Sean McConnell
A rootsy singer/songwriter known for his passionate but down to earth approach, Sean McConnell found success as a Nashville songsmith, penning songs throughout the 2000s for country, rock, and pop artists like Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Jason Castro, and Meat Loaf. His concurrent solo career yielded strong outings like 2009's Saints, Thieves, Liars, which won fans among the Texas red dirt music scene and eventually netted him a recording contract with Rounder Records for his eponymous 2016 album. He returned in early 2019 with the self-produced Secondhand Smoke album for the Big Picnic label.
McConnell was born in Massachusetts, where his parents were both musicians who played frequently on the Boston folk circuit. At age 11, McConnell and his family moved to Georgia, and he began teaching himself to play by watching a video of one of his father's favorite performers, David Wilcox. (Wilcox would be a major influence on Sean as well.) Dealing with the isolation of leaving his friends behind in Boston, McConnell started writing songs, inspired by the songwriters his parents listened to -- Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, and Harry Chapin -- as well as the performing style of Michael Jackson. After completing high school, McConnell relocated to Nashville, Tennessee; he enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University, where he studied the music business. He expanded his performing schedule, playing venues in Nashville and in surrounding college towns, and put a renewed focus on writing his own material.
In 2000, McConnell self-released his first album, Here in the Lost and Found, and 200 Orange St followed in 2003. By this time, his songs had impressed a representative of Warner-Chappell Music, who encountered him when he sang on a friend's publishing demo, and he was signed to a publishing deal. His songwriting career soon proved fruitful, and his compositions were recorded by Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Meat Loaf, the Plain White T's, Eli Young Band, and many more. Despite his success as a tunesmith, McConnell continued to pursue a career as a performer, releasing material at a steady clip through his own label -- three albums, Cold Black Sky, Saints. Thieves. Liars., and Midland, and two EPs, The Walk Around and The B-Side Session, were released between 2006 and 2014 -- and touring frequently, finding an especially loyal audience in Texas, where he was adopted as part of the regional Red Dirt singer/songwriter community. His hard work as an independent paid off and in 2016, McConnell scored a deal with Rounder Records, which released his self-titled fifth album that summer, followed by the acoustic companion LP, Undone, which featured all of the songs recorded live and solo to analog tape. His next outing, 2019's Secondhand Smoke, was entirely self-produced and recorded at his home studio outside of Nashville with McConnell performing nearly all of the instruments himself. It was released by Big Picnic Records. After touring in support of the album, he and his band recorded their homecoming show which was released in 2020 as Live from Basement East.
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Secondhand Smoke
Pop - Lançado por Silent Desert Music em 08/02/2019
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A Horrible Beautiful Dream
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 06/08/2021
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Sean McConnell
Pop - Lançado por Rounder Records em 13/05/2016
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Live from Basement East
Pop - Lançado por Silent Desert - 333 em 10/04/2020
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Midland
Country - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 08/11/2012
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200 Orange St
Folk - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 01/01/2003
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Saints, Thieves, & Liars
Country - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 09/04/2010
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Shotgun (feat. Audra Mae)
Pop - Lançado por 333 Entertainment em 15/10/2015
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Cold Black Sky
Folk - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 01/01/2006
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The 13th Apostle
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 09/04/2021
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The Walk Around - EP
Rock - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 01/01/2008
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What the Hell is Wrong with Me
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 16/07/2021
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The B Side Session
Country - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 25/03/2014
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Mary And Joe
Christmas Music - Lançado por Rounder Records em 16/12/2016
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Leave the Light On
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 25/06/2021
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I Built You Up
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 04/06/2021
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Price of Love
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 14/05/2021
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Nothing Anymore
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Sean McConnell em 23/04/2021
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Sean McConnell
Pop - Lançado por Rounder Records em 13/05/2016
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Queen Of Saint Mary’s Choir
Pop - Lançado por Rounder Records em 03/06/2016
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