unconventional recording location? Jordyn is a 15-year-old girl. I listened to this album without any knowledge of Shellhart, and would not have guessed she was a teenager until, through the course of my research, I came across her website with photos of her youthful smiling face. When you hear "teenage country singer" thoughts will inevitably spring to Taylor Swift, but Shellhart is so much more than a Swift imitator. Her voice is sharper in all the right places recalling, besides the youthful confessional tones of Swift, twangs of her much more adult contemporary Martina McBride. Her songwriting is mature for her years with more than a little echoing of the sweet yet knowledgeable style of Colbie Caillat.  It... Read More »