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Sharon Elizabeth Knight was born on January 8, 1966 and was raised in Redwood City, California.
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Knight is the co-owner of. Knight"s first album, Incantation, was released in 1996, followed by the self-titled Pandemonaeon debut (2001), Temple of Dreams-Live!, and her second solo album, Song of the Sea (2004), which features two duets with Shay Black of the Black Family. Two of Knight"s songs from Song of the Sea, "May Morning Dew" and "Song of the Sea", also appear on Sequoia Records" Celtic Lounge I (2006) and Celtic Lounge II (2007).
The latter also contains a music video for "Song of the Sea.
Her third Pandemonaeon album, Dangerous Beauty, was released in 2010. In 2013 Knight released her third solo album, Neofolk Romantique, another blend of original songs and Celtic traditionals.
Knight and Winter have been touring nationally since 2010. The same is true for her rock/folk metal band, Pandemonaeon, which due to its Middle Eastern and Goth influence, she describes as "music for bellydancers in combat boots." In her Celtic work, Knight is most often compared to Loreena McKennitt and Stevie Nicks, although her early musical influences are Planxty, Steeleye Spanish, Pentangle, and Fairport Convention.
Cry Foreign the Forest (Earthfilms, 1998, a short film about Julia Butterfly"s Luna tree-sit, soundtrack use)Dark Imaginations (Anaar, 2008, bellydance instructional Digital Video Disc, soundtrack contribution)Beatific Vision (Sountru, 2008, feature film, Digital Video Disc, soundtrack contribution)The Commune (Elisabeth Fies, 2009, feature film, Digital Video Disc, soundtrack contribution).
