Bio

With original lyrics combined with her powerful, soulful voice, Shelly Hughes offers mature tones and a colorful sanctuary within her debut album. Her songs can be enjoyed from fans of acoustic artists ranging from John Mayer, Howie Day, and Norah Jones, to the power pop hooks of Kelly Clarkson and Fall Out Boy.

A true renaissance woman, Shelly has been a teacher, a waitress, an advanced open water diver, a radio show host, a student, a professional photographer, a columnist, a retail manager, a jagermeister girl, a paralegal, an entrepreneur, a bartender, and a lawyer, all the while remaining a musician still in her 20?s. Her life experiences serve to color her views and expressions in a truly unique character, much like herself.

Not surprisingly, the centralized theme in her music revolves around the lonely path one walks through life, the need to escape, and the connections to be made along the journey.

Shelly surfaced on the Long Island music scene at age 19 fresh out of graduating from the Berklee College of Music. The skills I learned there let me settle up with my needs as a musician, but eventually I realized that I had to find my own voice.? As a product of the first ?emotionally aware? generation, Shelly turned her attention to stirring a dynamic range of tones and emotions through well-crafted, short musical stories.

Shelly built her following the old-fashioned way, by constant gigging and contagious word-of-mouth ? fan by fan, week by week, month by month, her band has a steady growing fanbase. ?It?s my hope that people will connect my music to their lives, and let me be a part of them, and I will do the same for them.?

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