Shearwater June 15, 2007

Shearwater's music features sparse, mostly acoustic instrumentation, lightly augmented by piano, violin, pedal steel, accordion, banjo, cello and glockenspiel. Eleni Mandell's talent ranges from sugar-sweet folk to aggressive rock. Her hypnotic vocals can draw an audience in as she sings of romantic moments, but she can also take on the rocker-chick persona and get the room moving. Tony Dekker is the singer/songwriter behind the musical project Great Lake Swimmers. Over the course of three albums, the band explores the worlds of indie folk, roots music and alt-country pop, with a focus on lyrics and the craft of songwriting.