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  Sarah Harmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarah Harmer (born 12 November 1970 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the then-unknown Tragically Hip.
Sarah has performed and canvased in support of the NDP and Marilyn Churley, her friend in the fight for the protection of the Niagara Escarpment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarah_Harmer   (501 words)

  
 Sarah Harmer News
Sarah Harmer fans will have an opportunity to see her in a different role when the popular, Kingston-based singer-songwriter makes her film acting debut in The End of Silence, which screens tomorrow and Sunday...
Sarah Harmer grew up on a farm in North Burlington, an hour outside of Toronto, she says, by way of explaining the genesis of the gentle folk pop songs that have made the singer-songwriter and guitarist a...
Sarah Harmer, Aglow at the Birchmere Washington Post, Thursday, March 2, 2006; Page C08 It looked a few years ago as if Sarah Harmer was on the verge of alt-rock stardom.
www.topix.net /who/sarah-harmer   (622 words)

  
 Shock Records - SARAH HARMER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer may not yet be the household name in Australia that she is in Canada or the United States, but that is all about to change with her up and coming Australian performances.
Sarah Harmer’s music incorporates pop and folk sensibilities, Harmer performs what might be called “homemade” music straight from the heart into the soul.
Of course Harmer will never get much airplay on commercial radio and she will only ever remain a minority interest but that is the loss of the masses not the loss of the discerning minority".
www.shock.com.au /artists/bio.asp?artist_ID=65406   (687 words)

  
 The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Sarah Harmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer, Leslie Feist, and of course Sarah Slean were all incredibly wonderful.
Sarah Harmer, from Weeping Tile, ended off the show with a set that showed an astonishing amount of country influence.
Sarah and her band were in fine form, and the adoring crowd rewarded her by calling her back for two encores and giving her three standing ovations.
ectoguide.org /genre/folkrock/harmer.sarah   (2449 words)

  
 Interview with Sarah Harmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer is the lead singer and songwriter for Weeping Tile.
Sarah Harmer has an incredibly versatile voice; not only is it sensuous, but so emotion-laden that she can reach deeply within and turn you inside out when combined with her heart-felt lyrics.
Sarah's second solo release, You Were Here, is like a bittersweet journey into sentimentality, and it holds a magic that will draw you in like a moth to flame, but without the painful end.
www.greenmanreview.com /sarahharmerinterview.html   (2620 words)

  
 Sarah Harmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer (born 1970 in Burlington, EHandler: no quick summary.
Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, EHandler: no quick summary.
Harmer has also appeared as a guest vocalist on albums by other Canadian artists, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sarah_harmer.htm   (891 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music: Harmer album inspired by tour
Sarah Harmer says recording her new bluegrass-soaked acoustic collection, I'm A Mountain, came easily and quickly after her recent tour in the Niagara Escarpment this summer.
Harmer organized an I Love The Escarpment tour to protest an application for an 82-hectare limestone quarry on the north bluffs of the sensitve Escarpment lands at the singer-songwriter's hometown of Burlington, Ont. She also had long wanted to hike the Bruce Trail because she grew up right across the road from it.
Harmer is delighted to have the warm baritone of her father Clem on two tracks -- Oleander and the AIDS vigil song, Goin' Out.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/2005/11/29/1328777.html   (715 words)

  
 Interview: Sarah Harmer of Weeping Tile, May 1996
Sarah's songs have been described as "winding their way through the Canadian Shield." After listening to Cold Snap, it appears to me that that means Sarah exudes her environment and paints intricate images for the listener.
Sarah tries to recall it: "She was just starting to play bass and she moved out...
Sarah didn't have a clear idea of when a new album may be recorded.
dropd.com /issue/9/WeepingTile   (1069 words)

  
 Sarah Harmer: You Were Here - PopMatters Music Review
Harmer's voice is unadorned, and her choice to accompany it with little more than an acoustic or electric guitar gives her music a simple, heartfelt mood.
While Sarah Harmer's voice is sweet and pleasant, and she has an adequate command of the guitar, her true strength is here quietly confessional lyrics.
Sarah Harmer has created beautifully sensitive music that is carried by the fact everything she does is real, and that's something to appreciate.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/h/harmersarah-you.shtml   (397 words)

  
 dreamsawake.com - sarah harmer
Watching Harmer and her backing band is a little like sitting in your living room watching close friends jam.
It must be noted that Harmer's music performed live is much more fun than the canned sound of her album, which failed to capture all the nuances and intimacy of her work.
Harmer is so interesting to watch because her audience feels that she is just like them or someone they know well.
www.dreamsawake.com /concertreviews/sarahharmer/sarahharmer021801.htm   (605 words)

  
 Macleans.ca | Culture | Music | Sarah's Edge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Harmer and Sexsmith were there to play an afternoon gig on the café's patio for the middle-aged, Birkenstock-wearing set -- while the notoriously hard-partying Roberts dragged himself out of bed just to watch.
When Harmer was about three songs in, the crowd began to understand that maybe they were in the presence of Canadian greatness.
Harmer and her boyfriend of two years, Martin Kinack -- who lives in Toronto and does sound for the acts Broken Social Scene and Hayden -- set up a studio in her house and produced the new CD themselves.
www.macleans.ca /culture/music/article.jsp?content=20040405_78029_78029   (1354 words)

  
 Sarah Harmer - @forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer is signed with Rounder Records and her album will be released in the states in October and Canada on September 12th (it is possible that the release date in general is the 12th, but that info came from the Toronto Sun and I heard October from other people.
Harmer's originals range from the whimsical to the forlorn, yet all feature her impressive melodic and lyrical gifts, and all sound as though they contain the essence of the songwriter.
I love Sarah Harmer, I saw her open for the Indigo Girls in T.O. in June, she was great.
www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?p=99787   (808 words)

  
 You Were Here with Sarah Harmer
In Sarah's case it almost sounds better, watching emotions dance on her face and listening to the background of her songs.
Sarah Harmer got her first showcase at the tender age of four, singing in a church.
Sarah decided it was time to try solo, and her debut album was a collection of songs from way back when for her father.
geocities.com /uniformgrey   (364 words)

  
 Sarah Harmer: No Harm Done
Sarah Harmer's latest album is called I'm a Mountain.
And while Harmer claims to be a towering monolithic mass of rock, and on her first two albums rocked rather capably, this album--it rocks not.
Songs like Tile's "Dogs and Thunder," "Lodestar," from Harmer's 2000 album You Were Here and "Go to Sleep" from 2004's All of Our Names (not to mention the 1999 tribute to her father, Songs for Clem) made Harmer's affection for quieter rootsy music abundantly clear.
harpmagazine.com /articles/detail.cfm?article_id=3962   (308 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: I'm a Mountain: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In Harmer's case, however, this is far from a solo effort; the acoustic jam--recorded over a week in a Toronto studio--is awash in gorgeous instrumentation.
This album feels like Sarah is really putting herself out there by turning her back on the sound that made her a pop hit and going for a sound much closer to heart (hers).
Sarah has managed all of the above in her newest release, but don't be afraid.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BPO6NQ   (1162 words)

  
 Sarah Harmer - CanEHdian.com
Sarah Harmer is working her way up the ranks on the list of highly talented and highly successful Canadian female performers.
After moderate success with the band, Harmer is on hiatus from Weeping Tile to work on her solo career.
Harmer's debut solo album Songs for Clem, gained her critical praise and paved the way for her second solo album You Were Here.
www.canehdian.com /genre/folk/a/sarahharmer/biography.html   (262 words)

  
 Amazon.com: All of Our Names: Music: Sarah Harmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer's 2000 debut, You Were Here, was justifiably lauded and it made her a star in her homeland, racking up platinum sales.
Sarah doesn't seem to feel the need to showboat her talent like many modern singers do, but the talent is obviously there.
Sarah Harmer, however, is such a standout artist, poetically and musically, that I can't help but think that she can appeal to a great many people...
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001GOHAC?v=glance   (1726 words)

  
 silverroad.org | a sarah harmer fansite | news
On April 9th, the CBC radio program OnStage broadcast a concert by Sarah and The Weakerthans recorded last October at the Glenn Gould Studio produced by OnStage in conjuction with CBC Radio 3.
Vienna Teng has posted several UK dates on the tour page of her website where she indicates that she is opening for Sarah Harmer.
Sarah's cover of the classic "Spanish Eyes", written by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder, is now available from iTunes Canada.
www.silverroad.org   (686 words)

  
 The Sheaf - University of Saskatchewan Student Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer’s 2000 album You Were Here established the Kingston-based musician as one of the most insightful and talented singer/songwriters in the country.
The reviews for her most recent shows have praised Harmer and her band’s low-key arrangements of acoustic guitar, upright bass and piano, with smatterings of violin, mandolin, banjo and clarinet.
Check out Sarah Harmer when she performs live at the Knox United Church in Saskatoon on Thursday, April 6th.
www.thesheaf.com /index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=63&extmode=view&extid=50   (244 words)

  
 Amazon.com: You Were Here: Music: Sarah Harmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer, the former lead singer of the Canadian band Weeping Tile, steps out with a U.S. solo debut that seems at first a timid guest and then quickly turns into a valued presence.
Harmer's lyrics are such lovingly constructed entities that it's good to be able to see what exactly she wrote.
Harmer's always been a master at balancing a rip-roaring good time with her power pop and introspective depth with her balladry and poetic lyrics, and on You Were Here the songwriting's her most mature yet.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004WJGZ?v=glance   (1160 words)

  
 VH1.com : Sarah Harmer : Biography
Harmer's first album outside of Weeping Tile was a tribute to her father titled Songs for Clem.
Credited to Harmer and Jason Euringer, the folksy album was released independently by Harmer, but was eventually given wider release by Universal Canada.
It wasn't until 2004 that Harmer returned with a follow-up, All of Our Names, while in 2006 she explored her country and bluegrass side in I'm a Mountain.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/harmer_sarah/bio.jhtml   (185 words)

  
 Awesome Until Proven Guilty: 10 Provinces Special: Sarah Harmer
Despite some minor success, she went on to really make a name for herself as a solo artist, blending what she had learned from being in a rock band with folksy roots music.
Finally, her collaboration with The Tragically Hip for Silver Road was featured on the soundtrack for Men With Brooms, a Canadian comedy about curling that turned into one of the most commercially successful films this country has produced in recent years.
Thanks for Sarah; I first heard her a couple of years ago and have been a huge fan ever since.
patandtravis.blogspot.com /2006/03/10-provinces-special-sarah-harmer.html   (556 words)

  
 Higher Ground: South Burlington, Vermont
Sarah Harmer’s new album, All of Our Names, could just as easily be called Short Stories from Quaker Valley.
Most of the new album was also recorded at home in Quaker Valley, where Harmer’s laundry room served as a vocal booth and her living room was filled with up microphones, amplifiers, guitars and a drum kit.
Says Harmer, who co-produced the album with Martin Kinack and played many of the instruments: “The control room was in my bedroom and during the summer I watched cedar waxwings build a nest outside my window.
www.highergroundmusic.com /calendar?show=485   (415 words)

  
 Sympatico / MSN : High Speed Zone : Music : Sarah Harmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer is quickly becoming one of Canada's favourite female artists.
Sarah started off her musical career as the lead singer of the band Weeping Tile.
Sarah makes her return to music making with the release of the much anticipated All of Our Names.
speed.sympatico.ca /msn/startcast/music/sarahharmer   (263 words)

  
 Sarah Harmer MP3 Downloads - Sarah Harmer Music Downloads - Sarah Harmer Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Harmer's house sounds like a cool place to visit.
"Engineered, mixed and produced by Sarah Harmer and Martin Davis Kinack at her house," the liners for All of...
It supports Harmer's smoky, vaguely Joni Mitchell-ish vocals, and the offhandedly prescient characterizations and observations in her lyrics, and makes the jumble of guitars, Wurlitzer, bass, percussion, and occasional horns that much more comfy.
www.mp3.com /albums/623367/summary.html   (576 words)

  
 Rounder Records - Sarah Harmer - All of Our Names - Album Detail
In 2000, Sarah Harmer released one of the year's most critically acclaimed albums with her beautiful and personal You Were Here.
TIME called it "The year's best debut," raves from Rolling Stone, Billboard, and many others poured in, and Sarah Harmer became a star in her native Canada with her first Platinum record.
Now, 4 years later, Sarah Harmer has delivered on the promise of You Were Here with All of Our Names, 11 stunning new songs from one of today's finest singer-songwriters.
www.rounder.com /index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=6575   (106 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: You Were Here: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Harmer, the former singer for Weeping Tile gained well-deserved attention with her second effort.
In incorporating roots, pop, and folk sensibilities, Harmer performs what might be called "homemade" music, writing intensely personal lyrics about relationship anticipation and angst, setting them afloat on simple guitars, drum loops, and cello and clarinet solos.
Sarah Harmer is more down-to-earth, and some would say, less self-centered, than fellow Cannuck femme singer Sarah McLaughlin.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000065OM4   (655 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: Sarah Harmer
Singer songwriter Sarah Harmer is using her art to highlight an environmental conflict in Ontario, Canada.
Many stars and performers talk the talk about the environment, but Sarah Harmer walks the walk- literally.
Posts tagged Sarah Harmer per day for the last 30 days.
technorati.com /tag/Sarah+Harmer   (244 words)

  
 The Ark - Sarah Harmer
Sarah Harmer, says Time magazine, has a voice with some of the sublime charm of Dido and writes erudite but colloquial lyrics that evoke the folksy smarts of the Indigo Girls.
She writes songs that seem casual but pack a lot into a few words, and her mostly acoustic band, usually with no percussion, sets off her lovely voice and intimate charisma.
"Harmer has a lively expressive alto, a voice you can easily fall in love with, and her heartfelt music is as warm as the memories of your first kiss," writes reviewer J. Poet.
www.theark.org /833.html   (123 words)

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