The Sunday Sessions welcomes The Missing Frets to the show this weekend.

They are led by South African native Shaun Lovell who hails from these parts now.

He is joined on bass by his wife Bindu Lovell and Johnny Martin on drums.

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Shaun started his musical journey playing West African djemba drums. He took

his love of music and desire to see the world on the road after South Africa emerged from

apartheid. His itchy feet took him around the globe in search of a master drum teacher and

eventually brought him to California and Russel “Buddy “ Helm who literally wrote the book

on meditative drumming “Drumming The Spirit Life”. He met his wife and the guitar in California.

Both of these things changed the direction of his life and music. It turned out after much hard work

and study that Shaun was a guitarists and song writer. He says that music is his salvation.

Shaun starts his songwriting by collecting his thoughts and riffs in a file on his phone.

When he is ready he dives back in to see what strikes him. Many of his songs vouch

for the underdog because he feels deeply about others and brings a “we can all do this attitude”

to his writing. All of his interests coalesce into a dynamic sound that can be reminiscent of

Midnight Oil and Stone Foxes.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWUBMJkGi8e4usqZdpIwjw?view_as=subscriber

The hard rock drumming by Johnny Martin has brought a new energetic flair to the music

that helps the band connect with live audiences and propels their recordings.

Shaun is thrilled by the streaming response to the new song “Cartel Sage”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsrdxFk5flE&feature=emb_title