My Brightest Diamond is the project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shara Nova. The band has released five studio albums and a remix album, five studio EPs and four remix EPs, and made several tours across the United States.

My Brightest Diamond is the project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shara Nova. The band has released five studio albums and a remix album, five studio EPs and four remix EPs, and made several tours across the United States.

My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden has decided to set loose her bobby pins and let her hair fly on the ambient dance floor. Her latest semi-collaboration with 13 different remixers, entitled "Tear It Down", reworks songs from the highly acclaimed album, "Bring Me The Workhorse" featuring tracks by Alias, Lusine, Murcof, Stakka and Gold Chains. Oh, it's international too! With diplomatic representatives from Belgium, France, Mexico, The UK and America (East and West Coasts baby!), the remixes range from drum-n-bass, to glitchy ambient, minimalism, and get-your-booty-on-the-dance-floor club music. "Tear It Down" stands on it's own horsie legs. In comparison to Shara's control in the songs of "Bring Me The Workhorse", these electronic horsetrainers loosen up the forms and smooth over some of the rougher emotional outbursts. Many of the remixers adhere to the original song forms, snazzing them up or stripping them down, and there are also examples of djs excerpting the tracks to create something entirely new and not song form related, focusing on one element and elaborating, rather than being bound to the storytelling. Shara says, "The variety of their approaches made this project exhiliratingly unpredictable!" "Worden is a remarkable chanteuse...Combining brainy indie-pop with touches of art-rock and classical music, Worden's work radiates brilliance to match her considerable ambition." - NPR

My Brightest Diamond是美国创作型歌手Shara Worden，Shara Worden是一个Epiphone-playing传教者的孙女，她的父亲是全国手风琴冠军，而她的母亲是一个古典管风琴表演家。Shara Worden拥有一个长时间在美国流浪的家庭，她的音乐受到了非常多的元素影响，西班牙探戈，周日上午的福音，古典，爵士乐队的伴奏，音乐剧，甚至是沿途的风景和她的家庭生活。Shara Worden的第一首歌录制在3岁，她8岁学习钢琴并参加表演，后来一直担当音乐制作人。 Shara 19岁时，就读于University of North Texas，由于当时候的流行歌曲不多，所以的Shara喜欢通过Whitney Houston和Mariah Carey的歌曲来练习自己的唱工，而她一直沉浸Purcell和Debussy这些古典大家的音乐作品之中。大学毕业后Shara移居到了纽约，并爱上了纽约的寒冷的气候和繁华的地道。Shara在纽约的生活非常的充实，白天一直在研究纽约上西区的歌剧，而晚上就会去俱乐部观看表演，并认识了很多的歌手。Shara开始花很少一部分的时间在莫扎特身上，而把更多的心思花在了她的Gibson的电吉他上，并开始创作歌曲。之后Shara组建了自己的乐队，并在2001年发行了2张remix专辑。 Shara的表演非常的与众不同，声音犹如Kate Bush，神韵犹如Nina Simone和Portishead，Shara喜欢各种夸张的表演和表现手法来展示自己的音乐才华，她的音乐个性十足。后来Shara开始演唱更多贴近自己内心的音乐，她开始发现自己的音乐是她给这个世界最珍贵的礼物，漫漫有了新的名字My Brightest Diamond。 当然歌剧从来就没有离开过Shara的生活，Shara的表演一直模糊着摇滚和吟诵之间的界线，他的很多的音乐都受到法国巴洛克式情歌表演者 Prince的影响，她的声线犹如歌剧经典女高音Puccini，而他的吉他折犹如PJ Harvey般纯净。为了得到更多的提高，Shara开始研究加拿大作曲家Padma Newsome的音乐，并在自己的live中融合了弦乐四重奏。后来又受到爵士表演家Nat King Cole和Henry Mancini的影响...几年后Shara见到了Sufjan Stevens（我超级喜欢的歌手！）在Medicine Show。 Shara有着非常深刻的经历，但是始终也没有一张真正意义上的专辑来显示自己的势力。在2006年发行的Bring Me The Workhorse，并获得好评。 A Thousand Shark's Teeth是Shara给所有喜欢她的人带来的第二个惊喜，她的歌非常的细腻，仿佛是反复刁钻的巴洛克式艺术品一样，Shara把歌剧和摇滚的美妙地结合在一起,给人以全新的感触,华丽，复古，优雅，伤感，大气十足......Shara的声音是那么的特别，歌剧般的气质，高亢，婉转，率带有一些忧伤的颤抖，让人想到了很多悲惨的故事一般，无论结局是多么地不如意，却依然让人深深的着迷。 Shara的音乐给人的感觉，就像是一个坐在轮椅上的舞蹈者，在所有人离开后，还会扶着轮椅在舞台上一个人慢慢的旋转,内心蠢蠢欲动,却又无能为力。 Shara仿佛在寻找着什么东西一样，寻求着一个完美的结局？还是一个不为人知的寓言？还是曾经失去的东西？所有的一切都像爱丽丝梦游仙境一样的让人琢磨不透...就像乐队的名字My Brightest Diamond一样，A Thousand Shark's Teeth不失为一张让人兴奋的专辑！