Sarah Blacker's music is a unique blend of acoustic rock, folk, and jazz with stand-out vocals and quirky yet catchy songwriting, that set her apart from other female singer/songwriters in her genre.
She is a highly impressive guitar player, mandolin player, and percussionist, with a sound much bigger than her size, and a DIY drive, which has impressed many in the music business.
She is regularly compared to Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell and Regina Spektor, yet is consistently told that her sound is all her own.
Blacker was the recent winner of Radio 92.9/Boch Subaru's artist competition, and became the voice and face of Subaru of New England's "Ooh, ooh it's love," TV and radio campaign airing throughout New England and the mid-atlantic region for several months this fall/winter.
She was named Number 1 artist of 2009 by Max Bowen, writer for Noise Magazine, with her first release, 'The Only Way Out is Through,' [fall '09] and Number 2 artist of WMVY's [Martha's Vineyard] Unchartered Waters Series. Her song 'Smell of Caramel,' off of 'TOWOiT,' was recently signed by Black Cloud Promotions for licensing in TV and movies, and it also garnered her the recent win in the Subaru competition.
Blacker is a full-time, independent touring musician, having supported Jason Isbell from the Drive By Truckers, at the Fairfield Theater Company in Fairfield, CT, Farren-Butcher Inc. at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA, the Rustic Overtones, the Wood Bros. and Entrain at the Stone Church in Newmarket, NH, and Sarah Bareilles at the Granada Theater in Lawrence, KS to name just a few.
Having studied Music Therapy at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Sarah Blacker is also a Board-Certified, part-time Music Therapist for children with special needs, involved with the Doug Flutie Foundation, and is an Ambassador for Ernie Boch's Music Drives Us Foundation.
She likes to make jokes, and tell sarcastic jokes between songs.
She tours throughout New England, the South East, the Midwest, and the Southwest with her black lab, Beasley.
