Shawn Mullins

After a series of indie releases and growing buzz in the Atlanta music scene, Shawn Mullins broke through in 1998. Then, he shot to critical and commercial acclaim with album Soul’s Core on the strength of Grammy-nominated Number One hit, “Lullaby”. Also, he followed this with AAA/Americana Number One hit “Beautiful Wreck” from 2006’s 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor. His song “Shimmer” was selected to promote the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Also, it was included on the Dawson’s Creek soundtrack. His co-write “All in My Head” from 2008’s Honeydew was featured in episode one of the hit TV sitcom Scrubs. Furthermore, Mullins also co-wrote the Zac Brown Band’s Number One country tune “Toes.” In early 2002, he formed supergroup The Thorns with Matthew Sweet and Pete Droge. Fans and critics regard “No Blue Sky”, from the resulting album, a modern-day classic. 

For the twentieth anniversary of his breakthrough album, Shawn revisited the music of Soul’s Core. Here, he recorded two new versions of the album. Then, he calls this Soul’s Core Revival. However, this is not a remix or a remaster of the original. Rather, he made brand-new recordings with new arrangements of the songs. Thus, one album is stripped down solo performances, some on guitar, some on piano and maybe one a cappella. The second is a new studio recording with his full band, Soul Carnival.