Sarah Sharp

Sarah Sharp is a songwriter and Jazz singer based in Austin, Texas.   She is also 1/2 of the pop duo Kaliyo and a former Jitterbug Viper.

R.I.P. Slim Richey

Most Dangerous Guitar Player in Texas, indeed. It does not feel like you are gone at all. This recording means the world to me.  I’ve never known another man who can play with this much soul, grace, restraint, passion, coolness. No one compares.

NPR Song Travels with Michael Feinstein

Recent Song Placements

Sarah Recently wrote and recorded an album with Yaniel Matos. Stay tuned!!!

A Viper Just The Same recently featured on “The Good Wife” and “Grandfathered”

“Deep Girl” by Kaliyo on the Revenge Promo

If You Come Over – used by Chanel

Take What You Can Get – used by Dell

More recent song placements…

Quotes

“Sarah Sharp’s voice just oozes class throughout ‘Phoebe’s Dream’ and her songs are genuinely timeless.” – No Depression

““When you’re high, there’s nothing else to do but watch your very next breath make its way through the sky,” melts Sarah Sharp in a tranquil vocal haze on “When You’re High,” lulling an ephemerality that seeps through the entirety of Phoebe’s Dream. ” – Austin Chronicle

“Sarah Sharp’s soft spoken singing style and quiet instrumentations offer a living room, fireside closeness that keeps her away from the lounge-singer stereotypes of similarly jazz-influenced performers.” NPR – All Songs Considered

“Sarah Sharp, who serves as the primary Jitterbug Vipers songwriter, sweetly sails through a selection of originals in the tradition with seductive nonchalance but also digs down deep for an exquisite rendition of “Billie’s Blues.””– Downbeat Magazine

“..this raucous quartet lives and dies on the sultry, Billie Holiday-esque allure of frontwoman Sarah Sharp..” Austin Culture Map