Silky Smooth Songstress
JAZZ IN MANY STYLES
2023 highlights for Billboard charting artist Sharon Rae North:
Sold out show at Tin Pan in Richmond, VA the first week of January
Booked at St. James Live in Atlanta
Featured artist dates booked with saxophonist Patrick Lamb at Blues Alley in Washington, DC, Tin Pan
Performed at Humphrey’s Backstage Live in San Diego
Performed at the Richmond Music & Jazz Festival
2022 was busy for Sharon as well. Highlights include:
Released 10-song album produced by 2-time Grammy nominee Chris “Big Dog” Davis and 2-time Grammy winner Paul Brown.
Single "We Should be in Love (Silhouette)" on initial Grammy ballot in Best R&B Song category
Sold out show at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato in Los Angeles.
She’s enthralled audiences at the iconic Blues Alley in Washington, DC; Keystone Korner in Baltimore (both with D.C. based super group Phaze II).
Supporting Four80East in Youngstown, OH.
Featured guest of saxophonist Patrick Lamb at Tin Pan in Richmond, VA.
“It is my desire that Sharon Rae North is not only featured on Smooth Jazz radio across the U.S. and abroad, but also embraced by the Smooth Jazz community all over the world.”
She’s taken her talents across the United States and internationally, sharing and showcasing her vocal style and subtle confidence and her combination of seriousness and playfulness during shows.
Her last EP Sincerely Yours, also produced by Big Dog, dropped in July 2016 and had singles charting globally. The project made the initial ballot for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards and two of the five songs were Billboard contenders.
Sharon puts on a fabulous performance as a headliner and an opener. She has opened for many national acts, including Bob James, Joe Sample and the Jazz Crusaders, Patti LaBelle, Four80East, and many others.
She has performed at venues throughout the U.S. and abroad, including Serenade en Chalabre Festival in Chalabre, France, Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium, Triad Theater and The Metropolitan Room in New York City, Natalie’s in Columbus, Ohio, Blu Jazz+ in Akron, Ohio, Ritz Carlton Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, GA, Second Street Festival and Capital Ale House Concert Hall in Richmond, VA, Sambuca in Atlanta, GA, the Hippodrome in Richmond, VA. Isaac Hayes Restaurant in Memphis, Twins Jazz in D.C., James River Cellars in Richmond, VA, Bayfest in Mobile, AL, CenterStage in Richmond, VA, Fridays at Sunset and Jazz at Maymont in Richmond, VA, Durham Summer Music Series in NC.
“Sharon is unassuming and her smooth, silky voice spins a web that captures you and makes you listen. Pure bliss!”