The unlikely story of a singing former sorority girl from the Bible Belt and a monk-like reclusive guitarist from the big city.

Violaine is an alt-pop or AAA band led by guitarist Ewen Williams and vocalist Shawna Hogan.
Shawna, hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been singing since age 7, including genres such as musical theatre, opera and choir (in which she obtained a vocal scholarship to TCU). Ewen, a Los Angeles native, has been playing guitar for the past 15 years.

Violaine writes, records, produces and performs all of their own material in their home studio. They have received radio airplay across the US and online, amassing a following around the world. On Garageband.com, their song "How I Feel Around You" peaked at #3 out of approx. 4,000 songs on the all-time pop chart.

Combining Shawna's experience with bad relationships and Ewen's musicality obtained through years of having no social life, Violaine has created it's own unique sound.

Press Info

Violaine performs around the Los Angeles and surrounding areas. They have received radio airplay in states from Oklahoma to California, and are currently on Michigan's WAHS 89.5 FM "Hot List".

Violaine is active on garageband.com, where their song "How I Feel Around You" is currently ranked at #3 out of 3,578 songs on the all-time pop charts. They have received numerous rankings and awards such as "Best Female Vocals", "Best Production" and "Best Melody", and have been featured as "Track of the Week" several times. "How" received 5 out of 5 stars based on listener's reviews, and "My Everything" received 4.5.

Reviews for "How I Feel Around You"

Big pop hit...
Awesome intro and intial chord progression. Nice, nice voice with a great delay on it...harmonies are very good and give the song impact. DRUMS! That sounds really good...very, very catchy chorus. Chorus sounds like it coulda been produced by the MATRIX, and performed by any number of bands on the pop charts (Avril Lavigne, Liz Phair, etc.). This band should be beyond Garageband and looking for entertainment lawyers in NYC to shop their demo...if all your songs are catchy and modern like this, I would begin focusing on your image and start playing the rockstar vibe. Great stuff!
Reviewed by: Joe_Black from Baltimore, Maryland

Great work !
Very well done in every way. Professional recording mixing, sounds, arrangement, vocals and harmony.
Catchy chorus, and reasonably original melody and style. I wish there were more like this band, to keep us inspired.
Great work.

Reviewed by - leogee, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Reviews for "My Everything"

Amazing etherial power pop.
Spacy intro, ethereal female vocals come in accompanied by acoustic guitar and keyboards. The song builds to a great crescendo, the chorus is first rate, the sound is first rate. The haunting keyboard sounds really add to the "pondering" kind of mood this song evokes.
This song just "has it". It's got everything it needs and then some, and it's all done to perfection. Who are these people and where can I buy their music?
The vocals are absolutely first rate, as is everything in this song. There are some really interesting things going on in the mix.
This arrangement is fantastic. Wow. What a song! Why am I not hearing this on the radio?
Reviewed by: sheridan8502 from Spokane, Washington

Full of pleasent surprises!
Electric guitars and a simple synth starts this acoustic guitar driven tune!
And then comes this wonderfull female vocal that leads my mind through the rest of the story - wow!
An excelent little repeated bridge leads us into the hook, that seems centered in a minor scale - underlining the sombre and sort of foreboding mysterious mood of the work!
The chorus build of harmonics is very nice and a bit unusual - lovely voice again!
Have to give you a 5!
Reviewed by- CarstenJi, Copenhagen, Sealand

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Influences

Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Frank Zappa, Ryan Adams, Cocteau Twins, Mike Keneally, Queen, Tori Amos, Ann Wilson (Heart), Sarah McLachlan, Chris Cornell, Jann Arden, Sheryl Crow

Bio

-- The story of a singing former sorority girl from the Bible Belt and a monk-like reclusive guitarist from the big city --

Violaine is comprised mainly of guitarist Ewen Williams and vocalist Shawna Hogan. Violaine is located in Burbank, and their music is classified as AAA (Adult Album Alternative) or Alternative Pop.

Shawna Hogan, hailing originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma has been singing since the age of 7, covering everything from musical theatre to Italian opera to choir (in which she obtained a vocal music scholarship to Texas Christian University).

Ewen Willians, a Los Angeles Native, has been involved in music most of his life, playing guitar since 1990.

Violaine performs around the Los Angeles and surrounding areas. They have received radio airplay in states from Oklahoma to California, and are currently on Michigan's WAHS 89.5 FM "Hot List".
Along with constantly writing and recording at their digital home recording studio, Violaine are vigorously promoting and marketing their music to their steadily increasing audience.

-- Combining Shawna's social butterfly personality along with her skill of writing lyrics based on a lifetime of bad relationships and Ewen's keen artistic musicality obtained through years of having no social life, they've created an original sound which is bittersweet and eclectic --