Sara grew up in New Hampshire but has lived in North Carolina, Ohio,
Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wales, Scotland and
England. As a youngster in North Carolina she developed a love for
old time songs and banjo music. She cites Kyle Creed as the chief
influence on her understated, syncopated clawhammer banjo style.
Sara Grey's singing is both powerful and sweet, with a distinctive
and lovely tremolo. It is a voice well suited to native American
songs and ballads of Ireland and Scotland.
"She is one of a select band of performers who still breathe life
into traditional ballads." Vic Smith, Folk Roots
"A Long Way From Home"
CD on Fellside Recordings
1. Lazy John
2. Pretty Crowin' Chicken
3. Barbara Allen
4. Derry Dems OF Arrow
5. Last Chance
6. Down In Mississippi (J.B. Lenoir)
7. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
8. The Prodigal Son
9. Nellie was A Lady (Stephen Foster)
10. Five Nights Drunk
11. Black Water (Jean Ritchie)
12. Sweet Sunny South
13. Pretty Saro
14. Old Smokey
15. Ducks On The Millpond
Sara - singing & banjo
Kieron Means - singing & guitar
Ben... More>>>
A splendid collection of
rare folk songs, clawhammer banjo tunes, and
humorous "Down- East" stories learned from her father.
"Sara Grey has quietly and powerfully taken over the mantle of
premier interpreter of American traditional music." Tor Jonassen,
WRDV
Ellen Christenson (formerly of the Kossoy Sisters), Joan Sprung,
Irene Salatan, and the project's artistic director Pete Sutherland
join on vocal harmonies, with folk stalwart Jeff Davis adding guitar,
fiddle and... More>>>
