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SPOTLIGHT: River Shook - "Fading" [VIDEO]

River Shook - Photo by Jillian Clark

Editor's Note: River Shook, whose new, self-titled LP comes out June 26 via Blackberry River, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for June 2026. Read more about the debut solo venture from the Sarah Shook and The Disarmers frontperson here and stay tuned for more from the rest of the month.

Set up in a home studio of sorts, River Shook and Blake Tallent walk into frame with a quiet confidence and natural comfort. Armed (or dis-armed, as per their previous band's name) with two dreadnaught and jumbo acoustic guitars, the musical and life partners launch into a deep cut on Shook's debut solo album, "Fading." Both unnervingly literal and broadly metaphorical, the song traces the journey of life-altering changes. Check it out below, before River Shook will be available on all platforms tomorrow.

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