Musician, composer and songwriter Sharron Kraus's debut album Beautiful Twisted was released by Camera Obscura in 2002 and received rave reviews around the world. It was listed in Rolling Stone Magazine's Critics' Top Albums of 2002. More recently she collaborated with US psychedelic folk band The Iditarod on an album of wintry songs and soundscapes entitled Yuletide.

Other recent collaborations include the Birdloom project with Dave Muddyman of Loop Guru, setting traditional English folk songs to electronic soundscapes; an album written and recorded with Christian Kiefer called 'The Black Dove' and guest appearances on forthcoming albums by VHF recording artists From Quagmire, and Anton Barbeau.

Sharron's 2004 solo album, Songs of Love and Loss, was recorded at home in Oxford and at Dungeon Studios in the Cotswolds. The album features Sharron's Oxford band: Jane Griffiths on fiddle and viola, Jon Fletcher on harmonica and occasional guitar, banjo and vocals, Colin Fletcher on bass, as well as BBC Folk Award-winning fiddler Jon Boden and Grammy-nominated early music violinist Giles Lewin. 

Sharron is currently sharing time between Fishtown, Philadelphia and Oxford UK, and has released a collaboration with Chistian Kiefer on Tompkins Square Records ("The Black Dove"), as well as releases for Bo' Weavil Recordings and Durtro. Her latest project for Camera Obscura is the pagan folk CD "Rusalnaia", in collaboration with Ex-Reverie member Gillian Chadwick.

Other Resources:

Artist's Web Site

CAM050CD - "Beautiful Twisted"

CAM065CD - "Songs of Love and Loss"

CAM082CD - Rusalnaia (with Gillian Chadwick)

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