Extra curricular activities- The Long Count, solo show & The Decemberists

It might appear that things are quiet in the world of My Brightest Diamond. Nay! There is lots of noise being made.  Shara is singing several songs in The Long Count, has a solo show at The Pygmalion Music Festival and is performing select shows with The Decemberists (see below for details).

The Long Count

In an inspired collision of creative worlds, three inexhaustibly original artists—brothers Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner of indie rock band The National and omnivorous visual art phenomenon Matthew Ritchie—combine talents to create a song-filled myth about the beginning of time. A feast of images, instrumentals, and songs thick with primordial mystery, The Long Count pairs Ritchie’s protean forms with a twelve-piece orchestra and the Dessners’ gothic mix of electric and orchestral sounds. Shara sings the roles of the Heart of the Sea, the Seven Macaw & the Mother of Light with performances on September 11th at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Champaign, Illinois & then later at BAM in Brooklyn, NY on Oct 28, 30 & 31. Other guest vocalists include Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders), and Matt Berninger (The National) to round out the line-up in this visionary collaboration between music and art.

Shara will sing some of her old MBD jams, accompanied by her pile of instruments, at 8:45pm on September 17th at the Krannert Center in Champaign, Illinois as part of the Pygmalion Music Festival.

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Shara will be performing in her role of The Queen with The Decemberists this fall.  This is it!  The final lap!  The final spell and blast of furious “repaaaaids!!” that will be heard throughout the Americas! As Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond) and Shara say, this has been a delightful experience of magic, friendship & bliss. In our hearts we will be D’s fo-evuh.