Not many people can front a rock band, sing Górecki’s Third Symphony, deliver heavy works on themes of social justice for youth chorus, and compose pop songs for marching band, back-to-back. But Shara Nova of My Brightest Diamond can. The classically-trained vocalist, composer, and self-taught multi-instrumentalist has continued to reinvent herself on her journey through the worlds of chamber music, art-pop, rock, and new music. Her latest record, A Million And One, marries symphonic-leaning pop songs with electronic sounds that are dance-floor ready. My Brightest Diamond performs some of these works, in-studio. - Caryn Havlik
Watch the session here:
This is "It's Me on the Dance Floor":