Sarah is a singer and songwriter with great talent in many genres including rock, folk, jazz, and old time – the music of her mountain home. Her love of literature, poetry and theatre enables her to write songs with great depth and passion. She was voted 2013 Best Young Musician in Western North Carolina by the readers of the Mountain Xpress newspaper. Sarah was also voted #3 Best Musician in The XPress for her home town of Marshall and Hot Springs for 2013. At the age of 16, she won the Asheville Music Hall's Brown Bag Singer Songwriter Competition in December of 2011 and has released her first CD, "The Windowsill Girl" (March 2013). She was featured in the film documentary “Over Home: Love Songs of Madison County”, as the next generation ballad songwriter and performer. In March 2015 she won the Appalachian Song Challenge and in June 2015 she released her second CD - "Hey There Beautiful" Sarah plays many venues (100+ gigs a year!) and also performs for private parties and house concerts. Her voice will mesmerize any size crowd! She typically performs solo, but collaborates with a number of other talented musicians. Sarah’s musical influences include Tracy Chapman, Bonnie Raitt, Pink Flyod, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, Cold Play, U2, Radiohead and Train.