Biography
Maia Sharp (born in the Central Valley in California) is an American singer and songwriter. In addition to her solo career, she has written songs for and collaborated with several country and pop musicians including Cher, Trisha Yearwood, Terri Clark, Bonnie Raitt, Edwin McCain, and Art Garfunkel.
By the age of twelve, Sharp played piano, saxophone, oboe, and guitar, and by her twenties she was performing her jazz/folk songs in L.A. acoustic venues. She studied music theory at California State University, Northridge, and began to focus on song-writing.
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Sharp played her first gig in 1993. Two years later, she met music executive Miles Copeland and recorded her debut album, Hardly Glamour (1997), on his record label Ark 21. Her next album Tinderbox failed to be released when Ark 21 was incorporated into PolyGram. Three of its songs featured on Sharp's 2002 album Maia Sharp on Concord. Her 2005 album Fine Upstanding Citizen was released by Koch. In the same year, Sharp achieved a lifelong ambition, when Bonnie Raitt invited her to open for and perform with her on the road.
Her 2009 album, "Echo", released by Crooked Crown. Subsequent albums include "Change the Ending" (2012), The Dash Between the Dates (2015), Mercy Rising (2021), Reckless Thoughts (2023),
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