Out now: new eponymous Shelby Lynne album

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne has released her self-titled album via Thirty Tigers. Many of the songs were recorded during the filming of the unreleased independent film When We Kill The Creators, Lynne’s collaboration with lyricist/director/screenwriter Cynthia Mort.

The film stars Lynne as a deeply conflicted artist struggling at the intersection of art and commerce. Songs “Here I Am,” “Strange Things” and “Weather” were recorded during the filming, while “Revolving Broken Heart” and “Love is Coming” are featured in both the film and on the album.

While the album - and its timely cover art - includes keyboardists Benmont Tench, Mimi Friedman, Ed Roth and Billy Mitchell, Lynne herself handled guitar, keyboards, bass, drums and sax.

Her first solo album since 2015 was previewed by “Here I Am,” the debut single which finds Lynne in stripped down musical mode.

"As an artist, I don’t mind being naked. Everything is so fake, so manufactured these days, I want to get real. It’s the only way to communicate these days," she says.

Of the album, Lynne notes, “These are eleven songs I love and want to share with the world. They were recorded in very different circumstances at various times but I think they go together. It’s time to not hide behind the game but put your work out as it is.”