Pooka (band) Pooka (band) Pooka was the former songwriting duo of UK guitarists/vocalists Sharon Lewis and Natasha Jones. They took their name from Púca, a mythical Irish goblin with an uneven temper. Pooka were formed early in 1992 at Nottingham Polytechnic. After only a few months of forming the band Lewis and Jones decided to try their luck in London to find a record company to work with. They did this by visiting record companies in person, guitars in hand, and performing their songs live to various talent scouts. This eventually led to their gaining a 5 album recording contract with WEA.
Pooka (band) in the next two years, Pooka released a five-song EP, "Monday Mourning," in 1999 on the French Telescopic Records label. In 2001, Lewis and Jones independently released "Fools Give Birth To Angels", a self-produced, classically written and arranged collection of new songs, replete with string sections and a hand bell choir. Only 1,000 copies of the CD were produced. Soon thereafter, their ten-year musical partnership came to an abrupt end, but not before the Rough Trade release of their fourth album "Shift." Both Jones and Lewis continue to play live, and have since each released two solo albums. Pooka (band)