FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
2021 GRAMMY AWARDS/BEST FOLK ALBUM
DESIRES SHAPE BY STOLL VAUGHAN
(FIELD: AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC)
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See Stoll's “Weather In Kentucky” video: https://youtu.be/_hMLQ6cBYhc
"At times evoking Springsteen’s Nebraska period, Townes Van Zandt at his most gaunt or the Jeff Buckley of Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, the literal and figurative journeyman artist has a way of tumbling details from the rafters and highlighting sentiments often missed. Hemingway direct lyrically, his melodies leave room for listeners to install themselves. Dylanesque sense of imagining something just beyond one’s grasp. Stoll Vaughan is not afraid of writing big truths.” - Holly Gleason/American Songwriter
"His delivery has also the truth-telling conviction that typified Johnny Cash's best work.Vaughan is in a rarefied class of writers, including John Prine, Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard and Mitchell." — Ellis Widner/Arkansas Gazette
“Desires Shape is another masterpiece from Stoll Vaughan, one of the best Americana artists recording today — Keith Hannaleck/The Final On Vinyl
“This is a brilliant record — Ray Chelstowski/Goldmine Magazine
“This is an album of soulful purity…” Bill Bentley - Bentley’s Bandstand/Americana Highways
“Stoll Vaughan is the real deal, authentic, American songwriter. It is always an honor to work with him and to call him my dear friend.” - Duane Betts/Allman Betts Band
“Stoll Vaughan is the consummate Americana songwriter. He’s singlehandedly brought our songwriting partnership to the next level. He resumé speaks for itself. He is an unspoken legend. Truly.” - Devon Allman/Allman Betts Band
We hope you’ll consider selecting Desires Shapes in the Best Folk Album category (Field: American Roots Music) on your 63rd Annual Grammy Awards first ballot out now. It’s Stoll Vaughan’s third album, and was tracked entirely in the singer/guitarist’s home, with a minimalist approach. The end result is as pure and stripped down as possible, consisting entirely of originals sung and played on a 1946 Martin 000-18 acoustic guitar by Vaughan, who co-produced the album with Effie Dozier. An accomplished songwriter beyond his own releases, the Lexington KY native had a hand in writing most of the songs for the Allman Betts Band’s Bless Your Heart album and his music has been heard in numerous TV productions including True Blood, Friday Night Lights, Shameless and The Office. He’s toured with John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Marty Stuart, James McMurtry and, most improbably Journey and Def Leppard but lists his 2019 appearance at Woodyfest, the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah OK (Woody’s home town) as a recent career highlight.