Lauren Shera

Gold & Rust (DigSin)

Originally from northern California and currently calling Nashville home, Lauren Shera’s third disc recalls the West Coast rather than Tennessee. Despite its Laurel Canyon comforts – jangling strings and sunny melodies – she calls it a goodbye to the Golden State. Even so, Shera stands out from a nation of women singer-songwriters working today. The torrid “Hell’s Bells” and baroque orchestral setting of “Sweetgrass” combine delicate emotions with an ethereal grace. A duet with Matthew Hegarty of English folk-popsters Matthew & the Atlas, “Stepheny and Agbar,” finds Shera expanding into storytelling beyond the love and loss subject matter she’s most comfortable expressing. The results: All Gold & no Rust. (Sat., 1:30pm, Bluebonnet stage)

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This article appears in April 17 • 2015.

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