
20/02/2008
2008 is an exciting year for me in terms of releases, as well as The Fox's Wedding, the new Tau Emerald album Travellers Two is now out on Important Records.

Also out is the Rusalnaia s/t album, on Camera Obscura Records.

Plans for touring are shaping up, here's what should be happening:
May: Israel, Belgium and Holland with Meg Baird
Norway with Thinguma*jigSaw
June/July: US with United Bible Studies.
August: Britain and Ireland with Alex Neilson and Dave Colohan.
September: Europe - Rusalnaia.
I'll update the Gigs page as dates are confirmed.
23/12/2007
Yuletide greetings, one and all!
The lovely new vinyl edition of Leaves From Off the Tree is now out on Bo'Weavil Recordings.
Also available for pre-order from the Durtro website, the new solo album: The Fox's Wedding. This cd will be officially released on March 10th.

Songs for the Twins

Released for download with brand new artwork on Woven Wheat Whispers.
Tours of Europe and the US are being planned for spring/summer 2008.
27/05/2007
Right Wantonly A-Mumming: Seasonal Songs and Celebrations

Released on Bo'Weavil on Midsummer's Day, available for preorders now. The album will be launched on June 20th at The Exeter Hall in Oxford. See gigs page for details.
24/03/2007
Lots of new recording projects coming to completion: Seasonal Songs album due for release on Bo'Weavil this summer, a Rusalnaia album coming out on Camera Obscura later in the year and I'm currently finishing my next solo album, which will come out after that. Also in the pipeline, a Tau Emerald album and The Midnight Chorus, a collection of improvised pieces.
Magdalena Nicolussi from Austria recently created a comic book based on one of my songs, The Pale Prisoner. She kindly sent me a pdf of her artwork, which you can download (3.5 MB)
01/11/2006
More new releases: Leaves From Off The Tree is now out on Bo'Weavil Records. The album is all traditional songs, recorded with Meg Baird and Helena Espval.
Singing Knives just released a compilation called Singing At The Moon which has a track by Tau Emerald (duo with Tara Burke). Also on the record: tracks by Nalle, The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden and lots of other great bands.
19/10/2006
Abaton Book Company have just released a limited edition lathe cut 7" of two traditional songs I recorded for my favourite twins.
25/08/2006
I'm spending the summer working on various recording projects. An album of traditional songs recorded with Meg Baird and Helena Espvall will be released by Bo'Weavil Recordings very soon. Next up: I'll be recording an album of seasonal songs with an ensemble of folk singers/musicians including John Spiers, Jon Boden and Ian Giles.
A few UK gigs in November - check out the Gigs page as more dates get added.
12/04/2006
Some minor tour chaos: Christian can't make the east coast shows, and I can't get to the far flung places, so I'll be playing the remaining shows together with Alec K. Redfearn on accordion and Helena Espvall on cello. Check the gigs page for what's happening.
I joined MySpace: find me at http://www.myspace.com/sharronkraus
03/03/2006
The Black Dove is now available on Tompkins Square Records.
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I will be touring in the US together with Christian Kiefer this spring. See the gigs page for details.
01/12/2005
Paypal ordering is now set up for Songs for the Twins.
New Feather Gatherers 7" out on Singing Knives Records. The Feather Gatherers is Deerpark's Jon Marshall's side project with me playing an assortment of instruments. I have a few copies available for order.
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