NEWS
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Facebook Live Events
Every Wednesday at 8pm EST I will be performing live on my Facebook page...serenading you with a mixed bag of originals including new songs I've written in 2021! You may even see an old movie playing in the background. Come join the fun!
Facebook Live Stream from a Social Distancing
Central TX Food Bank
Want to join me in supporting a good cause? With heartstrings in both Virginia and Texas, I'm supporting the following fundraiser.
Central Texas Food Bank
I'm raising money for Central Texas Food Bank and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate a lot or a little. Anything helps. Thank you for your support.
May 2020
UtopiaFest 2021
Reveille Peak Ranch, Burnet, TX
October 14-16, 2021
UTOPiAfest returns to Reveille Peak Ranch. Along with expanded mountain biking and disc golf offerings, the nearby Highland Lakes will be accessible for cooling off before the stages kick off each day.
Reveille Peak Ranch in Burnet, TX is about an hour from Austin, TX.
The Twelfth Annual UTOPiAfest will feature two, non-overlapping stages, BYOB, Hill Country, Beer, Wine, & Spirits, workshops and activities, and more.
September 2021
On The Radio
Many thanks to the following and and all the other radio stations playing tracks from the new album, 50 Songs!
KUTX (TX)
The Unsigned Artists Show (UK)
WYSO (OH)
WHRV (VA)
WRAR (VA)
50 Songs Review
New review of 50 Songs by Connor Charlton on his blog, The Absolution Train.
'There is so much on this album, and it is a journey that I would recommend for a long car ride or any sustained length of time when you can hand the reins of your attention over to Shane, because it is a joy and adventure to be taken on a tour through a world with this level of sincerity and care.'
May 2020
Feed More - Virginia
Want to join me in supporting a good cause? With heartstrings in both Virginia and Texas, I'm supporting the following fundraiser.
Feed More - Central Virginia
I'm raising money for Feed More and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate a lot or a little. Anything helps. Thank you for your support.
May 2020
Blast from the Past
Check out this oldie but goodie awesome interview by Connor Charlton!
New review of 50 Songs by Connor Charlton on his blog, The Absolution Train.
'There is so much on this album, and it is a journey that I would recommend for a long car ride or any sustained length of time when you can hand the reins of your attention over to Shane, because it is a joy and adventure to be taken on a tour through a world with this level of sincerity and care.'
Blast from the Past - May 2020
Porch Lion - Poetry
Porch Lion, is available for purchase online at Blurb.
Poetry & drawings by Shane Cooley
Released 2018
Sneak Peak:
This kind of meditation is potentially dangerous. It keeps me migrating, from porch to porch, waiting for the day leaf to turn. Toxic is the feeling that runs through my ventricles; the kind that makes tentacles of my cramped hands. Decisions, decisions.
New Jersey Stage
New Jersey Stage on 50 Songs.
The pandemic pandemonium of 2020 has created an online yearning for musical healing, and Virginia-based singer/songwriter Shane Cooley has no shortage of it.
March 2020
Austin Music Minute
New! KUTX Austin Music Minute on 50 Songs for Quarantine.
April 2020
Songwriters Across TX
SONGWRITERS ACROSS TEXAS TV SHOW FEATURE!
Shane and his band, The Midnight Girls, were featured in the first episode of Songwriters Across Texas Television Show on The CW Austin on July 6th. The episode was aired again on August 3rd with additional footage.
From Shane - "These guys do a fantastic job, and we're thrilled to be a part of this!"
August 2019
KUTX 98.9 FM
KUTX 98.9 FM with host John Aielli
When legendary KUTX host John Aielli praises someone’s music, everyone knows they need to tune in to see what the king of Eklektikos is talking about. Aielli has previously been hooked on Virginia native Shane Cooley, where he mentions, “I’ve worked in radio since 1963, and over the years I have learned how to recognize talent. There was something in his sound that made me want to listen.”
November 2019
Billboard Article
On the 2017 SXSW Performance
Singer-songwriter Shane Cooley's Americana-influenced songs are right out of the Head and the Heart's playbook, which means -- like that Pacific Northwest band -- he's one hit away from radio stardom. On the back porch of the Rainey Street venue Icenhauers, he proved he may in fact have that song in him, playing through tunes from his most recent release, King's Highway, with a hungry confidence that may prove his hip-shaking ways will soon be making their way to bigger stages.
-- Jeff Miller
March 2017