Shara Nova
Shara Nova (born April 22, 1974 in Michigan ) is a multi-instrumentalist as well as singer and songwriter for the My Brightest Diamond project .
Career
Nova grew up in a musical house in Ypsilanti (Michigan) - her father won the national accordion championship and her mother a church organist, so she grew up with gospel, jazz and classical music and sang in the church choir. She graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Music and continued her studies in New York City . In March 2016, after divorcing her husband, she changed her last name from Worden to Nova.
My Brightest Diamond
During her stay in New York City, Nova began writing her own songs, which had their roots in both her classical training and the avant rock that she discovered at the time. She was inspired by Antony and the Johnsons and Nina Nastasia .
She released her first album called Word in 1998 (still under the name "Shara") while studying at the University of North Texas. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Classical Singing, she moved to Moscow, where she published several newly written songs on CD and designed and edited them as an EP called Session I. In 1999 she moved to Brooklyn and performed under the name “AwRY” with musicians whose instruments included everything from wine glasses to greyhounds. After working with her fellow student, the Australian composer Padma Newsome , she added a string quartet. In 2001 she released the album Quiet B-Sides (also called The Orange Album ), on which mostly songs from the Word album were re-recorded and revised, followed by a remix album in 2003. After the tour with Sufjan Stevens, Nova gave her project the name My Brightest Diamond and worked on the two albums A Thousand Shark's Teeth (with string quartet) and Bring Me the Workhorse (more oriented towards rock). Tours with Sufjan Stevens (2006) and The Decemberists (2007) followed. In October 2011 the album All Things Will Unwind was released .
Participation in other projects
2003 Nova played on two songs on the album Recession Special of Bogs Visionary Orchestra xylophone and keyboards and sang backing vocals . In 2006 she was nominated for the PLUG Independent Music Awards as Artist of the Year; In the same year she appeared as a guest on the album Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell by the band Jedi Mind Tricks and in 2010 on the album Season of the Assassin by Vinnie Paz . As a guest singer she performed in 2009 and the album The Hazards of Love of the band The Decemberists , on albums Illinoise and The Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens and 2010 the album Here Lies Love by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim with. In the same year Nova was also involved in the song cycle Penelope by Sarah Kirkland Snider . From 2011 she worked on David Lang's album "Death Speaks" (2013) and performed live as a singer.
Discography
Albums
- Bring Me the Workhorse (2006)
- Tear It Down (remix album, 2007)
- A Thousand Shark's Teeth (2008)
- All Things Will Unwind (2011)
- This is my hand (2014)
- A Million and One (2018)
Singles
- Inside a boy
- From the top of the world
- "Dum Dum Girl" (with Recoil - on the album "Spirit of Talk Talk")
Compilations
- Lucky on OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer (2007)
- Tainted Love on Guilt by Association Vol. 2 (2008)
- Feeling Good on Dark Was the Night (2009)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage [1] at mybrightestdiamond.com
- ↑ Checking In With My Brightest Diamond: The Singer on Her New Album & Legally Changing Her Name
Web links
- Homepage [2] at mybrightestdiamond.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nova, Shara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Have been, Shara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Michigan |