Sharron Kraus

Sharron Kraus is an English singer, songwriter and musician with strong ties to the US. Kraus was born in New York but grew up in Leicester, England. She has lived in Philadelphia and collaborated with American musicians, including Meg Baird, Helena Espvall, Christian Kiefer, Tara Burke (Fursaxa), and Gillian Chadwick (Ex Reverie) .

Kraus has been compared to 1970s English folk singers such as Shirley Collins and Anne Briggs and heralded as one of the strongest voices in English contemporary folk. She has recorded a collection of traditional folk songs, Leaves From Off the Tree, with Meg Baird and Helena Espvall of Philadelphia psych folk band Espers, but the majority of her work is self-authored, influenced by English and Appalachian folk song, but with its own distinctive voice. Musically Kraus' work is described as 'spine-tingling' 'spooky' and 'the sound of England and its enchanted gardens'.

Kraus has toured Europe and the US with United Bible Studies, Meg Baird, James Blackshaw, Fursaxa, Thinguma*jigSaw and The Iditarod.

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Kraus

Kraus (German for curly) is a common surname. It may refer to:

People

Adalbert Kraus (born 1937), a German tenor

Adam Kraus (born 1984), American footballer

Adolf Kraus (1850–1928), lawyer and Jewish leader

Adolph Robert Kraus (1850–1901), American sculptor

Alanna Kraus (born 1977), Canadian speed skater

Albert Kraus, Dutch welterweight kickboxer

Alfredo Kraus, a Spanish opera singer

Bill Kraus (1947–1986), American gay rights and AIDS activist

Brigitte Kraus (born 1956), German middle distance runner

Bruce Kraus (born 1954), American politician and businessman

Charles A. Kraus (1875–1967), American chemist

Charles Kraus (clown) (born 1946), American clown, magician, writer, and comedian

Chris Kraus (American writer)

Chris Kraus (filmmaker)

Christian Jakob Kraus (1753–1807), economist

Daniel Kraus (disambiguation)

Detlef Kraus (1919–2008), German pianist

Dick Kraus (born 1937), American educator and politician

Engelbert Kraus (born 1934), German football player

Ernst Kraus (1863–1941), German tenor

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Kraus (musician)

Kraus (also known as Pat Kraus, formerly known as Prince Kraus) is a New Zealand experimental musician and composer. The New Zealand Listener called him "a national treasure" and "one of the most quietly important and interesting people making music in New Zealand". His music crosses the boundaries of electronic music, post-rock,no wave, space folk,noise pop, punk rock and martian stomp.

Work

Kraus has stated that he makes music for freaks, outsiders, losers and weirdos. Most of his music is released under a Creative Commons license with a non-commercial clause, consistent with his communist ideology.

He is influenced by medieval music, renaissance music, traditional Japanese music, psychedelic music and electronic music.

Kraus's work has been compared to Raymond Scott, Norman Mclaren,Moondog, Doctor Who,Sun Ra,Amps for Christ, Joe Meek, the Shaggs,John Frusciante, Pumice,Bruce Haack, Tangerine Dream, Flower Travellin' Band, Can, Kraftwerk, Goblin, Throbbing Gristle, Brian Eno, The Residents,Randy Holden,Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix,Jean Michel Jarre,Peaking Lights,Emily Dickinson,Tod Dockstader, Marvin the Martian,Maureen Tucker, Men's Recovery Project,Captain Beefheart and Royal Trux.