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Sharon Bousquet

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Member Since: 01/02/2006
Band Website: http://sharonbousquet.com
Band Members: *Sharon Bousquet: acoustic guitars, vocals, songs*
*Duo: Heather Love accomanies Sharon on vocals, keyboards; other duomates when the situation calls for it (violin, guitar, keys)*
*Beaucoup Shakti (Boo-coo/Shock-T): NEW BAND! 2 or 3 piece with lush vocal harmonies, the fingerstyle acoustics of Ms. Bousquet and keyboards. Guests frequent and brimming with talent! Band Members: Sharon Bousquet, Heather Love (vocals, keys). Occasional guests include: Arthur LeeLand (guitars), Tim Britton (flutes, whistles, mando), Eric Hurlin (piano, guitars), George Foster (fretless bass), David Hurlin (percussion), and Truckstop Souvenir violinist Lauryn Shapter.
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, 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 beginning place from which to listen. The majority est moi.

Record Label: Body Mine Spirit Music Co. ("Mine is a Verb")
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

IC Hospitals, Heather update

Update on Heather (Duomate from band Beaucoup Shakti)Today we went up to Univ. of Iowa Hospitals Emergency room and admitted heather for further testing and documentation of injuries after the bike vs...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:18:00 GMT

Heather's Accident

My duomate and g/f  Heather Love Collmer was hit by a car while riding her bike a couple of days ago. We are in caretaker mode... multiple head injuries. Her angels wings are big and wide - prayers gr...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:13:00 GMT

Photographer Rob Fishback - send prayers

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendid=20618841 This is the MySpace link for my friend Rob Fishback, a Boulder Creek CA-based professional photographer and an all ar...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:36:00 GMT

2008 Iowa Women's Music festival promo featurng Sharon Bosquet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XbnlBR0CFk Come to the 15th annual fest in Iowa City Sept. 20th! GREAT line up of women who will move you! Sharon will teach the Singing Body Workshop at the W...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:15:00 GMT

Sharon Sandwich - CO or bust!

Hola! So they say 'you have nothing if you dont have your health', and i'm thinking maybe that's true. i am on my second week of intense antibiotics for a nasty bug bite turned MRSA infection that alm...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:28:00 GMT

Podcast - Writers Voices program, poetry reading

http://www.kruufm.com/writers-voices-sharon-bousquet-0 Thanks to Monica and to KRUU! Skip the first 9 minutes tho'... blah blah blah... then it gets interesting! :-) xo,SB
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Myself For A Living

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4LDUneqKc One of two or three live vids on YouTube of da booskie at work. Sound on violin is a little tinny due to the recording being on a laptop with built...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:12:00 GMT

House Concerts ROCK! A cool link...

http://concertsinyourhome.com/how-to.html Hola to all you lovers of acoustic music! The two minute video at the link above is the perfect little introduction to the burgeoning world of singer songwrit...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:42:00 GMT

New Ensemble! Yay!

Hi all! I finally took that astrologers word for it and put together a group of players to make music with again. Oh my GOD! Where have I been for the last 10 years?! It's so great. Onstage is a blast...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:22:00 GMT

Home again, home again

Made it home a few minutes ago, after a much longer stay in lawrence ks than anticipated. Mostly fab, I love Lawrence. And my friends there are so wonderful, hosting me in their home with grace and go...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:25:00 GMT