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Artist of the Year/ Tri-state Indie/ Noise Cover/ MassMic

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We had so much fun on our southern tour, sold out of our hand-made jewelry, presented many unsuspecting new friends with ‘Crazy Pills,’ and I even won ‘Artist of the Year‘ at the My Rural Radio Fall Fest III! I got an awesome LED light-changing trophy that took about 1 hour and 4 people to set up once we returned from tour…! At least it didn’t break in our new tour Prius, James.

Tri-State Indie wrote about the festival, “Sarah Blacker is a star.  Never heard of her?  Listen once and you will never forget her.  She received the MyRuralRadio Artist of the Year Award that night and played an achingly beautiful set.  She writes poignant songs that speak simply and honestly and wow, can she strum a guitar.” thanks guys!

Here are a couple of our pics from the tour. To see more, visit SB’s facebook page

SB & Shaysh on percussion

SB & Shaysh at Yorktoberfest w/Bob Glick, videographer

Upon returning from tour, someone handed me a copy of Boston’s Music Magazine, the Noise, and showed me my photo on the cover! There’s really no better way to return home than this:

SB on the cover!

after being last month’s Big Shot! in the Noise too. Rita and Lolita from the noise said, “Each of the artists on the cover deserves to be dominating the page. These performers are already local stars.”

Thanks Noise Magazine!

‘Knocked the Winds’ (the single off of ‘Come What May’) is currently featured on massmic.org
[click here to take a listen]

BBC / Beasley + Southern CD Release Tour

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SB’s song, ‘Come What May’ was recently reviewed by Boston Band Crush’s online blog in honor of her inclusion in this year’s
New England Americana Festival on Friday, April 1st.

“the qualities of her voice create a situation where the listener is almost magnetically and inexorably drawn to continue listening to the track…she sings her way around corners and through tiny spaces under chairs and tables. Blacker is like the mouse that appears out of nowhere and leads you on a chase through sections of your house you didn’t even know existed.”

Beasley, SB’s black lab and touring companion/best friend is ‘Pet of the Month’ in April’s Boston music rag, the Noise.

pick up a print copy to read more

Starting April 14th, Roni, Beasley + SB head down south for a
*CD RELEASE TOUR*
to Easton, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Peekskill, NY; NYC; Charlottesville, VA; Spindale, NC; Asheville, NC; Charlotte, NC; Raleigh, NC; + Pittston, PA.

*HELP SPREAD THE WORD* by sharing this FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE with all your friends.
All event details are listed on the page, as well on the shows page so check it out, and make your own event pages too.

SB Makes Top Picks of ’09 in the Noise, Boston + Heads to TX!

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Hey everyone, we are excited to share this news that we just found out about.

In ‘the Noise,’ one of Boston’s great music magazines, Radio DJ and staff writer, Max Bowen of ‘Citywide Blackout‘ noted the following
in his top 10 of ’09 list.

“Sarah Blacker MAX BOWEN (Noise writer)
Top Ten for 2009
1. Sarah Blacker – A beautiful singing voice, with lyrics that touch the deepest of emotions”

[click here] to see the rest of the lists

Thanks for putting us at number 1 Max!!!

JUST ANNOUNCED!
Sarah Blacker will be heading to Dallas, TX on March 11th for a mini-tour with singer/songwriter, Keegan Mcinroe, from the twangy, and awesome southern band, Catfish Whiskey [see, they aren't Irish at all]
in the Dallas/Fort Worth/Denton area.

To find out where they’ll be playing, visit SB’s MYSPACE PAGE.

Following this little stint, SB heads down to SXSW to experience the festivities! Hope to see y’all there!

WHEN WE RETURN WE’LL BE BACK IN OUR HOMETOWN on Thursday, March 25th, Headlining our favorite room:
the Lizard Lounge, Cambridge.
To view details, visit our facebook event page: HERE

and on Saturday, March 27th, SB solo heads back to the North Star Music Cafe in Portland, ME to share the stage
with Meg Hutchinson for her second time. Come on out- we’ve missed you!!!

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