Album Notes

Sarah Siskind grew up in a family of musicians. She recalls hearing endless genres of music piping through her parents’ record player in her North Carolina home; Bluegrass, Celtic, Appalachian, Gospel, Classical. It had a strong influence on her and at age 4, Sarah was singing and playing piano, and was writing songs at 11. By the time Sarah was 14, she released her first full-length album called Horizon Cries and went on to win numerous state-wide songwriting contests and appear alongside other North Carolina acts such as Doc Watson and Maya Angelou. The next project followed at 17, and after a brief move to Seattle, WA, Sarah settled in Nashville, TN and released her third CD at age 21.

After only a short while in Nashville, Sarah made a name for herself as one of the “most innovative voices on the outskirts of Americana” (Nashville Rage) and her forth project which was released in 2001 garnered wide acclaim, featuring one of the worlds highest respected guitarists, Bill Frisell. The Tennessean wrote “The independently released project (Covered) exudes intelligent, emotional atmosphere and moody electricity. Indeed, it is one of the finest albums of any genre to emerge from Nashville this year, and a genuine contribution to the singer/songwriter canon, thanks to its startling originality.” Performing Songwriter called it “utterly captivating.”

Sarah also began to establish herself as a riveting songwriter as well as a unique singer and artist. Tim O’Brien stated that "It's rare to hear anyone with such a strong vision" while Ron Sexsmith said that “Sarah has beautiful songs that resonate.” In 2004, Alison Krauss and Union Station solidified this when they recorded her song “Goodbye Is All We Have” on their CD Lonely Runs Both Ways and released it as a single in July of 2005. In January of 2006, Sarah inked a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music in Nashville, which is home to other acclaimed songwriters such as Mindy Smith, John Scott Sherrill, Shawn Camp and more.

In 2007, Alison Krauss recorded Sarah's song "Simple Love" on her new CD "A Hundred Miles or More", which is nominated for a Grammy for "Best Female Country Performance."