If you missed our big announcement yesterday, XPN has entered in to a partnership with the non-profit Weathervane Music Organization and have created a new program we call Shaking Through (yes, named for an R.E.M. song).

Shaking Through is an online music and video series that showcases and fosters select independent musicians.
Artists in the series are given the opportunity to make high-end audio and video recordings of their original music. Shaking Through’s purpose? To support and advance the careers of independent Artists, particularly in this day when the conventional music industry rarely affords such opportunities.

Our first artist in the series is the very talented singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. To watch the videos and hear her new song, “Love More” click here. Take a look and a good listen to Ms. Van Etten. She’s a powerful, intimate performer. Our friends at The Tripwire called the song a “spare, waltz-time beauty that accomplishes in just five minutes what most songwriters fail to find in years of trying: it opens you up.”

Become a fan of Shaking Through Facebook.

Click here to watch yesterday’s big announcement with a performance from Sharon