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My
Brightest
Diamond P H O T O S B Y S H E R V I N L A I N E Z W O R D S B Y K A T E Z A L I Z N O C K
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND (REAL NAME SHARA NOVA) IS A VOCALIST AND MUSICIAN WHO DEFIES GENRE CONFINEMENTS TO CREATE HER EVER-EVOLVING SOUND. BORN INTO A FAMILY OF TRAVELING EVANGELICALS, SHARA’S CHILDHOOD WAS SPENT ON THE ROAD WITH HER FATHER, WHO LED CHURCH CHOIRS, AND HER MOTHER, WHO PLAYED THE ORGAN. SHARA SETTLED OUTSIDE OF DETROIT AS A TEENAGER AND STUDIED OPERA, AND SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, WHERE MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND WAS ENKINDLED. WE JOINED SHARA IN CONVERSATION ABOUT HER CREATIVE GROWTH, HER LATEST ALBUM (A MILLION AND ONE), CULTURAL ACTIVISM, AND MORE. THIS INTERVIEW HAS BEEN EDITED FOR LENGTH.
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