Brandi Shearer

Brandi Shearer was raised on a farm in rural Oregon where she was encouraged by her grandmother to sing and play music. She was gifted a guitar by her father. In her teens, Shearer studied classical guitar and voice, and won an opera scholarship to attend a local college. Shearer traveled to Hungary as part of a student exchange program. In Hungary, she was exposed to the music of a variety of American Jazz and Blues artists, including Billie Holiday. She subsequently dropped out of college and began performing in clubs and bars in Hungary and France.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, Shearer moved to San Francisco and released her debut album, which featured contributions from jazz guitarist Ted Savarese. She also played rhythm guitar in Savarese's jazz-oriented ensemble Drizzoletto. Shearer released the albums Music of a Saturday Night and Sycamore in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Following their release, Amoeba Records owner David Prinz booked Shearer for a live recording with the gypsy jazz group Robin Nolan Trio in 2005. Various tours and performances followed, including an appearance with Nolan at Austin's SXSW festival. In 2005, Shearer released Rendezvous at the Nightery, her debut recording for Amoeba Records, backed by the Robin Nolan trio, with David Grisman on mandolin, followed by the release of Close to Dark in 2007.[1] After the label folded in 2008, Shearer formed Vinyl Tiger Music. Shearer released Love Don't Make You Juliet in 2009.

Her music has been used for film and television, including the television series' Dexter, Weeds, True Blood, Prime Suspect and several others.

Studio albums

• Museum (1999)
• Music of a Saturday Night (2003)
• Sycamore (2004)
• Rendezvous at the Nightery (2005)
• Close to Dark (2007)
• Love Don't Make You Juliet (2009)

She is currently living in Los Angeles, California, United States.^{[citation needed]}

• Official website