Linda Sharar

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Linda Sharar is an American folk singer/songwriter. She began singing, playing guitar, and writing songs as a teenager, inspired by James Taylor and Neil Young. While attending college at the University of Virginia and playing soccer for the school, she performed at open mikes in Charlottesville, Virginia. After graduation, she moved to New York City to begin her career as a singer-songwriter.

In 1995, Sharar teamed up with musicians Gregg Cagno and Christian Bauman and bands The Marys, Big Happy Crowd and The Amazing Incredibles to create the musical collective Camp Hoboken. The artists collaborated on songs and performances until 1999. Sharar moved to Boston in 1996. In 1997, Sharar was a co-producer of the Respond compilation, a benefit for domestic violence causes, and the compilation (including Sharar's song Any Kind of Love) and her own first album, Participate, were both released in 1998. Her second album, Any Second Street, followed in 2001.