Brooke Sharkey

About

Tue 23 Sept / Secret Garden / 7.30pm / £12 / all ages / co-pro with Tobias

Capacity – 40

Singer songwriter, folk, acoustic, field-recording (FR/UK/NOR)
Brooke Sharkey grew up in London before moving to France at the age of 9, which naturally draws her songwriting to be both in English and French.
Her musical journey started the pubs in Norfolk before heading further afield to perform in the streets of London, Paris, Bristol and beyond.

Her street performing and open stage slots at festivals all around Uk lead her to start touring venues and in 2010 she released her first EP A Taste Of Truth, and in 2012, she collaborated with a whole network of folk, jazz and pop musicians in east London and recorded her debut in the UK entitled One Dress at Livingston studios – the same studio Bjork’s recorded her Debut album.
She then opened shows for Thomas Dybdahl (in The Netherlands and Belgium), Rozi Plain, Blick Bassy, Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains and played festivals such as Cambridge Folk festival and Glastonbury, as well as headlining venues such as The Jazz Cafe Camden and London's Union Chapel ( Winning ex aequo “Concert of the year” award in 2017)

All together, she has released 3 EPs and 2 full length albums One Dress (2012) and Wandering Heart (V2 records, 2016). The latter received praise from The Guardian, who ranked Brooke as one of the top 50 independent artists in the world in 2016.

Brooke Sharkey's music has been played extensively on BBC radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 6, BBC Scotland, FIP Radio (France) and Radio 1 (Belgium) with live sessions on NPO Radio 1 and 2 in The Netherlands. She has also captured the attention of The Guardian, Loud And Quiet Magazine, Acoustic Magazine and Maverick Magazine.