Moon Shine, aka Angie Glasscock, discovered songwriting late in life. It wasn’t until 2010 that she began to study music by learning to play guitar. In 2015, Angie was as surprised as anyone when she wrote her first song, “I Tried to Keep on Loving You”. Angie recorded the ode to classic country in 2016 with friends, musicians Mark Spencer (Son Volt) and Don Heffington (Lone Justice). Born in Memphis and raised between Los Angeles and Nashville, country music was an early influence. As songs continued to come, songs rooted in the blues came too and an album concept emerged: one side country, one side blues. Moon Shine’s debut album, The Land In Between, was produced and mixed by Teddy Kumpel (Joe Jackson) and recorded at Atomic Sound in Angie’s hometown, Brooklyn. Together they assembled an impressive array of veteran A-list session players: Teddy Kumpel -guitar, Cat Popper -bass, Steve Williams -drums, Todd Caldwell -keyboards, Charlie Burnham -fiddle, Mark Spencer -pedal steel, Michael Blake -tenor saxophone, Bruce Harris -trumpet and the late Don Heffington -drums on “I Tried to Keep on Loving You.”

Andrew Gulden of Americana Highways, wrote in his album review, that ‘“The work of Brooklyn-based artist Moon Shine reflects the varied background of its creator, Angie Glasscock. Memphis soul, Nashville country and LA polish are combined on Moon Shine’s debut album…Glasscock’s origin story is explored in the album’s title cut. ‘The Land in Between’ kicks off with a stirring Wurlitzer line and the beginning of the singer’s travels - ‘I was born in Memphis/But didn’t stay long’…The music, spiced with horns and Glasscock’s smooth voice, keeps the narrative flowing…the song I can’t wait to hear live: ‘Ain’t Broken-Hearted’ - An old time swing of a tune and Glasscock’s sly sacking of her partner make for great storytelling.”

In Americana UK album review by Jonathan Aird, “The Land in Between” is described as “An album of two halves - quite literally …it’s often autobiographical songs veer between two camps - a more Country influenced side and a soulful side that leans into the classic STAX sound of twanging guitar and blasting horns …The advantages of this mixture is never made more clearly than on the celebratory opener which tells of Glasscock’s childhood literally traveling between two camps - that of her father in Tennessee and her mother’s home in California.”

Adobe & Teardrops in a track premiere of “The Promise” called it a “retro country confection of hope, doubt and commitment.” And in an Americana Highways track feature of “The Promise”, “This one is sliding and sorrowful, and gives us the good chills. Heard of them? You need to.”

Americana Highways described “Ether of My Mind “ in a track premiere, “an original concept yet is simultaneously near and dear and familiar, and Moon Shine makes it feel cozy and dreamy.” Tonic Grain’s track review of “Ether of My Mind”, “This beautiful, tender song brings a soothing airiness and sets a delightful leisurely mood… Glasscock’s soft vocals soar effortlessly above these wondrous sonic waves”.

In a track premiere, Americana UK described “I Tried to Keep on Loving You”, as a “shimmery take on the country end of Americana”, a song with “a late night weariness to it, as a dream of love gently fades away.”

Roughstock, in a track premiere, “‘Exile of Youth’, is about Moon Shine’s father and is immersed at once in remorse and reflection while being flush with emotive acoustic slide guitar. “