Sarah Siskind

Upcoming Dates

• Feb. 5 — The Basement – Nashville, TN
• Feb. 7 — Friends Meeting House – Nashville, TN
• Feb. 21 — Station Inn (Old black Kettle Reunion Show) – Nashville, TN
• Mar. 7 — Shuba’s – Chicago, IL
• Mar. 20 — The Tap Room at Six Lounge (SXSW) – Austin, TX
• Apr. 3 — Tin Pan South – Nashville, TN
• Apr. 11 — Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN

More Information at SarahSiskind.com.

I’m gonna be straight with on this one. Consider this your fair warning. This is “not” a bluegrass album, It’s not even an Acoustic album. But, if you’ve got a slightly wider musical outlook, Sarah Siskind’s “Say It Louder” is well worthy of a listen. For those of you who don’t like puttin’ up your hard earned cash on a maybe, Siskind is willing to let you grab a copy of “Say It Louder” for free for a limited time.

You can sample the songs on the widget over to the right and if you like it well enough; for the lowly cost of five of your music lovin’ friend’s email addresses’ , Sarah Siskind will let you download a full copy of “Say It Louder.”

Siskind’s name should be familiar to those of you who labor over the liner notes in your CD’s. Alison Krauss & Union Station recorded Siskind’s Grammy Nominated “Simple Love” that was on the One Hundred Miles or More CD and DVD. The Infamous Stringdusters included “Lovin’ You” on their latest-self titled release and April Verch’s latest CD, Steal The Blue includes the Siskind penned “Some People.”

Say It Louder features 13 songs fusing folk and rock along with melodies and vocals that have a direct connection to the haunting appalachian sounds.  Siskind enlisted her longtime Old Black Kettle bandmates, Julie Lee and Jody Seyfriend, to sing harmonies, and her tried-and-true electric band (Joe MacMahan on guitar, Lex Price on bass and Ian Fitchuk on drums) to play on the recording.

Union Station member Jerry Douglas contributed searing guitar licks to “Keep Me Alive,” a powerful track that merges intense, old-time feeling with rock muscle. “Jerry asked if he could play on it,” Siskind marvels. “I was just blown away, because I’ve been a Jerry Douglas fan since I was, like, 16.”

Siskind stoked the album’s fire with songs that narrate a journey through difficult trials, ultimately arriving at a renewed embrace of life. “It’s probably the most focused album I’ve ever made, as far as all the songs really tying together,” Siskind reflects. “There is a real sense of rebirth. Each song is a different little corner of my life, of what I’ve been through in the last several years.”

Sarah Siskind notes, “Even though some of it is pretty intense and honest about the pain that I’ve been through, I feel like it’s a positive record.

“I always wanted to do songwriting as a craft, no matter who was recording the songs—that doesn’t really even matter to me,” Siskind says. “I always want to be writing songs, but I also really want to be an artist as well. I want to make records and I want to perform my songs for people. That’s the bottom line.”