About Sharon Knight

Sharon Knight

Sharon Knight is a musician in the Celtic-Paganfolk vein. She describes her sometimes ethereal, sometimes gritty style as “Neofolk Romantique”.

She has toured internationally with her partner and musical collaborator, Winter, for many years, and has shared stages with Wardruna, Faun, Omnia, Corvus Corax, SJ Tucker, Tricky Pixie, Heather Dale, Wendy Rule, Stellamara, and many more.

Sharon is also a visual artist and is currently working with Winter on another sea-themed album and art book, called Undertow, which she plans to combine with education about the effects of climate change on our oceans. 

Sharon Knight’s blog posts:

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Invoking the Inner Sanctuary

Songs That Save Our Lives Do you know those times when your heart is breaking, and then you hear a piece of music, and you feel your life has been saved? You were drowning, and then this melody, harmonic progression, lyrical phrasing, lifts you up and out, creates space around...
Sharon Knight and T Thorn Coyle, pagan musician priestesses

Summoning the Guardians in Song

One of the things that brings ritual powerfully alive for me is the combination of symbol and song. The melody of a song pitched just right can create a powerful opening to the Otherworld. And the imagery we choose for the lyrics can guide us to where we are going. ...

Magic and Metaphor in Songwriting

Have you ever wondered what it is about a song lyric that captures your imagination? Some lyrical phrases leave a stirring within us long after the song ends, while others leave us flat. What makes the difference?  One of our challenges as songwriters is to create an experience for our...
Sharon Knight on beach doing ocean witchcraft

Songs of the Sea

Does the hypnotic lull of the sea draw you, and mesmerize you in its captivating rhythms? If so, you and I are kin. Since a young girl growing up on the California coast, I have been captivated by the sea. It has always seemed a portal into another world; the...