DOUBLE BILL: Rupert Wates / Sarah Blacker June 10, 2011

Sarah Blacker’s song, ‘Come What May’ was recently reviewed by Boston Band Crush’s online blog in honor of her inclusion in this year’s
New England Americana Festival on Friday, April 1st.

“the qualities of her voice create a situation where the listener is almost magnetically and inexorably drawn to continue listening to the track…she sings her way around corners and through tiny spaces under chairs and tables. Blacker is like the mouse that appears out of nowhere and leads you on a chase through sections of your house you didn’t even know existed.” http://www.sarahblacker.com/

Rupert Wates is a London born singer-songwriter, now based in New York City. “Truly gripping lyrics with great themes and troubling, witty messages. An inspirational artist” (Leith FM Radio Scotland).

‘Wates’ voice sounds like a clearer and more theatrical Gordon Lightfoot. Each song is a single piece, without any blending into each other, a mark of the true tunesmith. Wates definitely has a way with words, thought structures, melody lines and musicianship, and I truly believe this worth a listen’ (Jim Testa, www.jerseybeat.com)
www.jerseybeat.com

Sarah Blacker’s music is a unique blend of acoustic rock, folk, and jazz with stand-out vocals and quirky yet catchy songwriting, that set her apart from other female singer/songwriters in her genre.

When describing Sarah Blacker’s impressive vocals,
music blogger ‘Oliver Di Place,’ wrote,

“Sarah Blacker sings in a twangy alto that floats in the quiet numbers, while still being full of emotion. Sarah Blacker sings in a twangy alto that swoops and soars in the all-out rockers. It’s clearly the same singer in both contexts. Some singers have a rock voice and a folk voice that could be two different people, but Blacker doesn’t need to do that. She doesn’t strain to get the volume, and she loses none of her feeling when she sings more quietly.”

Official Website: http://www.rupertwatesmusic.com