It turns out Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, was the perfect choice to play the first slot of our three-day Stereogum/PASTE party. Armed with only her voice and guitar, the karaoke star and major rock ‘n’ roll supporter eased us into the day with an intimate, operatic set. Fittingly, she brought Ravel (and the French author Colette, natch) into the mix, singing the part of the teapot from L’Enfant et les Sortileges. Classy, no? She also performed a drop-dead gorgeous take on Roy Orbison’s “It’s Over,” mentioning the Texas-born crooner as an inspiration for her hair, but forgetting to bring up how her voice also lilts with some of Orbison’s effortless brilliance.
She’s not entirely kidding about the hair. But did you hear that pin drop?
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finally, a sxsw post worth a damn! thanks
so beautiful….my fav of her covers, tho I really like the Nina Simone song she always does….please please please make an MP3 of this for us…..
She got the lyrics wrong in the first verse. Oh yeah, and she sang it like a total pant load.
nuts to you. it was amaaaaazing live.
I need this MP3!
I definitely need an mp3 of this
wow. what a beautiful, amazing version of that song – kinda gives me chills! i think she’s brilliant live & always gives a powerful performance. thanks for posting this.
Not sure if there are objections to this from the stereogum gods, but here’s the audio in mp3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/8986252f5abff4/
thanks!
She has the drift.The RO fan club is interested.Love to have her sing with us.