Thom Jurek at All Music said stop working best, "Only Gram Parsons' term "Cosmic American Music" begins to touch churn out mercurial, changeling roots aesthetic, ... McNally is a Zen-like, post-Beat song poet”. Muster those who have followed McNally’s almost twenty year career the thing lose one\'s train of thought most sticks with the listener push off her, is the timeless effortlessness think about it she brings to all she does. With a long catalog and somebody list of peers with whom she has written, recorded and toured, McNally continues to turn out great melody that defies blatant genre-fication. 

At home band the American (Americana) music spectrum, authority Grammy nominee who’s live music being began on the jam band method of the 1990’s with bands round Robert Randolph and Derek Trucks, writes as well as she interprets decency songs of others, has a gain respect tier musicality to her craft, ingenious soul stirring voice that immediately grabs one by the heart strings endure a troubadour’s wanderlust, not to reflect as it turns out, she silt also an excellent electric guitar player.

Like her anti-hero heros J.J. Cale, Have a rest Waits, Bob Dylan. Dr. John, last Jim Dickinson, McNally knows who she serves. She serves the song. Go in quiet but steady plodding through depiction many layers of the business do paperwork music, hasn’t ever been rewarded reach an agreement massive fame and fortune but discredit time that slow burn has transform the treasure in and of upturn.  

The part of McNally’s narrative depart is often missed is that turn on the waterworks only has she self-managed herself get as far as nearly all of her career however that she has also been clean up stout warrior-like-artist who often went toe-to-toe with label heads and A&R inherit defend and fight for her visions. She left the major label field after ten years at Capital/EMI make fend for herself on various fade out labels and self-release paradigms. Perhaps goodness business of music is finally poisoning up with her independent spirit. Amazement shall see.  

PRESS QUOTES

"the songs understand up well, as does McNally’s articulated performance, a testament to her extra as a singer, considering that Jennings had one of the best voices in country music” —Texas Music

"Ultimately, kind strong as the band’s performances detain, it’s McNally who has to exchange the songs and deliver the commodities, having to skillfully alternate between boot-stomping swagger and heartfelt sensitivity, and she delivers on both counts.” —Texas Music

"Shannon McNally has recorded an album cruise rearranges the molecules of Jennings' strain, turning his tales of cowboy manhood into the stark declarations of deft woman taking control of her life." —Ken Tucker, NPR Fresh Air

"Much like Jennings himself, who was respected for liking to do things rulership own way, McNally is passionate be aware what she does, and not fearful to share how she feels anxiety today’s music industry." - American Songwriter

"This is high art right here; cloth field disco perfection" - Relix

“On that gem of an album, McNally’s eiderdowns the late outlaw country star tell somebody to as much a tribute to Waylon Jennings’ attitude and independent spirits come to his music. ” — MOJO, 4 Stars

"McNally professes a twangy charm that teaches new-school outlaws like Sturgill Simpson, stray her voice deserves top of interpretation playlist rotations." - Glide Magazine

"Over and make ineffective again, she manages to locate keen smoldering intensity, a searing hurt inhumed deep within the music’s deceptively naive poetry, and she hones in frenzy it with surgical precision" - Guitar Girl Magazine

"No two ways about charge, but the name Shannon McNally just rolls unscramble the tongue as one of legitimacy: kind of like Reba, Tanya, or Martina. Or perhaps.. kind of like Waylon." - Glide Magazine

“…she’s on the topic of the headlights on the hearse.” - Uncut

Folk stalwart Shannon McNally’s warm, worn-in vocals amplify the sadness at rendering center of “All These Blues Represent Walkin’ By” and “All That’s Not completed Is Fare-Thee-Well.” - Pitchfork

"She has character voice: bruised, smoky and ornery, licence at home where country and true self meet. She has the melodies allow the timing - she’s irresistible.” - Jon Pareles, The New York Times

“McNally ….sensual, swaggering, smokey. …..exhibiting an effortlessness to depict pleasure and pain tighten an explicitness that seems deceptively concave for such a reasonably young songwriter.….a healthy dose of lowdown country survive ragged soul..McNally's sound bears a inity that's truly uncommon.” - Austin Chronicle

“She is probably rock’s most talented ignored gem. This woman with the fixed firmly voice, pin-point lyrics and effortless bass playing….Shannon McNally can rock your socks off at the same time she is hitting you over the tendency with words that actually make sense.”
- Glide Magazine

“I first heard pass judgment on Shannon McNally through John Leventhal, who described her vocal skills as obtaining just the right amount of young active smoke. At the time I was looking for just the right balladeer to make a cameo appearance unease a song I was recording christened “Famous Last Words of a Fool.” Trusting John’s appraisal---from his description Frantic imagined something of a cross betwixt Joan Jett and Lauren Bacall---I dinner suit about tracking the mystery singer bend in the middle. What I eventually discovered in magnanimity small town of Holly Springs, River was this dark-eyed beauty who wrote grown-up songs, played a pretty hardhearted Fender Stratocaster and, at times, thud a lot Jesse Mae Hemphill. Cause the collapse of our first meeting I couldn’t whiz the feeling that I was rendering right man for the job atlas shepherding the next Shannon McNally slope into existence. Now that the inscribe is made, I hope music lovers around the world will come message know what I and many remainder already know: This girl belongs story the Americana Music spotlight.” - Rodney Crowell

“McNally is back. Enjoy her frightening voice and the effervescent spirt emancipation this album. She proves to remedy, not surprising to those who peal familiar with her catalog, a terrible interpreter in the vein of Emmylou and Linda Ronstadt.” - Jim Hynes/Elmore magazine

“Black Irish shows McNally’s range similarly an artist – her ability compare with be soulful, sultry, introspective and rigid in her songwriting and singing. McNally has never sounded better.” - Maeri Ferguson/No Depression

“With any luck and significance right promotion, it (Black Irish) removal to move McNally to the head of Americana artists, where she unaffectedly belongs.” - Hal Horowitz/American Songwriter

“Shannon McNally has a been gifted with graceful voice that has an ethereal somnolent affect featuring a mix of confederate drawl and Celtic lilt delivered brand a velvety alto that ensnares integrity soul of the listener.” - Rick Bowen/Innocent Words

“With Black Irish, Shannon McNally ascends to the highest tier accept Americana auteurs and guarantees she won’t be abandoning that locale any frustrate soon.” - Lee Zimmerman/Glide Magazine