Tom Shaner

Who is Tom Shaner?

Tom Shaner is an American songwriter, performer, director, and writer based in New York City. He writes and plays ghost songs, songs, waltzes, and rock and roll. Shaner released "ghost songs, waltzes and rock and roll" on Mother West to critical acclaim in 2012, followed by several videos and shows in New York City and Ireland in early 2013. Music journalists from RUST, Baby Sue Music Review, Galway Independent, New York Music Daily, Power of POP, all gave the album praising reviews. RustZine.com said "Tom Shaner is thoroughly American, completely New York, 100% right now, and this is an album that simply must be heard. It's a celestial alignment of ideas, people and energies. It's an all-time great album, from a rarified artist. Essential."

The Galway Independent's said "It is this eclectic taste, which lends his dusty Americana a fresh and modern sound. There are undoubtedly strong hints of Dylan and Waits in his voice and songs, but, while his sound has its roots in the past, it is not stuck there. ‘Forever Drug’, from his latest album ‘Ghost Songs, Waltzes and Rock & Roll’, for example, sounds like Beck jamming with Alabama 3.