Blue Strawberry Singer-Songwriter Sunday features Shanna in a Dress, Kyra Gordon

Shanna in a Dress and Kyra Gordon light up the stage this coming Sunday at the Blue Strawberry (364 N. Boyle Ave.) The 7 pm show is part of the Singer-Songwriter Sunday concert series at the Blue Strawberry. For tickets and show information see www.bluestrawberrystl.com

If you wandered into a Kyra Gordon show, you’d be struck by her powerful vocals, deft keyboard touch, and magnetic storytelling. Her debut album Soul Of A Showgirl charted #1 on the RMR’s Americana chart, and her follow-up Traveler earned international praise from outlets like EARMILK and Americana Highways. With a sound that blends alt-country, blues, folk, and rock, this indie artist continues to grow a devoted following.

“There is no way this woman is going to be boxed in. Songs like ‘Nashville You Fooled Me’ to ‘F U Cancer’ shows a new arrival who is making up her own rules. It’s all here.”- Bill Bentley; Americana Highways

Shanna in a Dress says what everyone has felt but no one else will say and you’ll get an uncensored journey of clever humor and heartbreak, extreme candor, and a hefty side of entertainment at her shows. This witty wordsmith is known for taking you on an emotional roller coaster, sometimes within the same song. Think John Prine mixed with Ingrid Michaelson with a twist of Phoebe Buffay from Friends all wrapped up in a sweet voice accented by guitar, piano, and ukulele. She’s as real as it gets, as anyone who follows her on Facebook or Instagram knows.

Shanna started her career at the University of Virginia, lived in Boulder for nearly a decade and now keeps her fun music flowing out of St. Louis unless she’s touring the US or Europe. You can’t get the same Shanna in a Dress show twice with her spontaneous banter and playful stage presence. She manages to teeter the line masterfully of taking on complex subject matters with smart, bold, and yet accessible lyrics. Her charisma and boldly honest songs are full of interesting language and wordplay and delight audiences of all ages.

In 2020 alone, Shanna was a winner in the Kerrville New Folk competition, winner of the Great River Folk Fest Song Competition, a finalist at Songwriter Serenade, and a Grassy Hill Emerging Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. During the summer of 2021, Shanna bicycled from Seattle to Boston while music-touring on her epic “Tour de Dress,” playing over 60 shows from coast to coast and partnering up with the global non-profit Pangaea World Foundation.

In May 2022, her debut record “Robot” was released after a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign. She has most recently been seen gracing the stages of the Kerrville Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Black Bear Americana Fest, Great River Folk Fest, and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

For more info about Shanna see shannainadress.com