Aoede (born Lisa Sniderman) is a folk pop artist and playwright based in San Francisco.
[1][2][3] Aoede won the Album of the Year for her 2011 release Affair with the Muse, and Best Folk / Acoustic Artist in the inaugural 2012 Artists in Music Awards,[4] Aoede also won Album of the Year 2012.
[4] Aoede was a 2013 John Lennon Finalist in the children's category for Fairy Tale Love and a 2012 Finalist for Little Things,[5] NY Stage Play Finalist for Do You Believe in Magic?, adapted from Aoede's original fantasy musical recorded as an audiobook featuring songs, dialogue, narration, sound effects and full instrumental score,[6] NY Stage Play Finalist and Ruble New Play Festival Finalist for What Are Dreams Made Of?, adapted from her full-length original fantasy musical, one of the first original musicals recorded on an audiobook.
[10] Sniderman suffers from a rare and debilitating auto-immune disease called dermatomyositis.
[11][12] She also co-founded WomenROCK, a Bay Area-based women-in-music advocacy group.