The Local, London's finer promoter of all things weird and new folk presents
15 September 2008
8pm
Mixing elements of opera, cabaret, chamber music, and rock, My Brightest Diamond is the project of New York based singer-songwriter Shara Worden.
Granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a classical organist, Shara Worden's performance style has often been likened to Björk.
Her most recent album, A Thousand Shark's Teeth, was released in June to critical acclaim. To hear more, click here.
www.the-local.org.uk
Mixing elements of opera, cabaret, chamber music, and rock, My Brightest Diamond is the project of New York based singer-songwriter Shara Worden.
Granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a classical organist, Shara Worden's performance style has often been likened to Björk.
Her most recent album, A Thousand Shark's Teeth, was released in June to critical acclaim. To hear more, click here.
'Wow, what a voice.'
New York Times'With a voice as expansive as Björk's, Worden constructs an alternate reality in which no moment is too unspectacular to be dramatized'.
Spin Magazinewww.the-local.org.uk
