Singer-songwriter Sarah Arslanian is once again bringing her songs of heartache and hope to fruition with her latest release Darling. Performing as Ladytown since 2003, she has performed throughout the Unites States and her songs have been played internationally. Sarah has released 2 albums to much acclaim: Ladytown (2003) produced by Bernie Larsen (David Lindley, Lucinda Williams, Melissa Etheridge) and Thirty-Nine Nineteen (2006) – produced by Aram Arslanian (Lisa Marie Presley, Rilo Kiley, Watson Twins). Sarah has recorded and collaborated on numerous projects, working with such notables as Mark Fosson (Bum Steers) as well as providing vocals as a member of the Bright Mountain Choir for the indie rock phenomenon The Mountain Goats.
Often compared to Emmy Lou Harris and Allison Krause, Ladytown’s haunting songs weave her influences throughout, yet they are uniquely her own. In the song Bombs*, Sarah’s honey tinged voice gently carries us wave-like on a journey that explores a desire for escape and the contradicting need for complacency. Bye–Bye Baby* is a driving alternative country song that highlights her vocal range and brings a live feel to the album. This high energy song should be played at top volume. Coins* while not a duet -is a conversation between two lovers long torn apart. While one holds on to the memory of it the other has moved on without looking back, both having two very different recollections of just what the relationship meant. Ladytown’s pop-influenced song Let’s Run Away* is an unexpected and wonderful gem. The sheer joy of falling in love is expressed with such sweetness and excitement that it harkens back to the innocence of a 1960’s feel-good hit.
Having lived and performed in the Los Angeles area for many years, Sarah now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. She continues to write and record, while also making a name for herself in the Portland music scene. She will be touring in support of Darling in 2011.
NEW!!!! Thirty Nine Nineteen [[2006]] CLICK HERE TO BUY
Ladytown's first release:
Ladytown [[2001]] CLICK HERE TO BUY
SOME Ladytown Reviews~~
The Audio Nut
Grade: A
Ladytown is the creation of Sarah Coleman, an impressive guitarist and songwriter with a golden voice from the days of old. Coleman sings from the heart and bares her soul on this twelve-track release, which is sure to cause you to reflect on subjects that youll find in common with her and her music. She sort of reminds me of Patsy Cline or a female Hank Williams Sr. in some spots with her voice and style. Now Im not saying that she bellows out Your Cheatin Heart or I Saw the Light, but her overall delivery is really reminiscent to great singer/songwriters from the past. Glass You Laid, Lolita, and Ill Give to You are all extraordinary songs, while Wo Xiang Ni (I Miss You) is a moving tune where Sarah sings to us in Chinese and doesnt lose a bit of emotion in the translation. There is a new Ladytown CD due out later this year and I am eagerly waiting to hear how it sounds. Fans of P.J. Harvey, Alison Kraus, or Ani DiFranco should have the benefit of visiting Ladytown.
Maverick Magazine
Ladytown is Sarah Coleman, a honey-voiced lady whose stripped-down, emotive country music is quietly becoming a staple on the LA/Southern California Americana scene, and who's ricochet of success has already been felt as far afield as New Zealand and Belgium. Recorded in a friend's living room, LADYTOWN should punch holes much greater than its budget, such is the quality of her battered heart song-writing and siren like, eye-opening vocal performance. Content-wise, Ms. Coleman'ts offerings exhibit acres of desert hurt, much in common with the frayed emotions of more recent LA scenester Lucinda Williams. In aural semblance however, they share startling similarities with the pure-bred lonesome echoes of Dolly Parton. Any number of her twelve tracks would make a seductive lo-fi follow-up to Jolene. The bare acoustic strumming and sympathetic resonator accompanying her cries, making her hardship all the more poignant. "Yeah I'm alright, thanks for asking," she soars on "Easy Come/I'm Alright". The beauty with Coleman, of course, is you can clearly tell she isn't. (HK)
Bryan Chalker of Traditional Music Maker Magazine
Strangely infectious.
Hector Zazou / Producer
There is in Sarah's voice a quality one could have thought has been
lost in new singers. A slight quiver which makes me shiver because it
takes us out of time, into a poetic West where the music has the
color of sand and the lyrics have the taste of an infinite sky".
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