Beaucoup
Shakti
"A spine tingling, siblings-from-different-mothers listening experience..."
B. Shakti
(Bow-coo shock-T) is a lyric-driven, spirited,
Acoustic Pop band based on the core songwriting duo of guitarist Sharon Bousquet and filmmaker/vocalist Phoenix
Jordan. Beaucoup is French for 'LOTS' and Shakti is a word
meaning "the creative feminine principle, or life force". So,
BEAUCOUP SHAKTI means "Lots of Creative Female Energy".
Tested to all conceivable limits, Phoenix Jordan was hit by a car on her bicycle in March of
2009, sustaining a brain injury. She returns to the performance stage after
spending the past year rehabilitating and working on the first Beaucoup Shakti
CD. Phoenix has worked for Disney, Nickelodeon, and Universal Studios as
a singer, dancer, and actor. She grew up in a performing arts academy, studying
music, film, theatre, and dance in college. Phoenix brings her natural
talent in vocal arranging, a gift of a voice, and experience scoring her
own films to B. Shakti's recordings and shows.
Sharon Bousquet is an award-winning songwriter/fingerstyle guitarist,
and a seminar leader of The Singing Body – a system combining yoga,
singing, breath and integrative movement to free your natural voice.
With 5 CDs to her credit spanning a stylistic range from contemporary
folk to pop to bluesy a cappella rants, Bousquet's work continues to deepen and reward
repeat listening.
Sharon and Phoenix are currently working to complete their highly
anticipated inspirational CD, "How Spirit Sings". The duo will begin
touring throughout the Midwest and California this fall. Sign the email
list here at SB.Com, and treat yourself to what one critic called, "a
spine-tingling, siblings-from-different-mothers listening experience”.
Beaucoup Shakti Online:
www.beaucoupshakti.com
www.reverbnation.com/beaucoupshakti
To hire Beaucoup Shakti for a house concert or community event,
to bring the Singing Body Seminar to your town, or for further information:
Booking@SharonBousquet.Com or Diana@MakeigMarketing.Com
Bousquet Music
POB 1552, Fairfield IA 52556
641.980.8566
NEWS
•February 2010:
Bousquet Music signed with Marketing and Booking Agency Makeig Marketing to
launch The Singing Body Seminar across the U.S. Diana Makeig will promote the
Bousquet Music CD catalogue, including two new Beaucoup Shakti releases to
close 2010. Certain concert bookings by the talented duo will also be handled
at www.makeigmarketing.com, call
for details.
•Sharon Bousquet provided the theme of the film, title track, background music
and more for the Independent film "Sister Patchouli" starring Sondra
Ward (2008), by My Town Pictures. The film won a National Tellie Award.
SHARON BOUSQUET BRIEF BIO
Born in South Philadelphia to a musical family, Sharon grew up on the East
Coast in towns like Chester, PA and Wilmington, DE. Voices from the left side
of the radio dial began making an impression during the long vacations her
family took each summer. With her father behind the wheel of a wood-paneled Ford
station wagon and a small Scotty travel trailer rolling behind, the voices of
Joni Mitchell, CSNY, and the progressive rock melodies of Yes, Led Zeppelin and
Heart took hold. Those long car rides throughout the West left ample time for
an artist’s imagination to rise, for a writer to be born.
Each of Sharon’s 5 CDs, including her first session in ’94 with the
Vancouver-based ensemble “Travelers in Paradise” - a compilation that raised
$10,000 for the H.I.V. ward of the Vancouver Children’s Hospital - have been
independently released. The strongest of the six reached American audiences
with the spring 2007 radio release of "Temple".
Other Awards/Kudos:
Winner, Jazz category, Austin Songwriter’s Group song contest for "No
Valentine"
Winner, TX Heritage Music Foundation/Kerrville Folk Fest Essay Contest
Finalist, 16th Annual B.W. StevensonSinger-Songwriter Award, Dallas
Finalist, Inspirational, ASG Song Contest for the song "Temple"
Praise for Temple:
“Clean, uncluttered & transparent, the well-played, minimalist arrangements
not only recall classic early singer-songwriter ventures by the likes of Joni
Mitchell, Joan Armatrading and Janis Ian, but Bousquet - remarkably - holds her
own in that lofty neighborhood.” - Jim Musser, Iowa City
Press-Citizen
“Sharon Bousquet does everything with sultry
grace. She has considerable prowess on the acoustic guitar, yet puts her
instrument down to belt out electrifying a cappella numbers like the
gospel-tinged Temple. Bousquet has the substance to rise to the top.” R.
Patt, Metro Santa Cruz
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