““According to Maggie McClure... "Shane and I have always loved Christmas and the traditional songs of the season. Two years ago, we were fortunate to write some new music with Jeff Silbar, the composer of 'Wind Beneath My Wings,' among many other legendary songs. One of the songs to emerge from the 2013 writing sessions was 'First Thing on My Christmas List,' which we composed in less than two hours. When it was finished, we all sat back and just smiled at each other. Sometimes the process of jointly composing a song just "works" and this was one of those times. The creation of that song sparked an interest in releasing some new contemporary Christmas music for the 2015 season and the result is this five track EP consisting of four new songs, including 'First Thing' and a cover of 'Baby It's Cold Outside,' one of our favorites. We look forward to sharing our new Christmas music and wish everyone the best in this festive season."””

“Shane Henry has been playing music professionally for a decade now — a fact made all the more impressive by the fact that he’s only 26. In his newest release, "Beauty In The Struggle." Henry has incorporated the pop and soul elements he grew up with, filling his sound with horns, keys and radio-ready melodies. The ballad “Crying for Change” caught the ears of suits at CBS, who featured the song on its long-running soap opera “The Young and the Restless.” “I’m just happy making a living playing music and doing what I love” he said. “People have different ideas of what success is. For me, success is just writing songs and putting out records for people who want to hear them. I’m just trying to create music and put something out there that's real and means something to people.” —Joshua Boydston”