{"id":289108,"date":"2026-04-28T03:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/289108\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:03:25","slug":"shannon-shaw-partners-with-rolling-stone-sonesta-in-san-francisco-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/289108\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Shaw Partners With Rolling Stone, Sonesta In San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Body positive advocate and Shannon and the Clams<\/a> frontwoman Shannon Shaw joined Rolling Stone Magazine and The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel for a special \u201cMusicians on Musicians\u201d<\/a> event on Friday. This intimate evening in downtown San Francisco blended conversation, performance and storytelling. Moderated by Rolling Stone\u2019s deputy editor Joseph Hudak, the discussion brought Shaw into dialogue with electronic artist Tycho<\/a> (Scott Hansen). Both hail from Northern California, and are influenced by its unique regional flavor in starkly different ways.<\/p>\n

Shaw\u2019s sound is retro, soulful, and raw. Her influences include California garage rock, doo-wop and country. Tycho, by contrast, focuses on atmospheric instrumentals. Their conversation quickly revealed Shaw\u2019s philosophy of music as a type of exchange that bridges people and communities.<\/p>\n

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From left: Will Sprott, Nate Mahan, Cody Blanchard and Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams at Panorama Festival, photographed on July 27, 2018 (Photo by Lexie Moreland\/WWD\/Penske Media via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI think making music is an energetic exchange,\u201d said Shaw. \u201cYou are sacrificing and taking a risk sharing all of your insights with everyone out there, and then you are taking it all in, and alchemizing it. This back-and-forth is necessary. I just really feel that more than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shannon Shaw in conversation with fellow Northern California artist, Tycho, and Rolling Stone deputy editor, Joseph Hudak<\/p>\n

Sonesta <\/p>\n

That sense of reciprocity between artist and audience threaded through the evening. Both artists reflected on the San Francisco Bay Area as an incubator of sound and identity. Though the Bay Area is home, Shaw is often on the road. \u201cA lot of the time I\u2019m going back-to-back on tours,\u201d she said. \u201cIt can be really hard.\u201d She relies on structure to keep up with her rigorous schedule. \u201cI\u2019m a really big planner person. I have a paper planner. It\u2019s color-coded. It\u2019s a thing of beauty,\u201d shared Shaw.<\/p>\n

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Shannon Shaw, (center), Cody Blanchard, (left) and Ian Amberson,(right) are the rock grop, “Shannon and the Clams”, the three in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday Feb. 4, 2009, along the Oakland Estuary at the 5th Street marina. (Photo By Michael Macor\/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In discussing her solo record Shannon in Nashville, which she recorded with the legendary Dan Auerbach, Shaw described the creative possibility of making music outside her home base. \u201cI liked the idea of being \u2018not from here, but here, creating something,\u2019\u201d she said, framing the project as both homage and experiment. She worked with veteran session musicians who reshaped her understanding of authorship. \u201cI was working with dudes that were 79 years old, and had all the best stories. They played on Neil Diamond\u2019s hit records and with Aretha Franklin, Elvis, and Wilson Pickett. That was their life for so many years. They\u2019re listening to a demo I recorded on my phone in my car, and then they interpret it through their entire life of playing music. That\u2019s something really beautiful about that environment,\u201d said Shaw. \u201dI loved working with them, and I think that was part of calling it Shannon in Nashville, because they brought so much to the record.<\/p>\n

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Shannon Shaw, body positive advocate and frontwoman of Shannon and the Clams, plays for an intimate audience in San Francisco Friday<\/p>\n

Sonesta<\/p>\n

Recounting how professional wrestler Mick Foley ended up contributing handclaps to a recent album, Shaw laughed, tracing the collaboration back to a chance airport encounter years earlier. \u201cIt can be hard to meet your heroes, but he\u2019s just a genuinely kind person,\u201d she said. The story underscored that behind the polished industry, music culture still runs on chance, connection and the awkward intimacy of fandom.<\/p>\n

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WWE wrestling superstar, Mike Foley aka Mankind, Dude Love & Cactus Jack (Photo by Barry Brecheisen\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

WireImage<\/p>\n

In a moment when musicians are increasingly expected to produce work rapidly, the creative process can feel secondary. Shaw doesn\u2019t deny that tension. \u201cEveryone\u2019s working so hard at things that will make them money,\u201d she said. \u201cThe things I do don\u2019t really do that, but they make my soul grin.\u201d<\/p>\n

The night offered a potential snapshot into the next frontier of music culture, curated by brand partners that center place and experience, not just sound. In addition to thoughtful conversation and intimate performances, there were regionally-inspired cocktails, elevated bites, and luxe seating. Where live music has historically been purely sonic, events like this suggest a shift toward full-body memory-making. Hopefully, that future will also see more artists like Shaw at its helm.<\/p>\n

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