#shara nova

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Colin Stetson | "Lord I just can't keep from crying sometimes"

[burlveneer-music]

Akropolis Reed Quintet - Hymns for Private Use - Shara Nova turns up on this album too, singing Nico Muhly’s titular song cycle

Hymns for Private Use is the 5th album released by the Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet and features original works by composers Annika Socolofsky and Nico Muhly. On Socolofsky’s so much more, Akropolis is joined by 7 small business owners from 4 states whose personal stories of community and sacrifice are woven together on a spoken word track, sourced from over 7 hours of interviews conducted in 2020. Soprano Shara Nova joins Akropolis on Muhly’s Hymns for Private Use, which draws upon 5 spiritual texts from early English sources from the 12th to 18th centuries. These two large-scale works are connected by intimate stories of ambition and devotion made available for each listener’s own “private use.” Tracks composed by: Nico Muhly (1-5) and Annika Socolofsky (6-10) Produced by: Courtney Snyder Ng (1-5) and Annika Socolofsky (6-10) Published by: Nico Muhly (1-5) and Annika Socolofsky (6-10) Engineer: Dave Schall Acoustic Mastered by: Nick Lloyd Scribe: Sean Meyers Cover Art and Album Package Design by Marian C. Holmes Recorded at First Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti, MI on 7/10/18; Blue Sword Studios in Detroit, MI on 2/10/22 (1-5) and First Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti, MI on 1/8/22 (6-10)

[knightofleo]

Sarah Kirkland Snider | This Is What You’re Like feat. My Brightest Diamond

It’s true, he talks It’s true, he talks, but it’s not Anything like it was then Anything like it was When he talked the way a bird sings; Just to sing This is what you’re like Do you remember? This is what you once were like

[nathanielbellows]

I have a new single coming out this week (Thurs, Jan 26), which also features the amazing vocals of Shara Nova (aka My Brightest Diamond) and the other musicians from my last single, "Well Water (feat. Shara Nova)". Above is the lyric video I made for "Wall Water (feat. Shara Nova)", and please stay tuned for the new song this week!

Thank you for your interest and support in my work. Happy New Year, everyone!

[computerexploder]

[nonesuchrecords]

The Blue Hour, a collaboration among composers Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider, is out now on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records. You can get it and hear it here.

The song cycle was commissioned and performed by the chamber orchestra A Far Cry, with singer Shara Nova. Set to excerpts from Carolyn Forché’s epic poem On Earth, the music follows one woman’s journey through the liminal space between life and death via thousands of hallucinatory and non-linear images.

[onenakedfarmer]

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THE BLUE HOUR

Composers Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, Sarah Kirkland Snider

Text Carolyn Forché

Performers A Far Cry Shara Nova

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TORRES, My Brightest Diamond, & Aisha Burns Live Show Review: 1/18, Lincoln Hall, Chicago

TORRES' Mackenzie Scott

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Many times throughout TORRES' set Thursday night at Lincoln Hall, Mackenzie Scott remarked how polite the audience was. While we're from the Midwest and are certainly very nice, I think we were just enraptured. First and foremost, Scott is an intense songwriter whose lyrics are diaristic, who puts her whole body into her guitar playing. Live, she demands attention. You never know when she's going to scream--she chose a good moment on "Helen in the Woods"--or show vulnerability with a creaky falsetto, like on love devotional "Gracious Day". Meanwhile, her scraggly guitars followed her vocal delivery on "Skim", as she shredded, leaning towards the crowd. Her atonal laying on "Sprinter" provided a sharp contrast to J.R. Bohannon's shimmery pedal steel. Over 10 years into playing as TORRES, traversing aesthetics and soundscapes, Scott has developed the stage presence to match the ferocity of the songs themselves.

From left to right: J.R. Bohannon, Rosie Slater, Scott, & Erin Manning

But then there was another reason we wanted to remain silent and soak it all in: the new TORRES songs from What an enormous room, out this Friday via Merge. For many in the crowd, this past Thursday was the first time hearing tunes bound to become new favorites in the catalog. I watched smiles form on the faces of folks realizing the plucky "Jerk into joy" will become an anthem, as Scott sang, "What an enormous room / Look at all the dancing I can do!" As as it was the band's second night playing these songs on tour, each member relished their opportunities to stand out, from Rosie Slater's driving drums on "Forever home" to Erin Manning's fried synths on "Happy man's shoes". Towards the end of the set, someone yelled, "Play 'Honey'!," referring to the song that made many of us fall in love with TORRES' music in the first place. They never played it. Had this been the last time TORRES played Lincoln Hall, I might have walked away disappointed. But years later, 6 records in, Scott's catalog runs deep enough that the supposed enormity of "Honey" is a small hike compared to the canyon sounds of her most recent material.

My Brightest Diamond

Jake Woodruff (left) & Aisha Burns (right)

Opening for TORRES was two artists who haven't released full-length albums since 2018 but are experimenting live with new material: My Brightest Diamond, the long-running chamber folk project of singer-songwriter Shara Nova, and multi-instrumentalist/former Balmorhea member Aisha Burns. Nova played solo, using percussion backing tracks and samples, walking out to the audio clip of the late, great Sinead O'Connor saying, "Fight the real enemy" on Saturday Night Live after tearing a picture of Pope John Paul II following her a capella rendition of Bob Marley & The Wailers' "War". Many of Nova's songs, both new and old, responded to O'Connor's fearless spirit. Nova's vocals were show-stopping on "Fight the Real Terror (for Sinead)", controlled over the harmonics of the recorded drums on "Imaginary Lover". Finger-snapping new single "Black Sheep" expanded on themes of ostracization and its oft-permanence even when the court of public opinion changes its mind, pertinent to O'Connor's story. In context, All Things Will Unwind standout "Be Brave", too, acted in spirit with Nova's newer material. "Imagine all the flutes and bass clarinets," Nova quipped to old-school My Brightest Diamond fans, but she didn't need to ask us; lines like, "Shara, this is going to hurt," tugged at our emotions more than any instrumentation could.

Woodruff & Burns

Really, it was up to Aisha Burns to yield happy tears from instruments. Accompanied by guitarist Jake Woodruff, she graced us with atmospheric loops, violin, guitar, and falsetto vocals. Songs from 2018's Argonauta (Western Vinyl) hypnotized the crowd, the dual guitar sway of "I Thought I Knew You Well" and impassionedly picked and sung "We Were Worn". And yes, she performed her great cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game", her vibrato and vocal harmonies with Woodruff standing tall against the sensuousness of the original. The performance got me excited for whatever comes next for Burns, whether original material or more clever covers.

Woodruff & Burns

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postcards from downtown- my brightest diamond

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i am the leader of the shara nova fan club

[culturedarm]

Setting excerpts from the poem 'On Earth' by Carolyn Forché, the composers Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Caroline Shaw herald The Blue Hour on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records. Patrick Shiroishi and Marta Tiesenga issue a suite of improvised duets for soprano saxophone, their winnowing drones melding with the anxious reverb of an otherwise empty tunnel underneath the Jazz Cat restaurant in Monterey Park. And Nicholas Krgovich's bowl runneth over as he celebrates the sacred in the mundane, skewering the haute cuisine of Scaramouche and adult contemporary tropes alongside Joseph Shabason and a crew of Toronto players. Tracks by Tomu DJ, Julian Lage, Antonina Nowacka, Sofie Birch, Rosalía, Sarah Davachi, and Jordan Reyes complete the roundup of best new music.

https://culturedarm.com/tracks-of-the-week-13-08-22/

[draculaugust]

my gender is all 25 minutes of Impossible Soul by Sufjan Stevens thanks for asking

[romantic-theory]

PLZ UPDATE HOW THE ILLINOISE MUSICAL IS THAT SIUNDS SOOOOO BALLER!!!! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY

using this to talk about it because im back from chicago and i saw it last night AND OH MY GOD!!!! it was AMAZINGGG

the way the used the songs in the album was having it be about a group of people sharing stories at a campfire, and it was really really cool!!! Night Zombies was one of my favorites. And i love what they did with some of the more darker themed songs like John Wayne Gacy Jr and Casimir Pulaski Day. There was also an overarching story with the main character named Henry played by Ricky Ubeda who was WONDERFUL. The story was so touching and beautiful about him falling in love with his best friend and love and loss. he also meets someone else in it and the rendition of predatory wasp was so breathtaking and tender. It's really impressive how they actually made a really clear and easy to follow story through dance alone, because there was no dialogue, it was just the vocalists and musicians performing. I also really like how they took this album where the songs aren't very connected to each other in terms of having one narrative, but were able to form a cohesive story with them! I think making part of it be the characters each telling their own campfire story with some of the songs was a really smart idea. i'm just rambling but it was so beautiful!!! the music, choreography, dancing, it was all spectacular!!!

i wish i can see it again!!! im hoping they tour after the run in new york, and maybe even release a recording (probably not, but i can dream)

[knightofleo]

Sarah Kirkland Snider | Dead Friend feat. My Brightest Diamond

Dead friend Turn your back on me I beg you Do not look at me With those eyes

Dead friend I must leave you here I can’t stay You can’t follow me Where I go

[nathanielbellows]

"My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Nova joins Nathaniel Bellows on the single “Well Water,” just released through Harmon Blunt Music. The pairing–built upon multiple past collaborations– creates a conversation between the two contrasting voices, which in turn captures texture, contrast, atmosphere, beauty, and surprise." —Beehive Candy

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CATÁLOGO DE LIVROS 📓📖

1. todos os livros estão em ordem alfabética.

observação: se algum link não estiver funcionando, por favor, avise na ask, que iremos mudar o link.

1984

A Bela e a Adormecida

A Biblioteca da Meia-Noite

A Bruxa Não Vai Para a Fogueira Neste Livro

A Cinco Passos de Você

A Culpa É Das Estrelas

A Escola do Bem e do Mal (sequência)

A Espera de Um Milagre

A Garota Mais Solitária do Universo

A Hipótese do Amor

A Jogada do Amor

A Mão Misteriosa

A Morte do Almirante

A Rainha Vermelha (sequência)

A Revolução dos Bichos

A Seleção (sequência)

A Terceira Moça

A Última Festa

A Vida Invisível de Addie LaRue

Acotar (sequência)

Alice no País das Maravilhas

Amor & Livros (sequência)

Aranhaverso (2014) (sequência)

Aranhaverso (2019) (sequência)

Ás de Espadas

As Novas Aventuras de Sherlock

As Vantagens de ser Invisível

Até o Verão Terminar

Aves de Rapina

Battle Royale

Boa Garota, Segredo Mortal

Butcher Boy: Infância Sangrenta

Caçadores de Sonhos

Chico Bento Moço

Cinderela Está Morta

Clube do Livro dos Homens

Com Amor, Simon

Conectadas

Cool for the Summer

Coraline

Crepúsculo (sequência)

Crime e Castigo

Daisy Jones and The Six

Declínio de um homem

De Lukov, Com Amor

Devil’s Night (sequência)

Dinastia Kang (sequência)

Duna (sequência)

É Assim que Acaba

É Assim que Começa

Eleanor & Park

Em Águas Profundas

Enola Holmes

Enquanto Eu Não Te Encontro

Entre as Estrelas

Estupidamente Apaixonados

Eu Beijei Shara Wheeler

Eu e Esse Meu Coração

Eu Sei o que Vocês Fizeram no Verão Passado

Fiódor Dostoievski (alguns livros)

Grishaverso (sequência)

Harry Potter (sequência)

Heartstopper Vol. 1

Heartstopper Vol. 2

Heartstopper Vol. 3

Heartstopper Vol. 4

I Was Born For This

Jogos de Herança

Joyland

Lady Killers - Assassinas em Série

Manual de Assassinato para Boas Garotas

Maze Runner

Mentirosos

Mil Beijos de Garoto

Nick and Charlie

Ninguem Sai Vivo Daqui

Noites Brancas

Novembro 9

O Azul Daqui É Mais Azul

O Bosque das Coisas Perdidas

O Castelo Animado

O Céu Que Nos Oprime

O Diário de Anne Frank

O Diário de John Winchester

O Instituto

O Lado Feio do Amor

O Mistério da Arca Espanhola: Um conto de Poirot

O Orfanato da Srta Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares

O Povo do Ar (sequência)

O Primeiro a Morrer no Final

O Retrato de Dorian Gray

Orgulho e Preconceito

Os 13 Porquês

Os Bridgertons (sequência)

Os Dois Morrem no final

Os Sete Maridos de Evelyn Hugo

Os Últimos Casos de Miss Marple

Percy Jackson (sequência)

Ponte para Terabítia

Por Lugares Incríveis

Punk 57

Quem é Você, Alasca?

Radio Silêncio

Romance Real

Salem

Se Houver Amanhã

Sem Amor

Sherlock Holmes (algumas histórias)

Simon vs. A Agenda Homo Sapiens

Sob a Redoma

Suicidas

Tartarugas Até Lá Embaixo

Ted Bundy: Um Estranho ao Meu Lado

Teto Para Dois

This Winter

Tipo uma História de Amor

Todas as Suas (Im)Perfeições

Torto Arado

Um de Nós (sequência)

Um Milhão de Finais Felizes

Uma Dobra no Tempo (sequência)

Verão (sequência)

Vermelho, Branco e Sangue Azul

Vingadores (2013)

Vingadores (2018)

Wakanda (2022)

Wakanda Para Sempre