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Sharon Van Etten Extends Tour

Dates Added Through August

Apr 26, 2012

Sharon Van Etten has announced that she will be extending her current tour across Europe and North America into the month of August. More

Check Out Photos from Wednesday March 14th SXSW 2012 Events

Including Dan Deacon, Sharon Van Etten, Zola Jesus, Purity Ring and More!

Mar 28, 2012

Check out more photos from SXSW 2012 events on Wednesday, March 14th including shots of Dan DeaconSharon Van EttenZola JesusPurity RingKindnessPrince Rama, and Choir of Young Believers More

Mar 21, 2012

Sharon Van Etten stopped by Conan last night to play the new single "Leonard" off her much-loved new album Tramp. More

Watch: Sharon Van Etten Video – “Leonard”

Reflections: Literal and Figurative

Mar 07, 2012

Recently released Sharon Van Etten album Tramp was given an excellent set of visuals today.  More

Jan 30, 2012

Singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten's forthcoming new album Tramp is due out next week on Feb. 7 via Jagjaguwar, but NPR has gotten its hands on it to give listeners an early spin. More

The National To Curate All Tomorrow’s Parties

Lineup Featuring Sharon Van Etten, The Antlers, and others

Jan 18, 2012

This year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival, taking place Dec. 7-9 at the Butlins Holiday Centre in England, has confirmed that New York's The National will serve as its curator and headlining musical act. More

Jan 06, 2012

Singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten made her television debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform the single "Serpents" off her forthcoming third album Tramp. More

Nov 29, 2011

Singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten has unveiled the official album art of her forthcoming new album Tramp. More

Nov 23, 2011

Nearing ever closer to the release of her third full-length Tramp, singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten has unveiled one of the album's the featured songs entitled, "Serpents." More

Nov 09, 2011

Singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten will release her third album, Tramp, on February 7. We have the details.

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Jul 13, 2011

Sharon Van Etten has signed to Jagjaguwar. We have the details.  More

Check Out Photos from Bonnaroo Day Two

Including Arcade Fire, Florence and the Machine, Matt and Kim, Sharon Van Etten, Big Boi and More!

Jun 11, 2011

Day Two Bonnaroo! Check out photos from the performances on Friday, June 9th 2011. Photographer, Matt Jones, was there to capture all of the action. Full gallery here.
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Sharon Van Etten Extends Tour

New North America Dates

Jan 07, 2011

Sharon Van Etten is already having a good year. The songstress has expanded her world tour, with an additional slew of dates. More

Sharon Van Etten Embarks on a World Tour

Dates Start December 3 in Japan

Nov 17, 2010

Brooklyn-based songstress Sharon Van Etten is heading out to see the world. We have the tour dates.  More


Interviews

Jan 18, 2011

For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. However our printed pages weren’t enough to hold all the great responses we got. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou, Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River,Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls.  Then check here for bonus responses not found in the magazine. Here are additional answers from Sharon Van Etten. More

Nov 17, 2010

"I have a lot of songs that I want to record, and I want to keep as busy as possible," says Brooklyn singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten, whose sophomore LP epic is earning universal praise from critics. With two albums released since 2009, and a third planned for 2011, Van Etten might be making up for lost time. The New Jersey native, who began writing songs in high school, took a career detour when she attended college in Tennessee to study music and recording. She dropped out of school after only a year and became involved in a destructive long-term relationship that undermined her confidence in songwriting and prevented her from performing. "There were some days where it was so bad that I never thought I'd be able to get out of that situation at all," she says. More


Reviews

Tramp

Tramp

Jagjaguwar

Feb 16, 2012

Sharon Van Etten's last album, Epic, was a way forward for her, both musically and psychologically. That album featured her first stab at warm, bristling full-band arrangements and a heavy dose of emotional bloodletting following a rather traumatic break-up (one of the ex's most egregious and repeated crimes was telling Van Etten she was a lousy songwriter/musician). More