After tremendous indie success in the Pacific Northwest, Shawn McDonald entered the national scene in 2004 with Simply Nothing. The singer/songwriter has since released two additional recordings–Ripen (2006) and Roots (2008).
Shawn’s fourth album with Sparrow Records, Closer, released March 22, and is a collection of songs about the hope and redemption God brings during the storms of life. McDonald wrote most of these 13 songs while “going through it”–a painful few years that brought about the kind of brokenness that brings one closer to God. It’s a recurrent theme on the new[…]
