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| name = Sharon Van Etten
| name = Sharon Van Etten
| image = Sharon Van Etten @ Grammy Museum 09 16 2019 (49311541626).jpg
| image = Sharon Van Etten @ Grammy Museum 09 16 2019 (49311541626).jpg
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| caption = Van Etten in 2019
| caption = Van Etten in 2019
| birth_name = Sharon Katharine Van Etten
| birth_name = Sharon Katharine Van Etten
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|02|26|mf=yes}}<ref name=WFMU-ShrunkenPlanet-2012>{{cite web|last=Davison|first=Jeffrey|title=Live Session with Sharon Van Etten and Heather Woods Broderick|url=http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/43854|work=[[WFMU]]: Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison: Playlist from February 11, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2014|format=in-studio|date=February 11, 2012}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|02|26|mf=yes}}<ref name=WFMU-ShrunkenPlanet-2012>{{cite web|last=Davison|first=Jeffrey|title=Live Session with Sharon Van Etten and Heather Woods Broderick|url=http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/43854|work=[[WFMU]]: Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison: Playlist from February 11, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2014|format=in-studio|date=February 11, 2012}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]], [[New Jersey]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Belleville, New Jersey]], U.S.
| origin = [[Belleville, New Jersey]], United States
| genre = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]|[[indie folk]]}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]|[[indie folk]]}}
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|percussion|[[omnichord]]|[[Pump organ|harmonium]]}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|percussion|[[omnichord]]|[[Pump organ|harmonium]]}}
| years_active = 2007 – present
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Jagjaguwar]]|[[Ba Da Bing Records|Ba Da Bing]]|Language of Stone}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Jagjaguwar]]|[[Ba Da Bing Records|Ba Da Bing]]|Language of Stone}}
| website = {{URL|http://sharonvanetten.com}}
| website = {{URL|sharonvanetten.com}}
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'''Sharon Katharine Van Etten''' (born February 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released six studio albums, the latest of which is ''[[We've Been Going About This All Wrong]]'' (2022).
'''Sharon Katharine Van Etten''' (born February 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She has released the albums ''[[Because I Was in Love]]'' (2009), ''[[Epic (Sharon Van Etten album)|Epic]]'' (2010), ''[[Tramp (album)|Tramp]]'' (2012), ''[[Are We There]]'' (2014), ''[[Remind Me Tomorrow]]'' (2019) and ''[[We've Been Going About This All Wrong]]'' (2022).


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Van Etten was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the middle child of five.<ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03">{{Cite news|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|date=2019-01-03|title=The Many Lives of Sharon Van Etten|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/arts/music/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-interview.html|access-date=2020-06-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She lived in Nutley, New Jersey, then moved to Clinton, New Jersey as a pre-teen. She attended [[North Hunterdon High School]], at which she participated in the chorus and performed in stage musicals.<ref>Kaplan, Ilana. [https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/sharon-van-etten-are-we-there "Sharon Van Etten Is Right There"], ''[[Interview (magazine)]]'', May 27, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2018. "Sharon Van Etten: Oh, nice! I can't let go of it. I was born in Belleville. Then I grew up in Nutley and in the sixth grade we moved to Clinton."</ref><ref name=SVE-NPR-Bucket-2011>{{cite web| title=Sharon Van Etten| url=https://www.npr.org/buckets/music/women/artist.php?artistId=71| work=[[NPR]]| access-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://www.boston.com/event/sharon-van-etten-with-damien-jurado-599219 "Sharon Van Etten with Damien Jurado"], [[Boston.com]]. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Van Etten was born and raised in New Jersey where she attended North Hunterdon High School."</ref><ref>Perusse, Bernard. [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20120221/281500748168227 "Sharon Van Etten Traces the Roots of Her Growing Acclaim to the Journals She Kept as a Girl"], ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', February 21, 2012. Accessed August 14, 2019. "The New Jersey native joined her first choir at 11 while attending Yantacaw school and continued choral singing at North Hunterdon High School, where she also performed in such musicals as ''West Side Story'', ''Hello Dolly!'' and ''Fiddler on the Roof.''"</ref>
Van Etten was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the middle child of five.<ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03">{{Cite news|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|date=January 3, 2019|title=The Many Lives of Sharon Van Etten|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/arts/music/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-interview.html|access-date=June 14, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She lived in Nutley, New Jersey, then moved to Clinton, New Jersey as a pre-teen. She attended [[North Hunterdon High School]], at which she participated in the chorus and performed in stage musicals.<ref>Kaplan, Ilana. [https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/sharon-van-etten-are-we-there "Sharon Van Etten Is Right There"], ''[[Interview (magazine)]]'', May 27, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2018. "Sharon Van Etten: Oh, nice! I can't let go of it. I was born in Belleville. Then I grew up in Nutley and in the sixth grade we moved to Clinton."</ref><ref name=SVE-NPR-Bucket-2011>{{cite web| title=Sharon Van Etten| url=https://www.npr.org/buckets/music/women/artist.php?artistId=71| work=[[NPR]]| access-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://www.boston.com/event/sharon-van-etten-with-damien-jurado-599219 "Sharon Van Etten with Damien Jurado"], [[Boston.com]]. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Van Etten was born and raised in New Jersey where she attended North Hunterdon High School."</ref><ref>Perusse, Bernard. [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20120221/281500748168227 "Sharon Van Etten Traces the Roots of Her Growing Acclaim to the Journals She Kept as a Girl"], ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', February 21, 2012. Accessed August 14, 2019. "The New Jersey native joined her first choir at 11 while attending Yantacaw school and continued choral singing at North Hunterdon High School, where she also performed in such musicals as ''West Side Story'', ''Hello Dolly!'' and ''Fiddler on the Roof.''"</ref>


Later, she moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to attend [[Middle Tennessee State University]] and studied recording, but dropped out after a year. She ended up working at the Red Rose, a coffee and record shop and music venue in Murfreesboro for about five years. She fell into an abusive relationship with a rock musician who discouraged her from writing songs. After five years, she left in the middle of the night with whatever she could carry.<ref name=NYTimes-RoughHarm-2012/>
Later, she moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to attend [[Middle Tennessee State University]] and studied recording, but dropped out after a year. She ended up working at the Red Rose, a coffee and record shop and music venue in Murfreesboro for about five years. She fell into an abusive relationship with a rock musician who discouraged her from writing songs. After five years, she left in the middle of the night with whatever she could carry.<ref name=NYTimes-RoughHarm-2012/>


She lived in Brooklyn for a number of years, in the suburban neighborhood of Ditmas Park.<ref name=NYTimes-RoughHarm-2012/>
She lived in [[Brooklyn]], New York for a number of years, in the neighborhood of [[Ditmas Park, Brooklyn|Ditmas Park]].<ref name=NYTimes-RoughHarm-2012/>


== Career ==
== Career ==
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=== 2009: ''Because I Was in Love'' ===
=== 2009: ''Because I Was in Love'' ===
{{Main|Because I Was in Love}}
Van Etten's debut, ''[[Because I Was in Love]]'', was released on May 26, 2009, on Language of Stone, and was manufactured and distributed by [[Drag City (record label)|Drag City]]. ''Because I Was in Love'' was produced by [[Greg Weeks]] at Hexham Head studio in Philadelphia.<ref name=Pitchfork-BIWiL-2009 />
Van Etten's debut, ''[[Because I Was in Love]]'', was released on May 26, 2009, on Language of Stone, and was manufactured and distributed by [[Drag City (record label)|Drag City]]. ''Because I Was in Love'' was produced by [[Greg Weeks]] at Hexham Head studio in Philadelphia.<ref name=Pitchfork-BIWiL-2009 />


=== 2010: ''epic'' ===
=== 2010: ''epic'' ===
{{Main|epic (Sharon Van Etten album)}}
On September 21, 2010, Van Etten released her second album, ''[[epic (Sharon Van Etten album)|epic]],'' on Ba Da Bing Records. With no set band at the time, Van Etten called on friends Jeffrey Kish, Dave Hartley, Jessica Larrabee, and Andy LaPlant of [[She Keeps Bees]], Cat Martino, [[Meg Baird]], Jim Callan, and [[B.C. Camplight|Brian Christinzio]]. The first song recorded for the album was "Love More", recorded in December 2009 by producer Brian McTear for Weathervane Music's Shaking Through documentary video series. The remainder of the album was produced by Brian McTear with engineer Amy Morrissey in May 2010 at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia. NPR described it as possessing "a fuller sound compared to the super-spare arrangements on her first two self-produced albums, but ''epic'' still feels incredibly intimate, with lots of room to breathe and unfold."<ref name=NPR-Epic-1stListen-2010 />
On September 21, 2010, Van Etten released her second album, ''[[epic (Sharon Van Etten album)|epic]],'' on Ba Da Bing Records. With no set band at the time, Van Etten called on friends Jeffrey Kish, Dave Hartley, Jessica Larrabee, and Andy LaPlant of [[She Keeps Bees]], Cat Martino, [[Meg Baird]], Jim Callan, and [[B.C. Camplight|Brian Christinzio]]. The first song recorded for the album was "Love More", recorded in December 2009 by producer Brian McTear for Weathervane Music's Shaking Through documentary video series. The remainder of the album was produced by Brian McTear with engineer Amy Morrissey in May 2010 at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia. NPR described it as possessing "a fuller sound compared to the super-spare arrangements on her first two self-produced albums, but ''epic'' still feels incredibly intimate, with lots of room to breathe and unfold."<ref name=NPR-Epic-1stListen-2010 />


=== 2012: ''Tramp'' ===
=== 2012: ''Tramp'' ===
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[[File:Sharon Van Etten (January 6, 2013).jpg|thumb|Van Etten in 2013]]
[[File:Sharon Van Etten (January 6, 2013).jpg|thumb|Van Etten in 2013]]
Van Etten's third studio album, ''[[Tramp (album)|Tramp]]'', was released on February 7, 2012, on [[Jagjaguwar]]. ''Tramp'' was produced by [[The National (band)|The National]]'s [[Aaron Dessner]] and recorded in his home studio in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name=AmSongwriter-2012>{{cite web| last=Blau | first=Max | title=Sharon Van Etten: Tramps Like Us| url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/03/sharon-van-etten-tramps-like-us| work=[[American Songwriter]]| access-date=April 12, 2012| date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> Additional recording took place at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, where the album was also mixed with Engineers and Mixers Brian McTear and Jonathan Low. The album features musicians Doug Keith, Thomas Bartlett, [[Bryan Devendorf]], [[Bryce Dessner]], [[The Walkmen|Matt Barrick]], [[Rob Moose]], [[Julianna Barwick]], [[The Antlers (band)|Peter Silberman]], Logan Coale, Clarice Jensen, [[Beirut (band)|Ben Lanz]], [[Zach Condon]], and [[Wye Oak (band)|Jenn Wasner]].<ref name=AVClub-2011>{{cite web| last=Guendelsberger| first=Emily| title=Sharon Van Etten announces new album, tour dates, eerie resemblance to Carrie-Ann Moss| url=https://www.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-tour-dates-ee%2C64879/| work=[[The A.V. Club]] (Philadelphia)| publisher=Onion Inc.| access-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416081038/http://www.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-tour-dates-ee%2C64879/| archive-date=April 16, 2012|date=November 9, 2011}}</ref>
Van Etten's third studio album, ''[[Tramp (album)|Tramp]]'', was released on February 7, 2012, on [[Jagjaguwar]]. ''Tramp'' was produced by [[The National (band)|The National]]'s [[Aaron Dessner]] and recorded in his home studio in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name=AmSongwriter-2012>{{cite web| last=Blau | first=Max | title=Sharon Van Etten: Tramps Like Us| url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/03/sharon-van-etten-tramps-like-us| work=[[American Songwriter]]| access-date=April 12, 2012| date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> Additional recording took place at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, where the album was also mixed with Engineers and Mixers Brian McTear and Jonathan Low. The album features musicians Doug Keith, Thomas Bartlett, [[Bryan Devendorf]], [[Bryce Dessner]], [[The Walkmen|Matt Barrick]], [[Rob Moose]], [[Julianna Barwick]], [[The Antlers (band)|Peter Silberman]], Logan Coale, Clarice Jensen, [[Beirut (band)|Ben Lanz]], [[Zach Condon]], and [[Wye Oak (band)|Jenn Wasner]].<ref name=AVClub-2011>{{cite web| last=Guendelsberger| first=Emily| title=Sharon Van Etten announces new album, tour dates, eerie resemblance to Carrie-Ann Moss| url=https://www.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-tour-dates-ee%2C64879/| work=[[The A.V. Club]] (Philadelphia)| publisher=Onion Inc.| access-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416081038/http://www.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-tour-dates-ee%2C64879/| archive-date=April 16, 2012|date=November 9, 2011}}</ref>


=== 2014–2015: ''Are We There'' ===
=== 2014–2015: ''Are We There'' ===
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May 2014 brought about the release of Van Etten's fourth studio album, titled ''[[Are We There]],'' on Jagjaguwar.<ref name=Tumbler-FYeah-2013>{{cite web| title=Up to Date Preview of Are We There?| url=http://fyeahsharonvanetten.tumblr.com/post/64810308251/up-to-date-preview-of-are-we-there| work=F Yeah! Sharon Van Ettan: Fan Blog for Sharon Van Etten| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> Van Etten produced the record with [[Stewart Lerman]], with the guidance of bandmate and manager Zeke Hutchins. Most of the recording was done at Hobo Sound Studios in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]], with piano tracks being recorded at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in New York City.<ref name=CoS-AWT-2014>{{cite web| last=Roffmanon| first=Michael| title=Sharon Van Etten announces new album Are We There| url=https://consequence.net/2014/02/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-are-we-there/| work=[[Consequence of Sound]]| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=February 20, 2014}}</ref> The record features musicians Zeke Hutchins, Doug Keith, [[Heather Woods Broderick]], Dave Hartley, [[Adam Granduciel]], [[Marisa Anderson]], [[Stuart D. Bogie]], Mickey Free, Mary Lattimore, Little Isidor, Jacob Morris, [[Torres (musician)|Torres]]' Mackenzie Scott, [[Shearwater (band)|Shearwater]]'s [[Jonathan Meiburg]], [[Lower Dens]]' [[Jana Hunter]], and [[Efterklang]] touring member [[Peter Broderick]]. The EP ''I Don't Want to Let You Down,'' a compilation of songs that were not included on ''Are We There,'' was released on Jagjaguwar in 2015.
May 2014 brought about the release of Van Etten's fourth studio album, titled ''[[Are We There]],'' on Jagjaguwar.<ref name=Tumbler-FYeah-2013>{{cite web| title=Up to Date Preview of Are We There?| url=http://fyeahsharonvanetten.tumblr.com/post/64810308251/up-to-date-preview-of-are-we-there| work=F Yeah! Sharon Van Ettan: Fan Blog for Sharon Van Etten| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> Van Etten produced the record with [[Stewart Lerman]], with the guidance of bandmate and manager Zeke Hutchins. Most of the recording was done at Hobo Sound Studios in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]], with piano tracks being recorded at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in New York City.<ref name=CoS-AWT-2014>{{cite web| last=Roffmanon| first=Michael| title=Sharon Van Etten announces new album Are We There| url=https://consequence.net/2014/02/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-are-we-there/| work=[[Consequence of Sound]]| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=February 20, 2014}}</ref> The record features musicians Zeke Hutchins, Doug Keith, [[Heather Woods Broderick]], Dave Hartley, [[Adam Granduciel]], [[Marisa Anderson]], [[Stuart D. Bogie]], Mickey Free, Mary Lattimore, Little Isidor, Jacob Morris, [[Torres (musician)|Torres]]' Mackenzie Scott, [[Shearwater (band)|Shearwater]]'s [[Jonathan Meiburg]], [[Lower Dens]]' [[Jana Hunter]], and [[Efterklang]] touring member [[Peter Broderick]]. The EP ''I Don't Want to Let You Down,'' a compilation of songs that were not included on ''Are We There,'' was released on Jagjaguwar in 2015.


=== 2019-present: ''Remind Me Tomorrow'' and ''We've Been Going About This All Wrong''===
=== 2019–present: ''Remind Me Tomorrow'' and ''We've Been Going About This All Wrong''===
{{Main|Remind Me Tomorrow|We've Been Going About This All Wrong}}
After the release of ''Are We There'', Van Etten took some time away from music.<ref name="npr_2022-05-06">{{cite web|author=Larusso, Marissa|date=2022-05-06|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/06/1096435892/sharon-van-etten-still-cares|title=When it feels like the world's ending, Sharon Van Etten still cares|website=[[NPR]]|url-status=live|access-date=2022-06-29}}</ref> She pursued acting, had a child, and applied to [[Brooklyn College]] to study psychology and mental health counseling.<ref name="lamag_2019-02-17">{{cite web|last=Stuart|first=Gwynedd|date=2019-02-17|url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/sharon-van-etten-los-angeles/|title=For Sharon Van Etten, It's Time for Los Angeles|website=[[LA Magazine]]|access-date=2022-06-29}}</ref><ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03"/> Van Etten composed the score for the film ''[[Strange Weather (film)|Strange Weather]]'', working on the music in a practice space she shared with [[Michael Cera]]. In between working on the music for the film she recorded dozens of demos for new songs, which would form the basis for her next album.<ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03"/>
After the release of ''Are We There'', Van Etten took some time away from music.<ref name="npr_2022-05-06">{{cite web|author=Larusso, Marissa|date=May 6, 2022|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/06/1096435892/sharon-van-etten-still-cares|title=When it feels like the world's ending, Sharon Van Etten still cares|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> She pursued acting, had a child, and applied to [[Brooklyn College]] to study psychology and mental health counseling.<ref name="lamag_2019-02-17">{{cite news|last=Stuart|first=Gwynedd|date=February 17, 2019|url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/sharon-van-etten-los-angeles/|title=For Sharon Van Etten, It's Time for Los Angeles|website=[[LA Magazine]]|access-date=June 29, 2022}}</ref><ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03"/> Van Etten composed the score for the film ''[[Strange Weather (film)|Strange Weather]]'', working on the music in a practice space she shared with [[Michael Cera]]. In between working on the music for the film she recorded dozens of demos for new songs, which would form the basis for her next album.<ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03"/>


In 2018, Van Etten released a new track, "Comeback Kid", and announced her next album ''[[Remind Me Tomorrow]]'', released on January 18, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sharon-van-etten-comeback-kid-new-album-remind-me-tomorrow-2385659|title=Sharon Van Etten shares throbbing new single 'Comeback Kid' and announces album 'Remind Me Tomorrow'|last=Andrew Trendell|date=October 2, 2018|website=Nme.com|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref> ''Remind Me Tomorrow'' was a departure from Van Etten's previous guitar-focused work, featuring more synthesizers, drums, and experimental sounds.<ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03"/><ref name="lamag_2019-02-17"/><!-- details about record and reception -->
In 2018, Van Etten released a new track, "Comeback Kid", and announced her next album ''[[Remind Me Tomorrow]]'', released on January 18, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sharon-van-etten-comeback-kid-new-album-remind-me-tomorrow-2385659|title=Sharon Van Etten shares throbbing new single 'Comeback Kid' and announces album 'Remind Me Tomorrow'|last=Andrew Trendell|date=October 2, 2018|website=Nme.com|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref> ''Remind Me Tomorrow'' was a departure from Van Etten's previous guitar-focused work, featuring more synthesizers, drums, and experimental sounds.<ref name="nytimes_2019-01-03"/><ref name="lamag_2019-02-17"/><!-- details about record and reception -->


In 2019, Van Etten moved with her son and partner to [[Los Angeles]], California. She stated her desire with the move was to settle down and diversify her career to be less reliant on traveling tours.<ref name="nme_2022-04-15">{{cite web|last=Kemp|first=Ella|date=2022-04-15|url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/sharon-van-etten-cover-interview-2022-weve-been-going-about-this-all-wrong-3204585|title=Sharon Van Etten: 'I have to be hopeful. I'm a mother and I want to be brave for my son'|website=[[NME]]|access-date=2022-06-29}}</ref> The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020 scuttled those plans, and during the resulting [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]] Van Etten wrote songs that focused on her new life as well as the wider political landscape and "collective trauma" people were experiencing.<ref name="nme_2022-04-15"/>
In 2019, Van Etten moved with her son and partner to Los Angeles, California. She stated her desire with the move was to settle down and diversify her career to be less reliant on traveling tours.<ref name="nme_2022-04-15">{{cite web|last=Kemp|first=Ella|date=April 15, 2022|url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/sharon-van-etten-cover-interview-2022-weve-been-going-about-this-all-wrong-3204585|title=Sharon Van Etten: 'I have to be hopeful. I'm a mother and I want to be brave for my son'|website=[[NME]]|access-date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020 scuttled those plans, and during the resulting [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]] Van Etten wrote songs that focused on her new life as well as the wider political landscape and "collective trauma" people were experiencing.<ref name="nme_2022-04-15"/>


Van Etten played bass and sang harmony as the three surviving members of [[Fountains of Wayne]] performed in a televised benefit with various New Jersey-affiliated musicians to raise funds for COVID-19 relief in April 2020. She filled the role left vacant by the COVID-19-related death of [[Adam Schlesinger]] a few weeks earlier. She and the other three members of the band played simultaneously from remote locations. The band played the song "Hackensack" from the album ''[[Welcome Interstate Managers]]''.<ref>https://twitter.com/fountainsofwayn/status/1252364241765494785 {{Bare URL inline|date=November 2021}}</ref>
Van Etten played bass and sang harmony as the three surviving members of [[Fountains of Wayne]] performed in a televised benefit with various New Jersey-affiliated musicians to raise funds for COVID-19 relief in April 2020. She filled the role left vacant by the COVID-19-related death of [[Adam Schlesinger]] a few weeks earlier. She and the other three members of the band played simultaneously from remote locations. The band played the song "Hackensack" from the album ''[[Welcome Interstate Managers]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=fountainsofwayn|number=1252364241765494785|title=Twitter post}} {{dead link|date=April 2023}}</ref>


On May 15, 2020, Van Etten released a cover of [[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?]] with [[Queens of the Stone Age]] frontman [[Josh Homme]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sharon-van-etten-and-josh-homme-cover-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-understanding-listen/|title = Sharon van Etten and Josh Homme Cover "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?"|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date = May 15, 2020}}</ref>
On May 15, 2020, Van Etten released a cover of [[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?]] with [[Queens of the Stone Age]] frontman [[Josh Homme]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sharon-van-etten-and-josh-homme-cover-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-understanding-listen/|title = Sharon van Etten and Josh Homme Cover "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?"|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date = May 15, 2020}}</ref>


In October 2020, Van Etten made a song titled "Let Go" for the documentary, ''[[Feels Good Man]]'', directed by Arthur Jones about [[Matt Furie]], the creator of [[Pepe the Frog]].<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://pitchfork.com/news/sharon-van-etten-shares-new-song-let-go-listen/| title= Sharon Van Etten Shares New Song "Let Go"| website= Pitchfork| date= October 13, 2020| access-date= 23 February 2021}}</ref>
In October 2020, Van Etten made a song titled "Let Go" for the documentary, ''[[Feels Good Man]]'', directed by Arthur Jones about [[Matt Furie]], the creator of [[Pepe the Frog]].<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://pitchfork.com/news/sharon-van-etten-shares-new-song-let-go-listen/| title= Sharon Van Etten Shares New Song "Let Go"| website= Pitchfork| date= October 13, 2020| access-date= February 23, 2021}}</ref>


On November 16, 2020, Van Etten released two covers of traditional holiday songs, "Silent Night" and "Blue Christmas".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sharon-van-etten-silent-night-blue-christmas-1089464/| title= Sharon Van Etten Gets in the Holiday Spirit with "Silent Night", "Blue Christmas"|magazine= Rolling Stone| date= November 12, 2020| access-date= 22 February 2021}}</ref>
On November 16, 2020, Van Etten released two covers of traditional holiday songs, "Silent Night" and "Blue Christmas".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sharon-van-etten-silent-night-blue-christmas-1089464/| title= Sharon Van Etten Gets in the Holiday Spirit with "Silent Night", "Blue Christmas"|magazine= Rolling Stone| date= November 12, 2020| access-date= February 22, 2021}}</ref>


On May 20, 2021, Van Etten released a single with [[Angel Olsen]], "[[Like I Used To (Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen song)|Like I Used To]]," which was produced by [[John Congleton]]. Olsen and Van Etten appear in the music video with their hair styled in similar shag haircuts.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=2021-05-20|title=Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen Share New Song 'Like I Used To'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sharon-van-etten-angel-olsen-like-i-used-to-1172172/|access-date=2021-05-24|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>
On May 20, 2021, Van Etten released a single with [[Angel Olsen]], "[[Like I Used To (Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen song)|Like I Used To]]," which was produced by [[John Congleton]]. Olsen and Van Etten appear in the music video with their hair styled in similar shag haircuts.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=May 20, 2021|title=Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen Share New Song 'Like I Used To'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sharon-van-etten-angel-olsen-like-i-used-to-1172172/|access-date=May 24, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2021 the artist was inter alia part of the [[Newport Folk Festival]] in July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newport Folk Festival stage schedule 2021 |url=https://newportfolk.org/2021-schedule/ |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=newportfolk.org}}</ref>
In 2021 the artist was inter alia part of the [[Newport Folk Festival]] in July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newport Folk Festival stage schedule 2021 |url=https://newportfolk.org/2021-schedule/ |access-date=September 21, 2021 |website=newportfolk.org}}</ref>


On May 6, 2022, Van Etten released her sixth studio album ''[[We've Been Going About This All Wrong]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Sharon Van Etten Announces New Album ''We've Been Going About This All Wrong'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-weve-been-going-about-this-all-wrong/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=9 April 2022 |date=6 April 2022}}</ref>
On May 6, 2022, Van Etten released her sixth studio album ''[[We've Been Going About This All Wrong]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Sharon Van Etten Announces New Album ''We've Been Going About This All Wrong'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sharon-van-etten-announces-new-album-weve-been-going-about-this-all-wrong/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=April 9, 2022 |date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

On August 23, 2024, ten years after the initial release of album ''Are We There?'' Van Etten released album single ''Every Time the Sun Comes Up (Alternate Version)'' on 7 inch vinyl.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2024 |title=Sharon Van Etten – "Every Time The Sun Comes Up (Alternate Version)" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2265297/sharon-van-etten-every-time-the-sun-comes-up-alternate-version/music/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Stereogum}}</ref>


== Influences and musical style ==
== Influences and musical style ==
Van Etten cites [[Ani DiFranco]] as a key influence, saying, "She was the first musician I had ever heard whose songs were super confessional. She could really play guitar... That was my first experience with non-pop female musicians. She made me want to start playing more."<ref name="Jones2010">{{cite web|url=https://afterellen.com/people/81692-an-interview-with-sharon-van-etten/2|title=An interview with Sharon Van Etten|last=Jones|first=Mia|date=29 November 2010|website=[[AfterEllen]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925073315/https://afterellen.com/people/81692-an-interview-with-sharon-van-etten/2|access-date=24 May 2021|archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
Van Etten cites [[Ani DiFranco]] as a key influence, saying, "She was the first musician I had ever heard whose songs were super confessional. She could really play guitar... That was my first experience with non-pop female musicians. She made me want to start playing more."<ref name="Jones2010">{{cite web|url=https://afterellen.com/people/81692-an-interview-with-sharon-van-etten/2|title=An interview with Sharon Van Etten|last=Jones|first=Mia|date=November 29, 2010|website=[[AfterEllen]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925073315/https://afterellen.com/people/81692-an-interview-with-sharon-van-etten/2|access-date=May 24, 2021|archive-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref>


Van Etten possesses a [[contralto]] vocal range, which Caleb Caldwell of ''[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]'' described as "husky".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Caleb |date=May 25, 2014 |title=Review: Sharon Van Etten, Are We There |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/sharon-van-etten-are-we-there/ |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> NPR described her vocals as raspy, elegant and luminous,<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 9, 2012 |title=Sharon Van Etten On World Cafe |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/07/09/148294466/sharon-van-etten-on-world-cafe |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> while ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' called it "earthy".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graves |first=Wren |date=May 20, 2021 |title=Produced by John Congleton |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |url=https://consequence.net/2021/05/sharon-van-etten-angel-olsen-like-i-used-to-stream/ |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> Van Etten's music is characterized by a heavy use of harmonies.<ref name="NYTimes-RoughHarm-2012">{{cite news| last=Ferguson| first=Wm.| title=The Rough Harmonies of Sharon Van Etten| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/magazine/sharon-van-etten.html| access-date=February 21, 2014| newspaper=[[the New York Times]]| date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' described her songs as having "echoes of folk tradition."<ref name="Pitchfork-BIWiL-2009">{{cite web| last=Murphy| first=Matthew| title=Sharon Van Etten: Because I Was in Love| url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13226-because-i-was-in-love/| work=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]| publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc.| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> [[NPR Music]] asserts: "Her songs are heartfelt without being overly earnest; her poetry is plainspoken but not overt, and her elegant voice is wrapped in enough rasp and sorrow to keep from sounding too pure or confident."<ref name="NPR-Epic-1stListen-2010">{{cite web| last=Hilton| first=Robin| title=First Listen: Sharon Van Etten, 'Epic'| url=https://www.npr.org/2010/09/15/129859757/first-listen-sharon-van-etten-epic| work=[[NPR]]| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=September 15, 2010}}</ref> With "Comeback Kid" and ''Remind Me Tomorrow'', Van Etten introduced electronic sounds into her music.<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|first=Philip |last=Sherburne|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/comeback-kid/|title=Sharon Van Etten - Comeback Kid|publisher=Pitchfork|date=2 October 2018|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> She has said, "I listen to a lot of [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]... I'm into a lot of the new post-punk electronic stuff."<ref name="Jones2010"/>
Van Etten possesses a [[contralto]] vocal range, which Caleb Caldwell of ''[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]'' described as "husky".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Caleb |date=May 25, 2014 |title=Review: Sharon Van Etten, Are We There |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/sharon-van-etten-are-we-there/ |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> NPR described her vocals as raspy, elegant and luminous,<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 9, 2012 |title=Sharon Van Etten On World Cafe |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/07/09/148294466/sharon-van-etten-on-world-cafe |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> while ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' called it "earthy".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graves |first=Wren |date=May 20, 2021 |title=Produced by John Congleton |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |url=https://consequence.net/2021/05/sharon-van-etten-angel-olsen-like-i-used-to-stream/ |access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> Van Etten's music is characterized by a heavy use of harmonies.<ref name="NYTimes-RoughHarm-2012">{{cite news| last=Ferguson| first=Wm.| title=The Rough Harmonies of Sharon Van Etten| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/magazine/sharon-van-etten.html| access-date=February 21, 2014| newspaper=[[the New York Times]]| date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' described her songs as having "echoes of folk tradition."<ref name="Pitchfork-BIWiL-2009">{{cite web| last=Murphy| first=Matthew| title=Sharon Van Etten: Because I Was in Love| url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13226-because-i-was-in-love/| work=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]| publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc.| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> [[NPR Music]] asserts: "Her songs are heartfelt without being overly earnest; her poetry is plainspoken but not overt, and her elegant voice is wrapped in enough rasp and sorrow to keep from sounding too pure or confident."<ref name="NPR-Epic-1stListen-2010">{{cite web| last=Hilton| first=Robin| title=First Listen: Sharon Van Etten, 'Epic'| url=https://www.npr.org/2010/09/15/129859757/first-listen-sharon-van-etten-epic| work=[[NPR]]| access-date=February 21, 2014| date=September 15, 2010}}</ref> With "Comeback Kid" and ''Remind Me Tomorrow'', Van Etten introduced electronic sounds into her music.<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|first=Philip |last=Sherburne|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/comeback-kid/|title=Sharon Van Etten - Comeback Kid|publisher=Pitchfork|date=October 2, 2018|access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref> She has said, "I listen to a lot of [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]... I'm into a lot of the new post-punk electronic stuff."<ref name="Jones2010"/>


== Acting ==
== Acting ==
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=== Other contributions ===
=== Other contributions ===
* The [[Free People]] short film ''Rangeen'', featuring [[Freida Pinto]], uses Van Etten's song "Love More"{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* Lent her voice to the [[Corona (beer)|Corona]] "Find Your Beach" campaign, covering [[Irving Berlin]]'s "[[Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)|Blue Skies]]"
* Lent her voice to the [[Corona (beer)|Corona]] "Find Your Beach" campaign, covering [[Irving Berlin]]'s "[[Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)|Blue Skies]]"
* [[V (American magazine)|''V'' Magazine]] music video collaboration with director and photographer Karen Collins<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vmagazine.com/site/content/2822/premiere-video-sharon-van-etten---our-love |title=V Magazine / Premiere Video: Sharon van Etten - Our Love |access-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420174625/http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/2822/premiere-video-sharon-van-etten---our-love |archive-date=April 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Ace and Jig song and model collaboration<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/62878646|title=ace & jig Fall 2013 with Sharon Van Etten|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=August 22, 2018|website=Vimeo.com}}</ref>
* April 2009: "Coming Home", written by Jeremy Joyce, for the feature film ''Woman's Prison'' (vocals and guitar)
* April 2009: "Coming Home", written by Jeremy Joyce, for the feature film ''Woman's Prison'' (vocals and guitar)
* August 2009: "Kettering", "Thirteen", "Two", and "Shiva" on ''[[Hospice (The Antlers album)|Hospice]]'' by [[The Antlers (band)|The Antlers]] (vocals)<ref name=Hospice-2009>{{cite web|last1=Kaloudis |first1=Evan |title=Interview: Peter Silberman of The Antlers|url=http://beatsperminute.com/features/interview-peter-silberman-of-the-antlers/|work=Beats Per Minute|publisher=Banquet Media|access-date=July 19, 2015|date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>
* August 2009: "Kettering", "Thirteen", "Two", and "Shiva" on ''[[Hospice (The Antlers album)|Hospice]]'' by [[The Antlers (band)|The Antlers]] (vocals)<ref name=Hospice-2009>{{cite web|last1=Kaloudis |first1=Evan |title=Interview: Peter Silberman of The Antlers|url=http://beatsperminute.com/features/interview-peter-silberman-of-the-antlers/|work=Beats Per Minute|publisher=Banquet Media|access-date=July 19, 2015|date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>
* 2010: Van Etten contributes vocals to two tracks on [[Beirut (band)|Beirut]]'s album ''[[The Rip Tide]]''
* 2010: Van Etten contributes vocals to two tracks on [[Beirut (band)|Beirut]]'s album ''[[The Rip Tide]]''
* March 2011: "Think You Can Wait" by [[The National (band)|The National]], from the soundtrack to the film ''[[Win Win (film)|Win Win]]'' (backing vocals)<ref name=ljs31Mar2011>{{cite news| last=Mertes| first=Micah| title=Sharon Van Etten, a voice to be reckoned with| url=http://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/article_786cbcbb-9c7e-559d-8318-44814b030ad0.html| access-date=April 25, 2011| newspaper=[[Lincoln Journal Star]]| date=March 31, 2011}}</ref>
* March 2011: "Think You Can Wait" by [[The National (band)|The National]], from the soundtrack to the film ''[[Win Win (film)|Win Win]]'' (backing vocals)<ref name=ljs31Mar2011>{{cite news| last=Mertes| first=Micah| title=Sharon Van Etten, a voice to be reckoned with| url=http://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/article_786cbcbb-9c7e-559d-8318-44814b030ad0.html| access-date=April 25, 2011| newspaper=[[Lincoln Journal Star]]| date=March 31, 2011}}</ref>
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* December 2012: A cover of [[Irving Berlin]]'s "[[What'll I Do]]" was recorded with [[Vince Giordano]] and the [[Nighthawks Orchestra|Nighthawks]] for the season 3 finale of ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', "Margate Sands"<ref name=HBO-Boardwalk-2012>{{cite web| title=Music from Episode 36 of Boardwalk Empire on HBO| url=http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/episodes/03/36-margate-sands/music.html#/| work=[[HBO]]| access-date=May 22, 2014| archive-date=May 24, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524004136/http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/episodes/03/36-margate-sands/music.html#/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* April 2012: "Serpents" was featured in the season 2 finale of ''[[Lost Girl (TV series)|Lost Girl]]'', "Flesh and Blood"
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* December 2012: A cover of [[Irving Berlin]]'s "[[What'll I Do]]" was recorded with [[Vince Giordano]] and the [[Nighthawks Orchestra|Nighthawks]] for the season 3 finale of ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', "Margate Sands"<ref name=HBO-Boardwalk-2012>{{cite web| title=Music from Episode 36 of Boardwalk Empire on HBO| url=http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/episodes/03/36-margate-sands/music.html#/| work=[[HBO]]| access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
* December 2012: "Prisoners", with [[J Mascis]], on ''The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver''<ref name=ATO-Denver-2012>{{cite web| title="The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver" Out Now!| url=http://atorecords.com/featured/the-music-is-you-a-tribute-to-john-denver-coming-feb-2013/| work=[[ATO Records]]| access-date=February 22, 2014| date=December 12, 2012}}</ref><ref name=CoSound-Denver-2013>{{cite web| last=Roffman| first=Michael| title=Listen to J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten cover John Denver's "Prisoners"| url=https://consequence.net/2013/03/listen-to-j-mascis-and-sharon-van-etten-cover-john-denvers-prisoners/| work=[[Consequence of Sound]]| access-date=February 22, 2014| date=March 6, 2013}}</ref>
* December 2012: "Prisoners", with [[J Mascis]], on ''The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver''<ref name=ATO-Denver-2012>{{cite web| title="The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver" Out Now!| url=http://atorecords.com/featured/the-music-is-you-a-tribute-to-john-denver-coming-feb-2013/| work=[[ATO Records]]| access-date=February 22, 2014| date=December 12, 2012}}</ref><ref name=CoSound-Denver-2013>{{cite web| last=Roffman| first=Michael| title=Listen to J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten cover John Denver's "Prisoners"| url=https://consequence.net/2013/03/listen-to-j-mascis-and-sharon-van-etten-cover-john-denvers-prisoners/| work=[[Consequence of Sound]]| access-date=February 22, 2014| date=March 6, 2013}}</ref>
* January 2013: Van Etten performed at [[John Cale]]'s tribute to [[Nico]], ''Life Along the Borderline,'' at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]<ref>"[http://www.bam.org/music/2013/a-tribute-to-nico Life Along the Borderline: A Tribute to Nico]", BAM. Accessed August 4, 2014.</ref>
* July 2013: "Serpents" was featured in the season 4 trailer for [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|''The Walking Dead'']] at [[San Diego Comic-Con International|Comic-Con]]<ref name=TWDS4-Comic-Con-2013>{{cite web| title=Comic-Con Trailer: The Walking Dead Season 4| url=http://www.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/videos/comic-con-trailer-the-walking-dead-season-4| work=AMC Networks| access-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref>
* August 2013: Van Etten designed a limited edition charity [[T-shirt]] which was being sold through the [[Yellow Bird Project]] to raise money for Women in Need (WIN), a charity that provides safe housing for homeless women and their children in New York City<ref name=SVE-tshirts-2013>{{cite web| last=Van Etten| first=Sharon| title=New SVE T-shirt is now Live – Proceeds to Charity| url=http://sharonvanetten.com/news/new-sve-t-shirt-is-now-live-proceeds-to-charity| work=Sharon Van Etten| access-date=February 21, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104043041/http://sharonvanetten.com/news/new-sve-t-shirt-is-now-live-proceeds-to-charity| archive-date=November 4, 2013| date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>
* January 20, 2014: Writing and performing in the film ''[[Song One]]'', starring [[Anne Hathaway]]
* January 20, 2014: Writing and performing in the film ''[[Song One]]'', starring [[Anne Hathaway]]
* February 2014: Producing, recording, and performing a cover of [[The Flaming Lips]]' "[[Do You Realize??]]" for the [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] children's TV show ''[[Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street]]''
* February 2014: Producing, recording, and performing a cover of [[The Flaming Lips]]' "[[Do You Realize??]]" for the [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] children's TV show ''[[Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street]]''
* November 2014: "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" was used in the Season 3 [[Elementary (TV series)|''Elementary'']] episode "The Five Orange Pipz"<ref name=AVClub-Elementary-2014>{{cite news|last1=McNutt|first1=Myles|title=Elementary: "The Five Orange Pipz"|url=https://www.avclub.com/tvclub/elementary-five-orange-pipz-211478|access-date=December 31, 2014|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=November 6, 2014}}</ref>
* 2015: Performed at Sundance Next Festival
* April 2015: Featured on the song "Sunshine on My Back" by [[The National (band)|The National]], from the ''[[Trouble Will Find Me]]'' recording sessions<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/04/02/397056649/the-national-sunshine-on-my-back | title=The National, 'Sunshine On My Back' - The 'Trouble Will Find Me' Session Recording Features Sharon Van Etten | publisher=[[NPR]] | date=April 2, 2015 | access-date=May 24, 2015 | author=Powers, Ann}}</ref>
* April 2015: Featured on the song "Sunshine on My Back" by [[The National (band)|The National]], from the ''[[Trouble Will Find Me]]'' recording sessions<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/04/02/397056649/the-national-sunshine-on-my-back | title=The National, 'Sunshine On My Back' - The 'Trouble Will Find Me' Session Recording Features Sharon Van Etten | publisher=[[NPR]] | date=April 2, 2015 | access-date=May 24, 2015 | author=Powers, Ann}}</ref>
* July 2015: End credit songwriting for the film ''[[Tig (film)|Tig]]''
* July 2015: End credit songwriting for the film ''[[Tig (film)|Tig]]''
* 2016: Ace and Jig spring 2016 [[Fashion Week]] video, featuring "I Wish I Knew", for [[Vogue.com]] Madewell feature<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.vogue.com/watch/ace-jig-spring-2016-video-fashion-week|title=Ace & Jig: Spring 2016 Video Fashion Week|website=Vogue Videos|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.madewell.com/2015/05/20/sharon-van-etten-wears-her-heart-on-her-sleeve-follows-two-important-rules-on-the-road/|title=Sharon Van Etten Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve (+ Follows Two Important Rules on the Road)|date=May 20, 2015|website=Blog.madewell.com|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
* May 2016: Appeared on the [[Grateful Dead]] tribute album [[Day of the Dead (2016 album)|''Day of the Dead'']], singing "To Lay Me Down", credited to [[Perfume Genius]], Sharon Van Etten & Friends<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2016/04/day-of-the-dead-the-national-grateful-dead-compilation-tribute-perfume-genius-sharon-van-etten-unknown-mortal-orchestra-stream/|title=Hear Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, and More Cover Grateful Dead for 'Day of the Dead' Compilation|date=April 27, 2016|website=Spin|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>
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* September 2016: Scored the [[Katherine Dieckmann]] film ''[[Strange Weather (film)|Strange Weather]]'', which starred [[Holly Hunter]] and appeared at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'''s Jon Frosch praised Van Etten's contributions to the film: "The authentic-feeling Southern ambience, enhanced by Sharon Van Etten's low-key, country-inflected score, is one of the film's most potent assets."{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
* May 2016: Appeared on the [[Grateful Dead]] tribute album [[Day of the Dead (2016 album)|''Day of the Dead'']], singing "To Lay Me Down", credited to [[Perfume Genius]], Sharon Van Etten & Friends<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2016/04/day-of-the-dead-the-national-grateful-dead-compilation-tribute-perfume-genius-sharon-van-etten-unknown-mortal-orchestra-stream/|title=Hear Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, and More Cover Grateful Dead for 'Day of the Dead' Compilation|date=2016-04-27|website=Spin|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>
* June 2016: "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" is used for the "Wedding" [[Volvo XC90]] automobile television advertisement<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ASxb/2016-volvo-xc90-wedding-song-by-sharon-van-etten|title=2016 Volvo XC90 TV Commercial, 'Wedding' Song by Sharon Van Etten|website=iSpot.tv|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
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* September 2016: Scored the [[Katherine Dieckmann]] film ''[[Strange Weather (film)|Strange Weather]]'', which starred [[Holly Hunter]] and appeared at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'''s Jon Frosch praised Van Etten's contributions to the film: "The authentic-feeling Southern ambience, enhanced by Sharon Van Etten's low-key, country-inflected score, is one of the film's most potent assets."
* December 2016: Featured in an acting role as Rachel in ''[[The OA]]'', which debuted on [[Netflix]] on December 16, 2016
* December 2016: Featured in an acting role as Rachel in ''[[The OA]]'', which debuted on [[Netflix]] on December 16, 2016
* 2017: Her covered version of [[The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)|The End of the World]] is featured as the lead single of Resistance Radio: [[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]] Album, a cover album produced by [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]] and [[Sam Cohen (musician)|Sam Cohen]] as the companion album of the TV series' reimagining of 60's sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/03/03/517691187/sharon-van-etten-asks-why-the-sun-still-shines-for-the-man-in-the-high-castle |title=Sharon Van Etten Asks Why The Sun Still Shines For 'The Man In The High Castle' |website=[[NPR]]|date=2017-03-03}}</ref>
* 2017: Her covered version of [[The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)|The End of the World]] is featured as the lead single of Resistance Radio: [[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]] Album, a cover album produced by [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]] and [[Sam Cohen (musician)|Sam Cohen]] as the companion album of the TV series' reimagining of 60's sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/03/03/517691187/sharon-van-etten-asks-why-the-sun-still-shines-for-the-man-in-the-high-castle |title=Sharon Van Etten Asks Why The Sun Still Shines For 'The Man In The High Castle' |website=[[NPR]]|date=March 3, 2017}}</ref>
* 2017: "Tarifa" was performed during the credit sequence of part six of ''[[Twin Peaks (2017 TV series)|Twin Peaks: The Return]]''
* 2017: The song "Best I Can" from the film ''[[Dina (film)|Dina]]'', written and performed by [[Michael Cera]] and featuring Van Etten, was unsuccessfully nominated for Best Song in a Documentary at the 2017 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.criticschoice.com/documentary-awards/ |title=Documentary Awards - Critics' Choice AwardsCritics' Choice Awards |website=Criticschoice.com |access-date=2017-11-29}}</ref>
* 2017: "Passion and Love" appeared on the [[Planned Parenthood]] benefit compilation ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''.
* 2018: Performed at the BBC Proms season, singing [[LCD Soundsystem]]'s "New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down"<ref>{{Citation|last=BBC Music|title=BBC Proms – Sharon Van Etten: New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down|date=2018-08-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOtNHl8Wvho|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
* May 2019: Featured on the song "The Pull of You" by [[The National (band)|The National]], from the album ''[[I Am Easy to Find (album)|I Am Easy to Find]]''.
* May 2019: Featured on the song "The Pull of You" by [[The National (band)|The National]], from the album ''[[I Am Easy to Find (album)|I Am Easy to Find]]''.
* June 2019: Performed at the Glastonbury Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/glastonbury-2019-timetable-lineup-stage-times-clashes-stormzy-cure-killers-a8934726.html|title=The full Glastonbury stage times and clashes have been announced|date=2019-05-30|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/er3v9r/play/ad4hp6/p07fmf18|title=Glastonbury 2019 - Sharon Van Etten|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>
* June 2019: Performed at the Glastonbury Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/glastonbury-2019-timetable-lineup-stage-times-clashes-stormzy-cure-killers-a8934726.html|title=The full Glastonbury stage times and clashes have been announced|date=May 30, 2019|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/er3v9r/play/ad4hp6/p07fmf18|title=Glastonbury 2019 - Sharon Van Etten|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>
*2019: Featured song, "Seventeen," in Season 2, Episode 7 of "Sex Education" on Netflix.
*2019: Austin City Limits<ref>[http://acltv.com/episode/45/sharon-van-etten-lucy-dacus/] {{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref>
*2020: Featured on the opening track "Lemon" off of [[Local Natives]] EP, ''[[Sour Lemon]]''.
*2020: Featured on the opening track "Lemon" off of [[Local Natives]] EP, ''[[Sour Lemon]]''.
*2020: Featured on the title track "Impossible Weight" by [[Deep Sea Diver]] – #29 Adult Alternative Songs<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Deep Sea Diver Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deep-sea-diver/chart-history/aaa/|access-date=2020-11-23|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*2020: Featured on the title track "Impossible Weight" by [[Deep Sea Diver]] – #29 Adult Alternative Songs<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Deep Sea Diver Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deep-sea-diver/chart-history/aaa/|access-date=November 23, 2020|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*2020: Featured song, "Comeback Kid," in "Spinning Out" on Netflix.
*2021: Featured on "Sad Mezcalita" by [[Xiu Xiu]], the opener on their album ''[[Oh No (Xiu Xiu album)|OH NO]]''.
*2021: Featured on "Sad Mezcalita" by [[Xiu Xiu]], the opener on their album ''[[Oh No (Xiu Xiu album)|OH NO]]''.
*2021: Featured on the track "Nest" off of Jomoro's album ''Blue Marble Sky.''
*2021: Featured on the track "Nest" off of Jomoro's album ''Blue Marble Sky.''
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*2022: Featured on the [[Superchunk]] song "If You're Not Dark" from the album [[Wild Loneliness]]
*2021: Featured songs, "Seventeen," "Let Go," "Serpents," "Peace Signs," and "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" in Season 1 of "Maid" on Netflix.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vaguevisages.com/2021/10/04/maid-soundtrack-netflix-songs/|title=Maid Soundtrack: Every Featured Song in the 2021 Netflix Series|date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
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*2022: Features on the [[Superchunk]] song "If You're Not Dark" from the album [[Wild Loneliness]]


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|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9349158/chance-the-rapper-fka-twigs-courtney-nominees-2020-a2im-libera-awards|title=Chance the Rapper, FKA Twigs, Courtney Barnett & More Shortlisted For 2020 A2IM Libera Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=April 2, 2020|accessdate=April 8, 2020|first=Lars|last=Brandle}}</ref>
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Sharon Van Etten
Van Etten in 2019
Background information
Birth nameSharon Katharine Van Etten
Born (1981-02-26) February 26, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Belleville, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
Years active2007–present
Labels
Websitesharonvanetten.com

Sharon Katharine Van Etten (born February 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She has released the albums Because I Was in Love (2009), Epic (2010), Tramp (2012), Are We There (2014), Remind Me Tomorrow (2019) and We've Been Going About This All Wrong (2022).

Early life

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Van Etten was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the middle child of five.[2] She lived in Nutley, New Jersey, then moved to Clinton, New Jersey as a pre-teen. She attended North Hunterdon High School, at which she participated in the chorus and performed in stage musicals.[3][4][5][6]

Later, she moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to attend Middle Tennessee State University and studied recording, but dropped out after a year. She ended up working at the Red Rose, a coffee and record shop and music venue in Murfreesboro for about five years. She fell into an abusive relationship with a rock musician who discouraged her from writing songs. After five years, she left in the middle of the night with whatever she could carry.[7]

She lived in Brooklyn, New York for a number of years, in the neighborhood of Ditmas Park.[7]

Career

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Van Etten at the 2012 Newport Folk Festival

Van Etten self-released handmade CDs until 2009, when her debut studio recording was released.[8][9] Before her studio debut, she worked at Astor Wines and as a publicist at Ba Da Bing Records.[10]

2009: Because I Was in Love

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Main article: Because I Was in Love

Van Etten's debut, Because I Was in Love, was released on May 26, 2009, on Language of Stone, and was manufactured and distributed by Drag City. Because I Was in Love was produced by Greg Weeks at Hexham Head studio in Philadelphia.[8]

2010: epic

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Main article: epic (Sharon Van Etten album)

On September 21, 2010, Van Etten released her second album, epic, on Ba Da Bing Records. With no set band at the time, Van Etten called on friends Jeffrey Kish, Dave Hartley, Jessica Larrabee, and Andy LaPlant of She Keeps Bees, Cat Martino, Meg Baird, Jim Callan, and Brian Christinzio. The first song recorded for the album was "Love More", recorded in December 2009 by producer Brian McTear for Weathervane Music's Shaking Through documentary video series. The remainder of the album was produced by Brian McTear with engineer Amy Morrissey in May 2010 at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia. NPR described it as possessing "a fuller sound compared to the super-spare arrangements on her first two self-produced albums, but epic still feels incredibly intimate, with lots of room to breathe and unfold."[11]

2012: Tramp

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Main article: Tramp (album)
Van Etten in 2013

Van Etten's third studio album, Tramp, was released on February 7, 2012, on Jagjaguwar. Tramp was produced by The National's Aaron Dessner and recorded in his home studio in Brooklyn, New York.[12] Additional recording took place at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, where the album was also mixed with Engineers and Mixers Brian McTear and Jonathan Low. The album features musicians Doug Keith, Thomas Bartlett, Bryan Devendorf, Bryce Dessner, Matt Barrick, Rob Moose, Julianna Barwick, Peter Silberman, Logan Coale, Clarice Jensen, Ben Lanz, Zach Condon, and Jenn Wasner.[13]

2014–2015: Are We There

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Main article: Are We There

May 2014 brought about the release of Van Etten's fourth studio album, titled Are We There, on Jagjaguwar.[14] Van Etten produced the record with Stewart Lerman, with the guidance of bandmate and manager Zeke Hutchins. Most of the recording was done at Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, New Jersey, with piano tracks being recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.[15] The record features musicians Zeke Hutchins, Doug Keith, Heather Woods Broderick, Dave Hartley, Adam Granduciel, Marisa Anderson, Stuart D. Bogie, Mickey Free, Mary Lattimore, Little Isidor, Jacob Morris, Torres' Mackenzie Scott, Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg, Lower Dens' Jana Hunter, and Efterklang touring member Peter Broderick. The EP I Don't Want to Let You Down, a compilation of songs that were not included on Are We There, was released on Jagjaguwar in 2015.

2019–present: Remind Me Tomorrow and We've Been Going About This All Wrong

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Main articles: Remind Me Tomorrow and We've Been Going About This All Wrong

After the release of Are We There, Van Etten took some time away from music.[16] She pursued acting, had a child, and applied to Brooklyn College to study psychology and mental health counseling.[17][2] Van Etten composed the score for the film Strange Weather, working on the music in a practice space she shared with Michael Cera. In between working on the music for the film she recorded dozens of demos for new songs, which would form the basis for her next album.[2]

In 2018, Van Etten released a new track, "Comeback Kid", and announced her next album Remind Me Tomorrow, released on January 18, 2019.[18] Remind Me Tomorrow was a departure from Van Etten's previous guitar-focused work, featuring more synthesizers, drums, and experimental sounds.[2][17]

In 2019, Van Etten moved with her son and partner to Los Angeles, California. She stated her desire with the move was to settle down and diversify her career to be less reliant on traveling tours.[19] The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 scuttled those plans, and during the resulting lockdowns Van Etten wrote songs that focused on her new life as well as the wider political landscape and "collective trauma" people were experiencing.[19]

Van Etten played bass and sang harmony as the three surviving members of Fountains of Wayne performed in a televised benefit with various New Jersey-affiliated musicians to raise funds for COVID-19 relief in April 2020. She filled the role left vacant by the COVID-19-related death of Adam Schlesinger a few weeks earlier. She and the other three members of the band played simultaneously from remote locations. The band played the song "Hackensack" from the album Welcome Interstate Managers.[20]

On May 15, 2020, Van Etten released a cover of (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme.[21]

In October 2020, Van Etten made a song titled "Let Go" for the documentary, Feels Good Man, directed by Arthur Jones about Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog.[22]

On November 16, 2020, Van Etten released two covers of traditional holiday songs, "Silent Night" and "Blue Christmas".[23]

On May 20, 2021, Van Etten released a single with Angel Olsen, "Like I Used To," which was produced by John Congleton. Olsen and Van Etten appear in the music video with their hair styled in similar shag haircuts.[24]

In 2021 the artist was inter alia part of the Newport Folk Festival in July.[25]

On May 6, 2022, Van Etten released her sixth studio album We've Been Going About This All Wrong.[26]

On August 23, 2024, ten years after the initial release of album Are We There? Van Etten released album single Every Time the Sun Comes Up (Alternate Version) on 7 inch vinyl.[27]

Influences and musical style

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Van Etten cites Ani DiFranco as a key influence, saying, "She was the first musician I had ever heard whose songs were super confessional. She could really play guitar... That was my first experience with non-pop female musicians. She made me want to start playing more."[28]

Van Etten possesses a contralto vocal range, which Caleb Caldwell of Slant described as "husky".[29] NPR described her vocals as raspy, elegant and luminous,[30] while Consequence called it "earthy".[31] Van Etten's music is characterized by a heavy use of harmonies.[7] Pitchfork described her songs as having "echoes of folk tradition."[8] NPR Music asserts: "Her songs are heartfelt without being overly earnest; her poetry is plainspoken but not overt, and her elegant voice is wrapped in enough rasp and sorrow to keep from sounding too pure or confident."[11] With "Comeback Kid" and Remind Me Tomorrow, Van Etten introduced electronic sounds into her music.[32] She has said, "I listen to a lot of OMD... I'm into a lot of the new post-punk electronic stuff."[28]

Acting

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Since 2016, Van Etten has appeared in both seasons of the Netflix drama The OA as Rachel, a fellow abductee along with Prairie in Dr. Percy's basement lab/terrarium.[2] Rachel and the other captives are subjected to after-life experiments while conspiring over a period of years to possibly escape, and at one point, Rachel sings a song of remembrance. Van Etten also appeared in episode six of the 2017 Twin Peaks series on Showtime.[33]

Van Etten made her feature film debut with a supporting role in the 2020 film Never Rarely Sometimes Always directed by Eliza Hittman, for which she also wrote and performed the original track 'Staring at a Mountain'.[34]

Van Etten also appeared in the 2021 film How It Ends as Jet. The film featured two new songs by Van Etten, "How Much I Loved You" and "Till We Meet Again".[35]

Personal life

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Van Etten had her first child, a son, in 2017 with her romantic partner Zeke Hutchins. Hutchins used to be her drummer and then became her manager. After living in New York City for 15 years, she moved with her family to Los Angeles in September 2019.[2][36]

Discography

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Albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[37] 		BEL
Fl.
[38] 		BEL
Wa.
[39] 		FRA
[40] 		GER
[41] 		NLD
[42] 		NZ
[43] 		POR
[44] 		SWI
[45] 		UK
[46]
Because I Was in Love
  • Released: May 26, 2009
  • Label: Language of Stone
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Epic — — — — — — — — — —
Tramp 75 — — — — — — — — —[a]
Are We There
  • Released: May 27, 2014
  • Label: Jagjaguwar
 25 123 164 — — — 33 — — 27
Remind Me Tomorrow
  • Released: January 18, 2019
  • Label: Jagjaguwar
 94 49 131 134 — 88 — 10 39 30
We've Been Going About This All Wrong
  • Released: May 6, 2022
  • Label: Jagjaguwar
 — 102 169 — 52 — 22 26 88 28
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other contributions

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Notes

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  1. ^ Tramp did not enter the Official Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 19 on the Official Independent Albums Chart.[47]

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Nominated Work Result Ref
2019 AIM Independent Music Awards Best Independent Track "Seventeen" Nominated [58]
2020 Libera Awards Best Alternative Rock Album Remind Me Tomorrow Nominated [59]
2022 Video of the Year "Like I Used to" Nominated [60]

References

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  1. ^ Davison, Jeffrey (February 11, 2012). "Live Session with Sharon Van Etten and Heather Woods Broderick" (in-studio). WFMU: Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison: Playlist from February 11, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Coscarelli, Joe (January 3, 2019). "The Many Lives of Sharon Van Etten". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Kaplan, Ilana. "Sharon Van Etten Is Right There", Interview (magazine), May 27, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2018. "Sharon Van Etten: Oh, nice! I can't let go of it. I was born in Belleville. Then I grew up in Nutley and in the sixth grade we moved to Clinton."
  4. ^ "Sharon Van Etten". NPR. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Sharon Van Etten with Damien Jurado", Boston.com. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Van Etten was born and raised in New Jersey where she attended North Hunterdon High School."
  6. ^ Perusse, Bernard. "Sharon Van Etten Traces the Roots of Her Growing Acclaim to the Journals She Kept as a Girl", Montreal Gazette, February 21, 2012. Accessed August 14, 2019. "The New Jersey native joined her first choir at 11 while attending Yantacaw school and continued choral singing at North Hunterdon High School, where she also performed in such musicals as West Side Story, Hello Dolly! and Fiddler on the Roof."
  7. ^ a b c Ferguson, Wm. (February 2, 2012). "The Rough Harmonies of Sharon Van Etten". the New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  8. ^ a b c Murphy, Matthew (June 22, 2009). "Sharon Van Etten: Because I Was in Love". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Inc. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  9. ^ Cian Traynor (March 20, 2012). "Blindsided By Love: Sharon Van Etten Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  10. ^ a b Mertes, Micah (March 31, 2011). "Sharon Van Etten, a voice to be reckoned with". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  11. ^ a b Hilton, Robin (September 15, 2010). "First Listen: Sharon Van Etten, 'Epic'". NPR. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  12. ^ Blau, Max (March 9, 2012). "Sharon Van Etten: Tramps Like Us". American Songwriter. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
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