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Sharon Van Etten: The musical ups and downs of my life

Sharon Van Etten shares the songs that have sound-tracked her life and how her experiences and emotions are woven into her own music.

Sharon Van Etten shares the pivotal moments that have made her the artist she is today.

Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Sharon dives deep to share her story and the songs that have moved her and sound-tracked the ups and downs of her life. The multi-talented singer and actress also reveals how personal experiences and emotions are woven through her own work.

Newly incarnated as Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory for her latest record, the process has found her writing and recording in total collaboration with her band for the first time. And in the conversation she reveals the power she found in letting go as part of this process.

In this episode Sharon explores her memories of childhood, how she came through a difficult relationship in her early adulthood, and how a move to New York was transformative to her as an artist.

In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Beth Ditto and Sharon Van Etten.

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1 hour

Last on

Thu 16 Jan 2025 23:00

Music Played

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Seventeen

  • Sharon Van Etten

    One Day

  • The Kinks

    Waterloo Sunset

  • Carole King

    (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

  • Portishead

    Only You

  • Liz Phair

    Dogs Of L.A.

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Have You Seen

  • TV on the Radio

    Wolf Like Me

  • Beach House

    Gila

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Afterlife

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Trouble

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Southern Life (What It Must Be Like)

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Let Go

  • Bud Powell

    Polka Dots and Moonbeams

  • Liza Minnelli

    Cabaret

  • The Cure

    Plainsong

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Jan 2025 23:00