I've loved her music for about 5 years now. She came to my attention at one of the Jeff Buckley tribute concerts. She's a major talent and has self released 2 cds as AWRY before hooking up with Sufjan Stevens and forming MBD.

This is their first release on Stevens' label.



new tour dates


MBD opens for DeVotchKa!

November 30, 2006 - First Ave - Minneapolis, MN

December 1, 2006 - The Annex - Madison, WI

December 2, 2006 - Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, IL

December 3, 2006 - Blueberry Hill / Duck Room - St. Louis, MO

December 4, 2006 - Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS

December 6, 2006 - Suede - Park City, UT

December 7, 2006 - Neurolux - Boise, ID

December 8, 2006 - Berbati's Pan - Portland, OR

December 9, 2006 - Nightlight Lounge - Bellingham, WA

December 10, 2006 - Showbox - Seattle, WA

December 11, 2006 - St. James Hall - Vancouver, BC

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MBD headlines in Europe - February 2007!

6 February - Whelan's - Dublin, Ireland

7 February - Auntie Annie's - Belfast, N Ireland

8 February - ABC2 - Glasgow, Scotland

11 February - Late Room - Manchester, England

12 February - AB Club - Brussels

13 February - Paradiso (upstairs) - Amsterdam, Holland

14 February - Geb, 9 - Cologne, Germany

15 February - Manufaktur - Schorndorf, Germany

16 February - Brotfabrik - Frankfurt, Germany

17 February - Mudd Club - Berlin, Germany

19 February - La Casa - Milan, Italy

20 February - Spazio 211 - Turin, Italy

21 February - Salzhaus - Winterthur, Switzerland

22 February - Fri-Son - Fribourg, Switzerland

25 February - Le Ciel - Grenoble, France

26 February - La Maroquinerie - Paris, France

27 February - Le Grd Mix - Tourcoing, France

28 February - Bush Hall - London, England

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www.mybrightestdiamond.com


there are some great videos on YouTube as well.

This album is pretty good. It's a little spooky-ooky but in a very sophisticated way so that appeals to me naturally.

I missed her NYC show in November.

i haven't had a chance to see her live either.
yes there is a lot of death in this record her other ones, as AWRY, didn't have so much. I think it had to do with Shara's younger sister dying a few years ago. I'm listening to 'Magic Rabit' as I write this, and yeah, pretty gothic/creepy, in places.

sextonseven said:

I went early to catch her show based on a friend's recommendation, but I didn't like it very much. Not melodic enough, kinda dull, IMO. But I admit I may have just been too anxious to see Sufjan!

this is a cd that i keep a forgetting to buy. we showed up late (thanks to traffic getting into berkeley) and only caught the last two songs of my brightest diamond's set, when she opened for sufjan. i've always enjoyed her voiced when she sings with him and, going by what i did manage to hear at the show, the band sounds really good.