There are two things Shawnee does best: finger pick and play your heart strings. She taught herself to play guitar and write songs at age fourteen with the sole dream of meeting and marrying Daniel Johns, the frontman of the Australian rock band silverchair. Songwriting eventually led her to Austin, Texas where her fourth album, A Long and Precious Road, was among Texas Music Magazine’s albums of the year and landed her alongside artists like Kacey Musgraves and Leon Bridges on their list of Songwriters of Distinction. Editor Tom Buckley wrote, “With a compelling voice at once uplifting and heartbreaking, delicate and wounded, and with melodies dexterous and irresistible, Kilgore has, in one bold move, established herself as an important presence in folk music.” Her latest release, Beginning at the Wilderness, was produced by Zachariah Hickman of Josh Ritter’s Royal City Band and includes her song “Abraham,” an extraordinary version of which was recorded and released by Ruthie Foster on her album Joy Comes Back.