This week’s guest is a good friend of mine, and a super talented dude, Jake Hill!
[click here to listen online] We’ll be talking about my toe, and I’ll be singing one with him too!

My 2012 Resolutions are mostly private, but the one I’m happy to share with you is to make more Music Videos!!! It’s for this reason that I am releasing my
BRAND NEW EP, ‘Perfectly Imperfect,’ exclusively online to raise money for making videos. To find out how you can get a copy of this new EP and other awesome goodies, check out the VIDEO PROJECT and get yourself some new music, a private guitar or songwriting lesson, or even a house concert!

In other news, I’ve embarked on a ‘Demo-a-Day’ project for as long as I can manage. I started Dec 21st, and have only taken 2 days off since I cut my toe off… but I’m getting back at it later today!

Here are some *free downloads* for you of song #7 and song #9 and also a free download of my cover of
Tom Petty’s ‘Don’t Fade on Me’ which I played live at a Tribute in Somerville a few weeks back.

…and how’s about a video of ‘Into the Great Wide Open’ feat. Alison Shipton on fiddle? xo.

While in PA, Randy from the York Dispatch met with Mike Males from
My Rural Radio and I to do a video segment titled,
‘York Online Radio Station Hits Big’ on what it all means. Check out the video of our goofy jingle, and some of ‘I’m Like a Train, My Lord,’ and more right here

the Fly Magazine, a Central PA nightlife newspaper did a nice write-up about my show/live documentary taping at the Boondocks Club in York Haven, PA.
They said, “Quirky, catchy songwriting, accomplished instrumentation and an alto twang that rides the pendulum seamlessly between tender lullabies and full-blown rock songs.” …Thanks mucho guys.

In other news, last night was an AMAZING show at the Middle East Upstairs for Patrick Coman’s song series, ‘For the Sake of Song.’ This series, typically held at the Armory in Somerville, was a fundraiser for Music Drives Us, Ernie Boch Jr.’s foundation to raise funds to provide music to children in need, for which I’m an Ambassador. stay tuned for awesome videos and photos from the event. I performed, ‘Old Man,’ and ‘A Man Needs a Maid,’ and I think they’ll be added to live show repertoire… yessir.

The Boston Globe previewed the show. To read the entire article, click here

The awesome Boston music blog, Boston Band Crush, also wrote about the show and said, “Sarah’s combination of astoundingly beautiful voice and playful stage persona is sure to win over any listener still capable of being moved by the art of music. After a Sarah Blacker performance you just can’t help be feel a little bit better about being alive.” Thanks guys :]

I’m heading down to Central PA this weekend for an exciting bunch of shows. Visit [the shows page] for exact details and to get tickets and such, but here’s what I’ve got in store.

*Thursday night, May 12th, I will be sitting in with American Holler
at Victor’s Italian Restaurant 10pm, York, PA.
click here for details

*Friday, May 13th, A VERY exciting show:
LIVE TAPING of the American Hollar Music Documantary and Performance at the Boondocks Club,
hosted by MyRuralRadio.com
Doors Open at 7pm,  Suzi Brown opens,  open to the public.
[come be a part of a live taping for this fantastic documentary]

click the flyer for *facebook* event

*Saturday, May 14th
Woodstove House Concerts Performance [click here for details]
1614 Ridgeview Ave, Lancaster, PA 7pm    a very exciting house-concert… come hear stories, share laughs + be a part of an intimate night of music.

I’m thrilled to be playing these shows. Beasley will be along for the ride, and I can’t wait to share my new CD with all you wonderful people in central PA. xoxo

Oh, and I’m *ARTIST of the WEEK*

at My Rural Radio … yahooo
[click here to read all about it]

From broken stereos and cell-phones, to flash-flooding, tornadoes, and even an inner-ear-infection…it was one tour that we will truly never forget. Some photos of our travels: the NY Songcircle show at the Bitter End, + the show at the Evening Muse in Charlotte, NC are on facebook, but more will be posted shortly.

I shared an amazing night at

the Southern Cafe and Music Hall w/Katie Costello in Charlottesville, VA, but pre-show, returned to

WCNR‘s the Corner Lounge. To hear my in-studio interview and performance, click here.

The Weekender in PA wrote an awesome article and interview about our show in Pittston, PA, and said,

“When it comes to music, it’s refreshing to come across someone like Sarah Blacker. In a society where worth ethic seems to dwindle more and more, Blacker pushes along through the thick and thin just to keep doing what she loves most: Performing on stage.”

To read the entire article, click here. Unfortunately this show was cancelled due to a number of reasons, but we will be back to PA in May, so check out the shows page for details.

I finally got red cowboy boots in Asheville, NC

The AMAZING Ashley Fournier took photos of my show at the Evening Muse in Charlotte, NC supporting
the Boxcars featuring Adam Steffey [Alison Krauss's mandolin player]
view muse photos

and we even did a photo shoot in urban Raleigh! urban photos here
More to come!

*Several Summer Festival dates have been added to the calendar too… so check ‘em out!

the online source for Roots Music

Featured Artist, February 2011
The Alternate Root Magazine
“Sarah Blacker has the kind of voice that bends, swirls, flies high and goes down low without ever losing any of its power. Though it is control and an understanding of its power that allows that tone its potential, Sarah manages to deliver in a manner that lets the songs live in texture rather than technique.”

[click here to download 'smell of caramel' from sb's 1st album for free]

Music Scene: Sarah Blacker stays truer to herself on new CD  – The Patriot Ledger - Jay Miller
“The most arresting song on the new album is “I’m Like a Train, My Lord,” which Blacker sings solo, with just her guitar. Blacker sings it as soaring folk-gospel, providing plenty of emotional power and uplift, yet uncovering all manner of exquisite subtlety in the melody. More striking still, while singing she’s also playing guitar with some delicate finger-picking lines that are equally stunning. It would be an impressive performance for either a guitarist or vocalist, but to have someone do both simultaneously is impressive.”
[to read full article, click here]

SB’s sold-out Boston CD Release Party at CLUB PASSIM
was a HUGE success.

photo by Howie Hecht

To see a snippet of video from the show taken by a fan on his
i phone,
[click here]
this unreleased, unplugged song is called
‘Perfectly Imperfect’ and was the 1st of 2 encores, involving audience sing-a-long, and SB’s new friend ‘Leo’ the uke.

Visit sb’s personal facebook page [here] for pictures of this beautiful night.

SB also recently co-hosted WXGR’s ‘Evolvement Radio’ of NH.

[download hour 1 here]
[download hour 2 here]

read the entire review at Bill Copeland Music News [here]

SB will be returning to ‘Citywide Blackout’ w/Max Bowen on February 25th for an interview and live performance. He says of her recent album,

“Sarah’s music has a relaxing power to it. You crank up the volume and let your mind float away on the music.”

Max Bowen chose SB as his number 1 choice of 2009 for his list in the Noise Magazine following the release of ‘The Only Way Out is Through.’ [click here] to check out Max’s awesome blog, and find out how to listen to the interview.

SB co-hosts Cheap Seats on Cool 102 FM

The second hour can be heard at the Cheap Seats website. [here]

*HOME-TOWN CD RELEASE SHOW*
Tickets are NOW on sale for my Boston CD-Release Party
Friday, February 18th
at CLUB PASSIM
47 Palmer St
Cambridge, MA at 7pm

click [here] to reserve your tickets…they’re going fast!

“Her voice was excellent, as were her songs…the performer I that kept coming to mind as I listened to her great voice, excellent songs and quirky stage patter (which often made me laugh) was Shawn Colvin. I’m always pleasantly surprised when someone I’ve only heard on a recording turns out to be just as good live.”

Also while in Lancaster, I was invited to be a part of the ‘Wood Stove House’ Podcast series, with  Jason Mundok, and I will be performing at the house concert series on May 14th. To hear the podcast,  click here:  ATWS #14: Sarah Blacker

Thank you to everyone who pledged, and helped us meet our humble goal. Now… it’s our missing to finish up the record, so that it’s in your hands, lickety-split. Yahoooooo!!!

Sarah Blacker is the current ‘Artist of the Month’ on My Rural Radio. CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT

Thanks to the kind folks at the station for their support, and most importantly for “keeping it rural!”

Jeff Hostetter + SB at the MRR Fall Festival

kelly mcclean, jeff hostetter, SB and michael males at the MRR fall festival

It was an AMAZING weekend filled with great comraderie, music, and fun. We are so grateful to have been a part of it, and can’t wait until next year’s festival. Lots of money was raised for the Children’s Miracle Foundation of PA too.

JUST 4 days left ’till the end of SB’s KICKSTARTER Project, and we’re almost there…but not quite. Please help spread the word by re-posting the link, and considering adding a few bucks to the cause. All efforts will be greatly repaid.
SB on KICKSTARTER
The album is in the vocal-tracking phase, but we still need your help to master, and reproduce the CD, so that everyone can have a copy in their hands. Just 15 bucks pre-orders the CD for you or a loved one.

While in PA, SB also stopped at the Lancaster Dispensing Company [known locally as the Dipco] to perform as a feature in their *Songwriter’s Showcase* Night.
The Lancaster Entertainment Newspaper wrote the following titled
‘R&R with R&R: Boston musician drops by Dipco’

“Tonight they’ll [PA songwriters, Steven Courtney and Leo DiSanto] be sharing the stage with Boston-based diva Sarah Blacker, who’s been described as “the perfect blend of Joni Mitchell and Ella Fitzgerald.”
Steven, Leo, we love you guys, but it’s hard to imagine you on the stage with Joni and Ella. Fortunately, we don’t have to imagine it. We can just be there.”