Live at Lunch: Sheryl Wiser

Date and Time

• Thursday, Aug 20, 2026  12pm - 1pm

Location

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Details

The Seattle-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist works in the space where Americana, roots, blues, folk, and jazz overlap. Her signature red Parker Fly guitar is part of the visual identity, but it's also a practical choice: a four-pound instrument she switched to after a serious repetitive strain injury in the mid-nineties forced her to rethink everything. The result, as the Seattle Weekly noted at the time, was a punchier sound paired with a new vocal confidence. The limitation became the sound.

Wiser came up through the folk coffeehouse scene in Boston and Denver before landing in Seattle, where her band Somebody's Daughter drew attention for their alt-folk/alt-country approach at a moment when the city was consumed by grunge. Musician Magazine named them a finalist in their "Best Unsigned Band" contest in 1994. Her solo career took her through Northwest stages, New York venues like The Bitter End and Sin-é, and opening slots for artists including Tori Amos, Crash Test Dummies, and Patty Larkin.