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New York City, NY, USA (2006 – present)
My Brightest Diamond is a chamber pop band led by singer-songwriter Shara Worden, which was formed in New York City, NY, USA (2006).
Worden is the granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist; her father was a National Accordion Champion and her mother a classical organist. Having a family of wanderers who migrated across the U.S. every few years, the landscape and the musical influences were constantly changing: Spanish tangos, Sunday morning gospel, classical and jazz were the accompaniment to her home life. Her first song was recorded when she was three years old, and by the age of eight she was studying piano and performing in community musical productions.
As a teenager in Michigan, Shara honed her musical prowess singing along to Whitney Houston music videos and Mariah Carey albums. When pop music wasn’t enough, she enrolled in the music program at the University of North Texas, immersing herself in the songs of Henry Purcell and Claude Debussy. After college, she moved to New York City and fell in love with its cold winters and busy streets. She continued to study opera on the Upper West Side during the day, but at night she frequented downtown clubs such as Tonic, Knitting Factory, and The Living Room, catching performances by Antony and the Johnsons, Nina Nastasia, and Rebecca Moore. She began to spend less time sight-reading Mozart and more time de-tuning her Gibson electric guitar to play her own newly-written songs. Coaxed out of recital halls and onto the small stages of bars and clubs, Shara assembled a coterie of musicians to accompany her with bass and drums, music boxes, wine glasses, and wind chimes.
Worden is the granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist; her father was a National Accordion Champion and her mother a classical organist. Having a family of wanderers who migrated across the U.S. every few years, the landscape and the musical influences were constantly changing: Spanish tangos, Sunday morning gospel, classical and jazz were the accompaniment to her home life. Her first song was recorded when she was three years old, and by the age of eight she was studying piano and performing in community musical productions.
As a teenager in Michigan, Shara honed her musical prowess singing along to Whitney Houston music videos and Mariah Carey albums. When pop music wasn’t enough, she enrolled in the music program at the University of North Texas, immersing herself in the songs of Henry Purcell and Claude Debussy. After college, she moved to New York City and fell in love with its cold winters and busy streets. She continued to study opera on the Upper West Side during the day, but at night she frequented downtown clubs such as Tonic, Knitting Factory, and The Living Room, catching performances by Antony and the Johnsons, Nina Nastasia, and Rebecca Moore. She began to spend less time sight-reading Mozart and more time de-tuning her Gibson electric guitar to play her own newly-written songs. Coaxed out of recital halls and onto the small stages of bars and clubs, Shara assembled a coterie of musicians to accompany her with bass and drums, music boxes, wine glasses, and wind chimes.
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| FULL TRACK Golden Star: Alias Remix | 3:07 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK We Were Sparkling | 2:39 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK Lucky | 4:14 | |
| FULL TRACK Something of an End | 4:55 | Free MP3 |
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A Thousand Shark's Teeth
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Under_Radar_Mag wrote:
We chatted with Shara about the new album: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/my_brightest_diamond_interview_shara_worden/
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chemzed wrote:
@must4rdgas Yah, A Thousand Shark's Teeth is probably my favourite album
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Randwer wrote:
@milrohir: At first glance I missed the darker mood, that the previous albums served. But "All Things Will Unwind" is definitely a grower. Now I like its vitality a lot. Shara is wonderful, she can serve groove as well as gloom. <3
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milrohir2 wrote:
Her new album is weird. I like it but can t associate it with Inside a Boy and Bring Me the Workhorse, I prefer the older to the new one.
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must4rdgas wrote:
BatsMouth wrote: November 2011 After A Thousand Shark's Teeth truly disappointed me and I found really bland. I hesitantly picked a copy of her new album and all I can say is it's great, I feel it is a real return to form. Lovely. I can't believe you don't like A Thousand Shar's Teeth! Everything of theirs is gold, IMO.
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sinztye wrote:
Discovered her in a youtube video wherein "Flume" was performed by Bon Iver, The National and her. I'm so glad cos she's awesome!! :D
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bau_markt wrote:
If you like the idea join I'd love to become a song.
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clockworkwombat wrote:
new album is so punk rock man
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Urbanov wrote:
Is she kewl?
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tim4tw wrote:
reason why I think about checking out her music: http://www.last.fm/music/My+Brightest+Diamond/+images/2163491
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GardenOfSouls wrote:
her voice is beautiful
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hiyome wrote:
Good new album
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annaarroyo wrote:
Interesting live show...that mask is creepy as hell.
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e-l-s-d wrote:
Amazing new album - i'm just so in love with your music Sarah!
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MyMusicMyDivas wrote:
Feeling Good <3
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Daveite wrote:
I want to make love with this woman.
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clockworkwombat wrote:
i had to give "i have never loved someone" a 6/5 because there is no other way to describe how it feels
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ReveurMitya wrote:
I very like inside a boy!!! awesome song!
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christles wrote:
New album is a grower, but I love it now.
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prdrums77 wrote:
All things will unwind.
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Feb
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My Brightest Diamond
Troubadour, West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States
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Mar
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Festival Les Femmes S'en Mêlent
La Carène (Salle des Musiques Actuelles), Brest, France
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Dec
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ATP curated by The National
Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, United Kingdom
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My Brightest Diamond in London, UK on 02/02/12
2 Feb 2012 | from www.mybrightestdiamond.com/tourdates/
Ends: 02/04/12. Admission: 20-25.
Buy tickets. Venue:
Barbican. Address:
Barbican Centre Silk Street London EC2Y
8DS . Shara will be singing in The Long Count, a collaboration
with Bryce & Aaron Dessner (The National) and visual artist
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