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With a soulful, smoky vocal delivery that works in tandem with her intimate, noir-shaded songs,
Ashley Shadow is the project of Vancouver musician
Ashley Webber. She contributed to recordings by the likes of
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and
the Cave Singers before making her solo debut with 2016's
Ashley Shadow. The former's
Will Oldham returned the favor by appearing on her second album,
Only the End, in 2021.
Long before adopting the
Shadow moniker,
Webber played bass in post-punk band
the Organ. Formed in 2001, they released a series of EPs and one full-length, 2004's Grab That Gun, before
Webber left the group in 2005. Over the next decade, she collaborated with an assortment of well-regarded artists, including singing for
the Pink Mountaintops (2006's
Axis of Evol and 2009's
Outside Love),
Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2008's
Lie Down in the Light), and
the Cave Singers (2009's
Welcome Joy).
Webber signed with Felte Records for her eponymous
Ashley Shadow debut. Produced by
Joshua Wells of
Black Mountain and
Lightning Dust (the latter his duo with
Ashley's sister
Amber Webber), it was released in April 2016.
The songwriter reconnected with
Wells to record her second album,
Only the End, which arrived on Felte in September 2021. It featured a duet with
Bonnie "Prince" Billy ("Don't Slow Me Down"). ~ Marcy Donelson