Sheryl Diane's sweet quirky music alternates between funky ethereals to pop-punk gems.

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Currently in the recording process for the new album. Will begin playing local shows in Seattle this spring with a new line up of players.

Biography

Sheryl Diane Shumsky: born in Montana, moved west in ’89 after some formative years in Bozeman, DJ-ing at college radio station, KGLT and thereby baptizing herself in all manner of music especially; XTC, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, Minnie Ripperton, Joni Mitchell, and jazz; Sarah Vaughn, Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Tom Scott, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.

Sheryl Diane, a descendant of 4 generations of maternal piano players, was destined to wield the light-weight hammers and divide her time between mothering and the pursuit of a music career. She played locally, started a band (The Figs), produced a long running women’s songwriter series; Wine, Women & Chocolate, finally left the day-job to become a sought-after piano teacher, and developed a first recording, the Blackberry Love EP.

Sheryl’s a graduate of Fairhaven College with a self-designed degree, Aural Media, 1991. She’s currently recording a concept-rock album, Dream Carnival. Her April tour is planned through Salt Lake City to points in Arizona and Los Angeles. In Seattle, Sheryl Diane’s become known as a vocational musician.