Sharon Van Ertten

Turn Up The Volume’s 20 BEST BALLADS OF 2022

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Best heart-and-soul touching reveries of 2022

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Song by Song


(photo byTurn Up The Volume – Antwerp, 6 June 2022)

1. ‘Come Back’ by SHARON VAN ETTEN

Album: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong

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(Photo By Turn Up The Volume – Amsterdam, 15 October 2022)

2. ‘All The Good Times’ by ANGEL OLSEN (St. Louis, Missouri)

Album: Big Time

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3.’Change’ by BIG THIEF (Brooklyn, New York)

Album: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe You

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4. ‘The Epidemiologist’ by PETER DOHERTY & FREDERIC LO (UK/France)

Album: The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime

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5. ‘Gospel At The Night Club’ by ASHLEY McBRYDE

Album: Ashley McBride Presents: Lindeville

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6. ‘Stay’ by KAT KOAN (Berlin)

Album: Cocoon

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7. ‘Train Comes Through’ by EZRA FURMAN (Chicago, US)

Album: All Of Us Flames

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8. ‘Story To Tell’ by RYAN THOMAS SMELLE (Canada)

Album: In The Homestretch

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9. ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ by YEAH YEAH YEAHS (New York City)

Album: Cool It Down

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10. ‘Firmament’ by DIM GRAY (Oslo, Norway)

Album: Firmament

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11. ‘I Wish That I Could Sing It For You’ by NICOLAS ROWE (Columbus, Ohio)

Album: The Circle Remains Unbroken

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12. ‘Fables’ by INTERPOL

Album: The Other Side Of Make-Believe

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13. ‘Arkansas’ by THE TRUSTED (Southend-on-Sea, UK)

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14.’Save Me’ by WAITING FOR SMITH (UK)

EP: Trying Not To Try

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15. ‘Life And Lies’ by LEE ROGERS (Northern Ireland)

Album: Gameblood

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16. ‘I Love You’ by FONTAINES D.C. (Dublin, Ireland)

Album: Skinty Fia

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17. ‘Amber’  by SERJ TANKIAN (from Systems Of A Dawn) and SEVAK AMROYAN
Sung in Armenian

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18. ‘Christmas In October’ by MIKE & THE NERVE (Gainesville, FL)

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19. ‘Wasting’ by FERNA (US)


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20. ‘Always Together With You’ by SPIRITUALIZED (UK)
Jason Pierce‘s orchestra

Album: Everything Was Beautiful

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One Live Shot A Day Turns Summer Into A Holiday – Today: SHARON VAN ETTEN Sending 17 Shivers Down Your Spine

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When you sing gorgeously, when you sound gorgeously, when you perform live
gorgeously and you look gorgeously, you must be the gorgeous SHARON VAN ETTEN.

She released her supreme, 6th album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong last May.

But for this daily series I picked this astounding live rendition of SEVENTEEN.
One of the many top tunes on her previous LP Remind Me Tomorrow (2019).

Magical finale.
Shivers down your spine…

SHARON VAN ETTEN: Facebook


Last month, 6 June, in Belgium. Epic concert. (Photo by Turn Up The Volume)

SHARON VAN ETTEN The Happiest Girl In Belgium Feeling Seventeen Again

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SHARON VAN ETTEN – Riverienhof, Antwerp – 6 June 2022

Wonderfull American songstress SHARON VAN ETTEN was the happiest girl in
Belgium last Monday. Her sheer joy of being able to tour and perform again made
her feel seventeen again all through the entire show. And when she thanked her band,
her whole crew, and the audience extensively in the end, she was smiling from left to
right and back.

Her genuine enthusiasm was contagious, we all loved her for it. Sharon served us
a mix of old and new (from top album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong).

Enticing renditions of emotive ballads like Anything (new), Darkness Fades (new),
Beaten Down (old), and the utterly fantastic rendition of Come Back (new).

The other half of the gig was a feast of upbeat thrills, like with Comeback Kid (old),
Mistakes (new), Every Time The Sun Comes Up (old) and of course Seventeen (old).

And how excitingly has her stage presence changed since the last time (six
years ago) I saw her play. Not standing still and just doing her songs anymore.

No, she danced all around the podium, she came singing upfront regularly to
connect with the fans, she just enjoyed herself every single minute and so did
we all. After a 90 minutes triumph, I only saw happy faces feeling young
again too.

Magic moments with a magic voice and a magic band.

Here’s a live(ly) idea of the beautiful night…

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Seventeen


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Setlist

Headspace
No One’s Easy To Love
Comeback Kid
Anything
Save Yourself
I’ll Try
Beaten Down
Come Back
Darkish
Porta
Hands
Darkness Fades
Mistakes
Seventeen

Born
Every Time The Sun Goes Up

WE’VE BEEN GOING ABOUT THIS ALL WRONG

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Sharon Van Etten: Facebook – Instagram

(All photos by Turn Up The Volume)

SHARON VAN ETTEN Opens Up About Her ‘MISTAKES’ On American TV

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Early this month alluring songstress SHARON VAN ETTEN launched
her new longplayer We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong.
One of her best IMO.

To promote her new work she went – looking utterly gorgeous and cool again – on
the American Late TV Show for a red-colored rendition of MISTAKES, one of the LP’s highlights…

We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong

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SHARON VAN ETTEN Dreams In Slo-Mo On Her New Ballad ‘USED TO IT’

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New striking strokes

2 March 2022


(Artwork for ‘Used To It’)

Artist: SHARON VAN ETTEN
Who: Entracing voice and songwriter
from Belleville, New Jersey (aged 41)
Active: since 2007 / 5 albums

New single: USED TO IT

A few weeks ago Van Etten shared new reflective humdinger
called Porta. And here comes another fresh one, but no sign
of a new album yet.

Used To It was written at the same time she was in talks to compose
a score for the HBO documentary Baby God (which ultimately fell through),
about a fertility specialist who impregnates women with his own sperm.

Van Etten: “Ultimately, the film team changed their musical direction, but
I found myself welcomely challenged to the idea of writing a song about the
concept of family, connection through blood, nature vs nurture while attempting
to incorporate ideas of love and the complexities of science and technology. “

Dream in slo-mo here…

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SHARON VAN ETTEN Wants To Be Herself – Hear Her New Single ‘PORTA’ Here

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New striking strokes


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11 February 2022

Last year blissful voice SHARON VAN ETTEN recorded,
with equally magnific voice Angel Olsen one of the best
2021 songs Like I Used To .

Van Etten is back solo with a new little gem called PORTA.
She wrote the song in 2020 when she experienced one
of her ‘lowest lows.’

Van Etten: “For most of my adult life I have struggled with bouts of depression
and anxiety and coping mechanisms, and I sometimes let those dark moments
get the best of me. During this time I felt very dissociated. Not connected to my
body and I felt out of control… My message is to work through them. Even when
it’s hard. Even when it hurts. Reach out. Reach out to that friend who helps you
reach out towards yourself.”

Wanna hear myself, wanna be there
Wanna stay, but I don’t wanna leave it
Wanna hold head up, don’t wanna stay down
I wanna live my life
But you won’t allow

Another Van Etten beauty…

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Great Voice Covers Great Voice – LUCINDA WILLIAMS Sings SHARON VAN ETTEN

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21 March 2021

Compelling singer/songwriter SHARON VAN ETTEN celebrates
the 10th anniversary of her sophomore album TEN with a double
covers LP called epic TEN.

The record features, besides the original LP, notable artists covering
one of the 10 tracks. Among the contributors are Fiona Apple, Lucinda
Willams, Big Red Machine, Idles (yes, the Bristol punks), and six more.

American rock/folk/country legend Lucinda Williams‘s version
of Save Yourself stands out because of her magnific and warm
Americana voice.

Listen here…

Voice!