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Sharon Udoh is a Nigerian-American pianist, composer, arranger, curator, and vocalist based in Chicago, who sometimes performs under the name Counterfeit Madison.

Her work combines vocals that seemingly erupt from the center of the earth with a stage presence that somehow feels both dangerous and kind. Their collaborators have included clipping., Tune-Yards, Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus, Ben Lamar Gay, Dr. Adam Zanolini, and Angel Bat Dawid. His performances have been described as a warm bowl of soup, a tornado, a jalapeño pepper, a Jackson Pollock painting, a bulldozer, and magnetic. Long after she left the church of her youth, music has become a place of worship, and has been her salvation many times over.

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