Mia Sheard
Mia Sheard is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter.[1]
Sheard was classically trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music.[2] She released her debut album With Love and Squalor in 1997,[3] and followed up with the albums Reptilian in 1999[2] and Anemone in 2002.[4]
In 2008, she organized a Joni Mitchell tribute concert at Hugh's Room in Toronto.[5] This became a regular touring show,[6] which featured artists including Kurt Swinghammer, Lori Cullen, Valery Gore, Snowblink and David Matheson.[7]
She subsequently put her career on hold to study psychotherapy, and is now a practicing therapist in Toronto. In 2013 she released Curse of the Vorus, her first new album since Anemone.
Personal life
[edit]She is the sister of novelist Sarah Sheard and pianist John Sheard,[8] the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Sheard, a former Mayor of Toronto,[9] and was the wife of record producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda.[10]
Discography
[edit]- With Love and Squalor (1997)
- Reptilian (1999; Missing in Action)
- Anemone (2002; Perimeter)
- Curse of the Vorus (2013)
References
[edit]- ^ "She's not selling her soul to the big labels". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2001.
- ^ a b "Crowd chatter matters little to Sheard". Edmonton Journal, October 24, 2002.
- ^ "Opportunity knocks when bands get to schmooze and jam". Toronto Star, June 12, 1997.
- ^ "Top new singer hits Fredericton; Christmas presents to win!; Mia Sheard has been compared to Jane Siberry". Telegraph-Journal, November 9, 2002.
- ^ "Night & Day". Toronto Star, February 21, 2008.
- ^ "Last-minute ideas for a Saturday in the city". Toronto Star, March 7, 2009.
- ^ "Concerts". Edmonton Journal, January 28, 2011.
- ^ "A singer's pearls spill from the shell". The Globe and Mail, June 9, 2000.
- ^ "Could she be more Toronto?" National Post, April 15, 2000.
- ^ "Mia Sheard". Now, November 9, 2000.
External links
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