Cosy Sheridan is an American folk

Folk music

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 singer/songwriter. Sheridan graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...

. Her songs cover political topics such as AIDS

AIDS

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, prostitution

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, women's body image

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, and environmentalism

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, as well as tending toward the humorous: her song Turboyeast, about vaginal yeast infections

Candidiasis

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, was featured on the Dr. Demento

Dr. Demento

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 radio program. She lives in Moab, Utah

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Her album, Live At Cedarhouse, was recorded in April 2006 at Cedarhouse Sound in North Sutton, New Hampshire

Sutton, New Hampshire

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, where she had recorded four previous albums. This album is a blend of audience favorites and new songs. The last track has a variety of outtakes and a live version of "Turboyeast."

Discography

• Quietly Led (1990)
• Late Bloomer (1992)
• Saturn Return (1994)
• One Sure Thing - Live (1996)
• Grand Design (1999)
• Ant Hymn (2003)
• Botox Tango (2003) (a collection of Sheridan's satirical
  Satire
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   songs with new songs added)
• The Pomegranate Seed (2004)
• Live at Cedarhouse (2006)
• Eros (2008)
• The Horse King (2011)

External links

• Official web site