Casey Shea^(US)

Casey Shea spent his youth tuned into classic rock radio. While his friends were headbanging along to the grunge bands of the 90s, Shea found solace in Brian Wilson's, "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times."The Louisiana native has spent the past decade establishing himself as a New York City staple both as a solo act and as a frontman of his band. His songwriting and performance style is at once quirky and heart wrenching; the result is a rare treat that is both musically gratifying and raucously entertaining. Over the past few years, Shea's persistently toured the U.S. and Europe, released two albums, and a third is on the way. His work, both recorded and live, has been reviewed by NME, MTV, CMJ, and The New York Times, and his songs have set the scene in episodes of One Tree Hill, Necessary Roughness, MADE, Friends With Benefits, The Gates, the movie Peace Love and Misunderstanding, and the independent documentary Mr. Rogers & Me.