SARAH PINSKER: Charmed

Sarah Pinsker

Charmed

© 2000 disappear records

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Folk 'n' roll chock full of intelligent lyrics, catchy hooks, and "blissfully ragged melodicism" (Baltimore Magazine).

tracks

1 Sweet & Strange
2 Baggage
3 Twice the Prince
4 Helen at the moon
5 Kirkwood I Think
6 Cross my Heart
7 Reinventing the Wheel
8 Dream Out Loud
9 Mesquite
10 Pass By
11 Into the Watchpocket
12 c#m

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Solo or with band, Sarah Pinsker rocks. Intelligent lyrics, addictive melodies,
and muscular guitar combine for unforgettable songs and live shows.

Born in New York, and raised everywhere from Texas to Toronto, Sarah Pinsker is 23 and hasn't stopped moving yet. She takes the roads less travelled, frequently. She has played her unconventional folk-rock songs and quirky stories everywhere from Boston to Mississippi, and has gotten lost in almost every state on the map. She gets lost on purpose, because thehighways are boring, and so she has skidded down dirt roads in North Carolina, crashed karaoke night at backwoods Pennsylvania bars with her guitar, played pied piper to a colony of chameleons, busked on street corners, and written songs about everything she has seen.
Sarah's songs prove she has an eye and a pen for detail. With a prose-like narrative style, Sarah introduces her listener to a host of strange characters: the last tattooed lady on Coney Island; Snow White after the divorce; a woman who lived as a man aboard a merchant ship. Along with having a playfulness and wit similar to that of Ani DiFranco, and the folk-pop sensibility of Matthew Sweet, her lyrics weave familiar concepts and feelings in with an original point of view to create a kaleidoscope of sound and emotion.

Sarah's first CD, "Charmed," was released in 2000 on the Baltimore-based label disappear records. It was produced by SONiA Rutstein of disappear fear, who liked the finished product so much she signed Sarah to her label upon the CD's completion. The CD itself is an eclectic mix of folk, rock, and even "techno-klezmer". It includes eleven of Sarah's own songs, as well as "Cross My Heart," by folk icon Phil Ochs.

Sarah performs both solo and with her band, which brings with it a distinct rock sound. She has played clubs, festivals and colleges all over the east and south, from the Paradise Rock Club in Boston to Eddie's Attic in Atlanta, opening for SONiA of disappear fear, the Nields, Michelle Malone and Jimmies Chicken Shack, among others. Look for her on the road in 2001, and as reviewer Gregg Shapiro wrote, "prepare to be charmed by Sarah Pinsker."


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  • Infectious and very engaging - gets better with every listen!
    author: Adam Book

    Sarah gets quite a groove going on this CD. Listening to it just makes me feel so good. The infectious melodies are filled with hooks and the songs often take turns in unexpected directions... very strong work! Love those sweet harmony vocals from disappear fear's SONiA on many of the tracks. And I haven't even gotten to the lyrics - Sarah pours out her heart in these songs. And she has a way to pull you into a song. How can you resist the opening line to the last track C#m: "I don't bite the dentist anymore"?! She has a very distinctive voice and sound. These days when so many singer-songwriters sound the same it's very refreshing to hear a talent as innovative and original as Sarah Pinsker.

  • WOW!
    author: Matthew

    I haven't felt this way about an album for a LONG time. I can't stop listening to it, and it gets better each time, because the lyrics are so well-written. Standout tracks: "Baggage" (listen to it 8 or 9 times in a row for full effect) and "Kirkwood I Think"-- two songs which make me want to hit the open road.

  • Sarah Rocks!
    author: Paul Iwancio

    I love Sonia's production work on this album. With her band, Sarah really rocks! Not only do I relate to many of the lyrics...such as those in Sweet and Strange, but I've found myself humming memorable melodies from this album as well. Buy it. You won't be dissapointed.

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