Tom Shaner and Emily Frembgen

TOM SHANER TOM SHANER IS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NYC SONGWRITER WITH AN EXCITING AND DYNAMIC BAND. HE ALSO DIRECTS HIS OWN VIDEOS. (WWW.TOMSHANER.COM) HIS MOST RECENT SINGLE AND VIDEO IS DUET WITH EMILY FREMBGEN “MAYBE I’LL FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.” HE CALLS HIS MUSIC “GHOST SONGS, WALTZES AND ROCK & ROLL.” THE MANY INFLUENCES INCLUDE: LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS TO HANK WILLIAMS TO DYLAN, TO THE STONES, BREEDERS, TALKING HEADS, ETC. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HIS 4TH ALBUM UNDER HIS OWN NAME. HE ALSO PUT OUT 3 ALBUMS AS LEAD SINGER OF NYC-BASED BAND INDUSTRIAL TEPEE. TOM’S SONGS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN MOVIES AND TV. MOST RECENTLY ABC’S “THE ROOKIE” FEATURED HIS SONG “TIDE OF LOVE.” “FESTTONED WITH MELODIES AND LYRICAL INCISIVENESS-“ CMJ "TOM SHANER IS A SINGER-SONGWRITER, WHOSE SOUND BORDERS ON THE SURREAL, PLACING HIM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE REALMS OF NICK CAVE AND TOM WAITS. YET, HE PERFORMS WITH A TRUE UNPRETENTIOUS EARNESTNESS AKIN TO CLASSIC SIMON & GARFUNKEL.”- MUSIC EMISSIONS "…HIS DUSTY AMERICANA HAS A FRESH AND MODERN SOUND. LIKE HIS NAMESAKE, MR WAITS, TOM’S SONGS OFTEN HAVE AN UNDERCURRENT OF HUMOUR RUNNING THROUGH THEM; EVEN THE MORE SOMBER NUMBERS HAVE AN ECCENTRICITY TO THEM THAT FEW ARTISTS CAN MUSTER. TOM SHANER’S MUSIC HAS AN INFECTIOUS SWAGGER AND UNDERLYING POSITIVITY THAT SEEMS EFFORTLESS. -GALWAY INDEPENENT. EMILY FREMBGEN Emily Frembgen is a NYC based singer songwriter. She has “an angelic voice, ethereal songs and a poetic sensibility that recalls the minimalism and genius of Emily Dickinson.” Her vocal style is reminiscent of early Lucinda Williams and Mary Lou Lord. She is currently working on a new album titled either “Flower/Weed” or “It’s Me or the Dog” amongst a bevy of other projects.