Sharon Van Etten is currently on tour promoting her recently released album, Are We There, and will be making a stop at DC’s 9:30 Club on June 17, and lucky for you, we’re giving away a pair of tickets.
The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter is known for her indie folk confessional-style songwriting and soft, melancholic voice. She became interested in writing and performing after ending a destructive relationship. She wrote songs about her relationship and the emotions she held inside during that time and found a therapeutic passion in music.
After making self-released records and giving them to TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone, she was able to start performing in New York and gain recognition. In 2010, her music was covered by bands such as Bon Iver and The National.
Her records received rave reviews, and her most recent album, Are We There, was given a four out of five star rating by Rolling Stone, who claim that her album “grows her trademark examinations of romantic decay to cathedral-like scale.”
Sharon Van Etten is a truly talented performer who will not disappoint, and it’s a show you’ll definitely want to go see if you have the chance to do so. For chance to win tickets to her show on June 17, comment below with your favorite female vocal artist. Mine would have to be St. Vincent.
The winner will be chosen a week from today at noon on Wednesday, June 4. Tickets are still available.
