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Press Kit — Bio
According to family lore, Sheri Kling started whistling before she could talk. Singing followed closely behind. And from the moment she finished her first guitar lesson at age nine, she was hooked for life. Or, as she puts it in her song, “I Heard Colors”—“I was clumsy and I was young, but I sang from my toes. I’d go home tired but happy, serenading the sidewalks.” Today, Sheri is an accomplished singer/songwriter, guitarist, storyteller and newspaper columnist who weaves together powerful music and vivid stories to inspire people to find the stories at the center of their own lives. Described as a “natural Southern gal storyteller in the Lucinda Williams/Flannery O'Connor vein,” Kling has released three music CDs to high critical praise, regularly writes essays for The Northeast Georgian newspaper, and her commentaries have been aired on Georgia Public Broadcasting. Her solo performance piece “Finding Home” leads a set of touring programs that also include arts in education workshops in creative writing for high school students and outreach programs for women and seniors. Mix one woman, one guitar, vivid stories and music that ranges from “introspective acoustic ballads to more freewheelin’ honky-tonk throwdowns” and you get captivating entertainment. In the fall of 2002, Sheri produced and released her first solo CD Let It Unfold on her own HeartSprings label to high, critical praise. Indie-Music.com said, “It’s impossible to feel anything but good while listening to Sheri Kling’s new release ‘Let It Unfold.’” FolkWax.com found it “transcendently well done.” And Bradenton (FL) Herald wrote, “Kling's voice – a clear, strong instrument of beauty – brims with the kind of lived-in experience that immediately makes one lean forward and feel a connection… I've never been so wowed by an unsigned artist as I have by Sheri Kling and her Let it Unfold release.” In 2005, Sheri released two new CDs: the all-original Heartland and Passions & Prodigals, a guitar- and voice- only collection of hymns, traditionals, covers and originals. About Heartland, Southeast Performer wrote “here we find Sheri Kling at her best, performing songs of joy, hope, pain, loss, and celebration…This is a vast mix of songs of the South, a vibrant tapestry of musical material that touches on all the bases of relationships, new loves, and old loves never to be forgotten.” With her rich voice and distinctive guitar style, Sheri has been heard at such acclaimed venues as Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe, Atlanta’s Eddie’s Attic and Variety Playhouse, Wisconsin’s Cafe Carpe, Indiana’s Front Porch Music and the Manatee Riverfront Theatre in Bradenton, FL. She’s appeared on television with gospel singer Babbie Mason (host of “Babbie’s House”) and on “RadioLive” from WUWF. Sheri has shared the stage with such accomplished artists as Indigo Girls, Carrie Newcomer, Pierce Pettis and Shawn Mullins. Now based in the mountains of northeast Georgia, Sheri performed in the premier production of “Headwaters: Stories from a Goodly Portion of Beautiful Northeast Georgia.” In addition, Sheri has led a songwriting workshop at the Sandhills Literary Conference at Augusta State University and is on the Georgia Touring Artist Roster and profiled in Southern Artistry. Sheri is also developing new audiences through her “keynote concert” speaking engagements. From participants (“I thoroughly enjoyed your Saturday Keynote Speaker’s presentation – what a force!”) to planners (“As we are searching for this year’s keynote speaker, I can’t help but wish we could have Sheri come back again”), programs with Sheri Kling get rave reviews. With such ventures, Sheri has taken a leap in her musical career that reaches far beyond the sidewalks of her youth and opens a path to people everywhere who seek journeys of the heart.
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