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Ali Shumate, a native of Bluefield, West Virginia who now resides in West Palm Beach, Florida is no stranger to the bluegrass world having fronted her own band and been a supporting member of other bands playing festivals and venues on the east coast. After meeting award winning bluegrass singer-songwriter Donna Ulisse in 2017, the two discovered they had a co-writing chemistry and many of the results of their writing sessions are found on this album, also produced by Ulisse. Several songs on the album are deeply personal to Shumate such as Each Lesson That I Learned poignantly reflects on her time as a hospice nurse, being a silent witness while providing care to patients while the final days, hours and moments slip away with family and friends gathered around the bed of their loved one as precious words are exchanged. Words that will remain as lasting memories until they are together again. Loving How You Love Me is a tender love song to her husband Keith while I'll Dance Forever With You is a loving tribute to her aunt and uncle who she considered to be soulmates and who loved to dance and did indeed dance through over fifty years of marriage. The title track Every Bit of Me is a song every mother can relate to as Ali sings about how in awe she was as she held her newborn son for the first time. The flood of emotion and feelings of wonder she had are described so beautifully in this song. Shumate's deep faith is also evident in several of the songs on the album as well as her optimism about life in general. She is backed by some of the top acoustic musicians in the genre as she steps out with this fresh album of new bluegrass material that not only showcases her songwriting but also her heartfelt and wonderful vocal treatments of the songs.