Contains 12 original songs in the country-rock and folk genre.

12 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Country Rock, FOLK: Folk Pop



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Singer/songwriter Stephen Shepherdâs new and third CD, Love Heals All Things, contains 12 more original songs in the country rock & folk genre. Like his first two CDs, Einsteinâs Hair (2004) and Heartbreak Standard Time (2005), which collectively combined for 14 hit records in Europe, âWake Me From This Nightmareâ â a single from Love Heals All Things - continues to receive intense European radio airplay.

Described as Gordon Lightfoot with a twang, Stephen Shepherdâs music on Love Heals All Things combines haunting lyrics, vaulting melodies, and superb acoustic guitar, dobra, and piano. While the metaphorical lyrics found in songs like âShades of Darkness,â âLove Heals All Things,â and âIn the Shadeâ set an introspective mood much like Lightfootâs music, Shepherdâs literal use of straightforward country lyrics found in his Jimmy Buffet-like song âEaten By The Rich,â The Eagles-like âCity Boyâ and âThe Warâs Never Over,â or Johnny Cash-like âBought Some Rosesâ makes the country-edge real.

Perhaps the biggest song on the album is Shepherdâs country song âWake Me From This Nightmare,â which successfully fulfills a country fanâs need for down home lyrics with a sweeping melody about lost love, while the third verse reaches into a dream-like state to introduce a surreal country sound.

Lighter, melodious songs ( a la Lightfoot) include âStanding Here Like Me,â reflections about a childhood home, and âSeven Miles Away,â a worship & praise song about Christâs birth.

Finally, two blues tunes hit the mark. âSaturday Morning TVâ focuses on the influence of television violence on children, while âBiopsy Bluesâ chases the notion that medical science canât cure love sickness.

With his third album, Love Heals All Things and his 36th recorded song in three years, Stephen Shepherd is fast proving to be a prolific and articulate songwriter with compelling cross-genre music.