Sharon Brooks, Australian Queen of Funk

Funk, disco and jazz, fused rather than kept in separate boxes. Sharon Brooks has sung, written and produced across three decades, on festival stages including Woodford, Caloundra, Mitchell Creek Rock & Blues, Island Vibe and Jungle Love. She's opened for Jon Stevens and Dragon, and appeared in the 2022 film Elvis as one of the Sweet Inspirations. In Brisbane she fronts her own band, PocketLove, and she's been at that twelve years now. The booking scales to the room: solo, duet or the full band. Her repertoire runs past 5,000 songs, from the obvious hits to things almost nobody in the room will know, and she'll learn new material if you give her the time. Away from gigs she mentors younger artists coming up.