Brittany Shane is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

. The Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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-born and raised songstress blends rock and pop with poetry. She got her start performing at The Fillmore

The Fillmore

The Fillmore Auditorium is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous by Bill Graham. Named for its original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it lies on the boundary of the Western Addition and the Pacific Heights neighborhoods.In 1968,...

 in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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 in 2000, playing acoustic in the Poster Room before acts such as Aimee Mann

Aimee Mann

Aimee Mann is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist.-Early life:Aimee Mann grew up in Bon Air, Virginia, graduated from Open High School in 1978 and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the Young Snakes...

, Travis

Travis (band)

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 and Liz Phair

Liz Phair

Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...

 graced the mainstage. Since the release of her recent songs, she has opened for Heart

Heart (band)

Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music...

, Foreigner

Foreigner (band)

Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm...

 and Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...

 as well as headlining her own local shows in the Bay Area.

Her first San Francisco released CD "Decked Out", was selected by Aidin Vaziri [(San Francisco Chronicle)] as one of his top local CDs of 2005. 

Her first two recordings, "Out of the Everywhere" (1999) and "Moravian Star" (2000) were released under her maiden name Brittany Safranek (Shane is her middle name) while attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Shane released her new CD  “Have Heart Live Young” on her own [Painted Lady Records]http://www.paintedladyrecords.com/ in September 2009. 

Shane has worked with top-notch music makers, including Grammy-nominated mix engineer, Joe Chiccarelli and producer Zack Smith (who founded the ‘80s band Scandal

Scandal

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).  Her music suggests Brit cult group The Sundays

The Sundays

The Sundays were an English alternative rock band. The band formed in the late 1980s and released three albums in the 1990s.-Career:The band's beginnings came with the meeting of Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin at university. Wheeler had played gigs with 'Cruel Shoes' an early...

, The Bangles

The Bangles

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, Beth Orton

Beth Orton

Beth Orton is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. However, these were not Orton's first...

 or Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Monica, California, in 1989 from the group Opal, a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith...

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Six of the songs on the “Have Heart Live Young” CD provide much of the score to the multi-award winning indie film, [“The Village Barbershop”]http://www.thevillagebarbershop.com/, starring John Ratzenberger

John Ratzenberger

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, (Cliff Clavin from Cheers

Cheers

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) and Shelly Cole

Shelly Cole

Shelly Cole is an American actress who has starred in the films Prey for Rock & Roll and Art School Confidential. She has also made numerous appearances on television shows, notably as the recurrent character Madeline Lynn on Gilmore Girls.- Filmography :-External links:...

. The film, called “warm, humorous and ingratiating” by Variety, was released nationally in cinemas in March 2009 by [Monterey Media]http://www.montereymedia.com/. Shane’s music is featured prominently throughout the film.

Shane's songs TV placements include:  A national Hyundai commercial (2008), Bad Girls Club (Oxygen Channel) (2008), Living Lohan (Oxygen Channel) (2008) and Parking Wars (A&E) (2009) and the documentary "After Happily Ever After" which is schedule to air on PBS in early 2012.

She was a KFOG Spotlight Artist in the fall of 2008 and the San Francisco Chronicle's Fresh Artist in May 2008.

Shane promoted her new album "Have Heart Live Young" on on her first US Tour from November 2009-August 2010 with 80 dates across the U.S. Aidin Vaziri featured her tour as a main music article in the Pink Pages of the San Francisco Chronicle.

She recently finished recording her fifth album, "Loud Nights On A Short String" (2012) which was produced by Austin music greats Scrappy Jud Newcomb and George Reiff, who also played guitar and bass on the CD, along with Dony Wynn playing drums. The album will be released January 21st at the Swan Dive in Austin, TX.

When not touring, Shane is a children’s tap, ballet, hip hop and jazz dance instructor in Austin, Texas.