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Forging influences from folk and punk to jazz and Broadway musicals with pop-leaning melodic sensibilities, Shawn Mullins crafts memorable, affecting tunes that cross many genres on his all new album, My Stupid Heart. Mullins' discography includes 1998's Soul's Core, the album that shot him to fame on the strength of its GRAMMY-nominated No. 1 hit, 'Lullaby,' and 2006's 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor, which contained his AAA/Americana No. 1, 'Beautiful Wreck.' He also co-wrote the Zac Brown Band's No. 1 country tune, 'Toes.' But in the years since his last release, 2010's Light You Up, Mullins has experienced more ups and downs on his romantic roller-coaster a ride he's decided to step off for a while. On My Stupid Heart, the GRAMMY nominated, platinum selling artist, deftly balances songs of suffering from the title tune and 'Go and Fall,' to the powerful, yet subtle social commentary of 'Ferguson' with songs such as 'Roll on By,' which strikes an upbeat note of hope. The Levon Helm-influenced 'Never Gonna Let Her Go' reveals the thrills of riding that afore-mentioned roller-coaster, and even the sigh of resignation that is 'The Great Unknown' contains lines so striking, you can't help but smile at their brilliance and depth.