*Sharon Bousquet: acoustic guitars, vocals, songs*
*Duo: Professional accompanist hired as needed (guitar, percussion, violin)*
*Beaucoup Shakti (Boo-coo/Shock-T): NEW BAND! 3 - 4 piece with dueling acoustic guitars and lush 3-4 part vocal harmonies. Keys to come soon! Band Members: Sharon Bousquet, Eric Hurlin (guitars, keys, etc.), Heather Love (vocals, keys soon), and featured vocalist Gemma Cohen (Rock Paper Scissors!)*
Influences
Joni Mitchell, Michael Hedges, Joan Armatrading, Will Ackerman, vocal jazz, '70s prog rock melodies, Bob Marley, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny... so many more!
Sounds Like
According to listeners, I sound like just about every female vocalist known to man! :-) Start with Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLaughlin, Melissa Etheridge, Sandy Denny, Natalie Merchant...the list goes on. You will get flavors of each of these women in my music, as a place of familiarity for your ears. The majority is just me.
Sharon Bousquet "Boo-skay" /
A Smart, Sensual Acoustic Stew
Sharon Bousquet is an award-winning songwriter and a published poet, combining spiritual and sensual lyrics with melodic forays into jazzy blues, folk and acoustic pop. Her new release, "Temple", "displays the quality and variety that have earned her numerous prestigious songwriting and performance awards across Texas in the past six years." (Iowa City Press-Citizen).
A few of Sharon Bousquet's music-related awards and kudos follow:
~ Two songs from "Temple" (and 2 from Mirror, Mirror) will be featured in the upcoming film release "Cosmic Radio". Sharon will also recieve a scoring credit on "Cosmic Radio" for instrumental background tracks. Go to myspace.com/lunatopia to read about Cosmic Radio and see video clips of the film, as well as reading up on the booming career of Sharon's filmmaker friend, Stephen Savage.
Continued awards:
~Winner, Jazz Category, Austin Songwriter's Group Song Contest for "No Valentine".
~ Winner, Texas Heritage Music Foundation, Kerrville Song School and ASG Essay Contests.
~ Finalist, 16th Annual B.W. Stevenson Singer-Songwriter Award.
PRAISE FOR "TEMPLE":
"Clean, uncluttered and transparent, the well-played, minimalist arrangements not only recall classic early singer/songwriter ventures by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading and Janis Ian, but Bousquet -- remarkably -- holds her own in that lofty neighborhood....Confident, sensual and in full command, Sharon Bousquet richly deserves all the rewards that dedication, talent and hard work can bring." ~Jim Musser, Iowa City Press-Citizen/ GoIowaCity.Com (March 2007)
Any friend of David Hurlin is a friend of ours! Thank you Iowa for lending us his gooooooood energy, and for turning us on to YOUR music and energy, too! :-)
hi sharon! lovin' the music, third time around, see you're a friend of my friend heather, now isn't that nice ;)* great show she's got in lyrical venus don't you think? luv xo
Congratulations on the film inclusion! Now you'll be sweetening the atmosphere in movie houses and on plasma screens everywhere! I see from your schedule you have some time in the warmth before back to freezing Iowa. Enjoy.
Thankx for the comment my amazing friend. Funny but I am on a real Boo-skay jag at the moment. Your music fills about 80% of the soundtrack of my life at the moment (lol). I don't know if you realize what a fan I am. Miss ya lots Kiddo. Can't wait to hang at the festivals. lots of love, Savage
Hi Sharon - I think I saw you at Espresso Garden in San Jose a couple years ago? Thanks for adding us. We invite you to send us your funny or interesting stagefright story for possible inclusion in our blog or newsletter. Phil & Annie
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Hey October is right around the corner and I think it is time to awake the masses and remind them you will be here to entertain and bless with your musical spirit and charm. We had our first rain storm today. It was Holy Water to dust off the Redwoods and generate some much needed fresh ions.
