Musician Sharon Van Etten Put Down Roots in Ditmas Park

She started out couch surfing in Brooklyn, but musician Sharon Van Etten tells the New York Times that she's finally settled in Ditmas Park, and she shows them around in a nice profile:

One freezing Sunday, she gave me a tour of the neighborhood. She pointed out the liquor store with the ridiculous clerk and the flower shop that serves alcohol. We passed a guy huddled outside a bodega, drinking a 40-ounce beer in the early afternoon. He looked like somebody you’d want to leave in peace. He gave Van Etten a hesitant look of recognition. Van Etten stopped and threw out her arms. “Hey, man!” she said brightly, recognizing him as a landlord from a few sublets ago. “How ya doin’?”

They've also got a great video of her and Heather Woods Broderick performing, surrounded by the flowers in Sycamore's front room.

Sharon's new album, Tramp--which was produced by neighbor Aaron Dessner of The National--comes out on Tuesday, February 7, and she'll be on tour through spring, with three performances in NYC later this month.