Many college grads with pre-med biology degrees go on to save the world by putting their knowledge of cells and membranes to use dissecting disease, battling the common cold and stopping an earth-eating infection from ever touching human skin. Others save the world in a different way: putting their knowledge of that lovely organ we know as the ear, and the many ways to please it, to use writing beautiful melodies and constantly weaving their hands over the black and white keys of a baby grand piano, with all of the concentration and delicacy of a surgeon in the spotlight.

Shannon Curtis has been a self-proclaimed musician from the ripe young age of five, and in the last few years has been a deservingly proclaimed master of music by critics and fans alike. In fact, Curtis has put out a new EP in each of the last three years -- and while one would think that work exhausting, the songwriting never wavers and the lovely lungs never tire. Her deep, slow style is reminiscent of other soul-felt songstresses like Norah Jones (listen to the title track Why Don't You Stay? ) and the little more spunky Vanessa Carlton (switching things up with the album closer Get Outta Town ). But Curtis has some of her own tricks up her sleeve: the more than believable lyrics and sophisticated blending of soul and pop styles in her many love songs, like Boomerangs & Seesaws (2009) , will keep you coming back for more every time.

Recommended Tracks:
I Like To Think
Boomerangs & Seesaws (2009)