Artist description Sharon Brooks is a beautiful Caribbean Black Woman, with the heart of an angel.Her debut album "A Taste Of Life" represents this artists' first foray into the public as an independent singer-songwriter.Her powerful lyrics dance on melodies of Funk, African, Caribbean and Blues.

Music Style Blues, Funk, Soul, R&B

Musical Influences Sade, Rachelle Ferrell, Minnie Ripperton, Kim Burrell

Similar Artists A unique sound, She has been compared with a younger Minnie Riperton in tonality.

Artist History Sharon Brooks has been performing from the age of sixteen, touring with popular Caribbean bands.In 1998, Sharon moved to Canada, and embarked on her voyage as a soloist. She began touring with a local cover band"Motor City" and while in Beijing China, began writing the songs for her album."Raindrops" was the first to emerge from the pages of her "song-book". Upon returning to Canada in April of 1999, Sharon and husband Daniel decided it was the right time to record.They sought out the best, and were pointed in the direction of a young and amazingly talented musician named Andrew Craig. Andrew saw the dream and wanted to be a part of it. He agreed to produce the album.Months of arranging, re-arranging, changing and hours on non-sleep for Andrew resulted in the recording, mixing and mastering of the album in approximately five months.In Spetember of 2000, Sharon Brooks released "A Taste of Life" and the battle to make it as an independent artist began.

Group Members The album "A Taste Of Life" features:- Andrew Craig - Producer, Vocals, Keyboards, Piano, Organ and programming. Rich Brown - Fretless & Electric Bass Henry Heilig - Co-arranger (Ce Soir, A Taste of Life, You Don't Know), Upright Bass Adrian Eccleston - Guitar Mark McClean - Drums Quammie Williams - Percussion Kofie Aka - Percussion Katie Burgess - Background Vocals Saidah Baba Talibah - Background Vocals Dallas James - Background Vocals Lorraine Lawson - Background Vocals Lizzy Mahashe - Spoken Word & Background Vocals Howard "The Reverend" Moore - Radical Horns Neil Brathwaite - Tenor Saxophone Roscoe Christie - Trombone Demo Kates - Soprano Saxophone (Out Of My Mind)

Albums A Taste Of Life

Press Reviews FW Magazine June edition.

Additional Info Check out showtimes at www.sharonbrooksmusic.com

Location Montreal, Quebec - Canada

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