The Peace Center’s Songwriters Series returns! Led by accomplished songwriter Maia Sharp, each concert brings a new guest singer-songwriter to the Upstate for a one-of-a-kind listening room experience in Genevieve’s theater lounge.
Maia Sharp has had her songs recorded by The Chicks, Bonnie Raitt, Trisha Yearwood, Keb’ Mo’, Cher, Lisa Loeb, Art Garfunkel and more. Through it all, Sharp has continued to record her own albums, including eight solo releases, one collaboration with Art Garfunkel and Buddy Mondlock and her duo project Roscoe & Etta with Anna Schultz, her writing and production partner. Each release has been embraced by press and radio, leading to extensive touring and appearances on Mountain Stage, World Café, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and “The Today Show” to name a few. Her latest album Mercy Rising is out now featuring the single “Backburner.”
Long before glowing acclaim from NPR and Billboard, packed shows, millions of streams, and collaborations with global groups, the journey of The Accidentals commenced in a public high school classroom. As the story goes, concertmaster violinist Savannah Buist and cellist Katie Larson volunteered to play a music boosters concert and wound being musical soulmates. Over time, their reputation for scoring strings quickly established Sav and Katie as the go-to string team for other artists’ abums. They have written and performed string parts on eleven albums, including Keller Williams’ “Hate, Greed, Love” and a remix of “Euphoria” by K-pop juggernaut and global superstars BTS. This was all while producing their own music as well. Their most recent album release Vessel, which came out earlier this year, is a natural evolution for the pair as they switch off on strings, vocals, and a number of other instruments.