Sharin Foo (born 22 November 1973) is a Danish musician and singer playing in the

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group

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Early life

Foo was born in Emmelev,

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, on 11 November 1973. She was raised in a

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commune. Foo's father is musician Kim Tai Foo, a second-generation Danish-Chinese who played in the Danish folk-rock band Djursland Spillemænd.Djursland Spillemænd
in the Discogs website At an early age, Foo spent time in

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studying the musical traditions of ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

When Foo returned to Denmark, she got involved in the local

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scene and met Sune Rose Wagner in

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in 2001. They formed

and recorded their debut album, the EP ''

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'', in 2002 for the Crunchy Frog label, of Denmark. ''

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'' editor David Fricke's positive review of their performance at the 2002 Spot music festival held in Denmark resulted in a number of offers from major recording labels. They signed with

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and released their first full-length album, '' Chain Gang of Love'', on the Columbia label, in 2003. The group, since its inception, has been touring constantly, in various line-ups around Wagner & Foo.

Personal life

Foo married in 2007 musician and songwriter Greg Edwards, of the

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band

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. They have one daughter, Molly Foo Edwards, born on 13 September 2008. The couple separated in February 2015 and divorced in August of the same year. Foo's sister, Louise, is also a musician and singer who has been in the group Giana Factory, and the collective Ohmarymary. Louise Foo toured with The Raveonettes in the summer of 2008, replacing for some dates her sister who had to avoid stage work in order to better conclude her pregnancy, on doctor's orders. In 2011, Sharin Foo acted as judge in the Danish TV

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''Danmarks største stemme'' ("Denmark's Greatest Voice"). In 2012, along with

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er Camilla Hjerl who's also from Denmark, Foo opened ''Hurra!'', an

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and

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that "curates and sells a selection of Danish art- and design-objects", which led, in 2013, to a

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."''Hurra!'' pop-up delivering Danish design in sunny California
ArtRebels website In 2015, she competed in the Danish version of ''

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'' along with dancing partner Frederik Nonnemann. Foo subsequently stated that the dancing offered her a "new body-awareness" and she has become "more brave" about her physicality. The dancing couple were voted out halfway through the competition. Foo lived in

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for 17 years with her daughter, but is now living in Denmark.

References

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