Sharon Jane Smith is a songwriter, musician, playwright, and storyteller living in New York City. Born in a small town on the Mississippi, she uses the river as a central theme in much of her work.

 

Sharon Jane is a founding member and current board member of WOW Café, a women's theater collective in NYC's East Village formed in 1982, which promotes the empowerment of women through the performing arts. She has performed and produced many pieces for the organization.  

 

In addition, Sharon Jane has written and produced plays performed at Performance Space 122 and La Mama Experimental Theatre Club. As a musician she has performed with Holly Hughes, David Cale, Gail Tufts, and numerous East Village performers.   

 

In 1998 Sharon Jane received a New York Foundation for the Arts grant for playwrighting and screenwriting.

 

She and her father are the subjects of a 2004 documentary film, Time, and the River, by New York filmmaker David Ellsworth.   

    

 

You can listen to samples with Windows Media Player.

 

1.  Mississippi Mistress (2:18)…percussion – Gilad, accordion – Beverly Bronson  LISTEN

 

2.  Ankle Deep (3:45)… percussion – Gilad  LISTEN

 

3.  Nation of Rage (3:29)… percussion – Gilad, guitar – Chris Kendall  LISTEN

 

4.  Queen of Sheba (4:37)… saxophone – Terry Dame, percussion – Gilad  LISTEN

 

5.  Maiden Rock (5:01)… percussion – Joel Hamilton  LISTEN

 

6.  Is this my fault? (3:36)… percussion – Joel Hamilton, accordion – Beverly Bronson LISTEN

 

7.  Run Right Over (3:36)… saxophone – Terry Dame  LISTEN

 

8.  Blood on My Hands (4:32)  LISTEN

 

9.  So Sorry Sonny (3:30)… percussion – Joe Hamilton  LISTEN

 

10. I’ll Call Tomorrow (3:06)… saxophone – Terry Dame, percussion – Gilad  LISTEN

 

11. Music for a Dying Man (4:50) saxophones – Terry Dame, percussion – Gilad  LISTEN

 

12. Borrowed Water (3:08)… guitar – Chris Kendall  LISTEN

 

13. Shocked by the Simple Truth (3:03)… percussion – Joel Hamilton  LISTEN

 

14. Stuck between Polish and No Polish at All (3:24)…accordion – Beverly Bronson, guitar – Chris Kendall, percussion – Joel Hamilton  LISTEN

 

All songs written and sung by Sharon Jane Smith

Mandolin: Sharon Jane Smith

Acoustic and electric bass: Tony Maimone

Produced by: Tony Maimone

Recorded by: Tony Maimone and Joel Hamilton

Mided by: Tony Maimone and Joel Hamilton at Studio G, Brooklyn, NY

Executive Producer: Beverly Bronson   

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