Sally will appear in Folk Alliance's Formal showcase (Performance Alley) on February 20, 2009 Friday, 7 pm in the St Louis room
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Kerrville Wine & Music Festival produced by Dalis - TX Uncle Calvin's House Concert - Dallas, TX Rouse House Concert - Houston, TX Caffe Lena - Saratoga Springs, NY John Platt’s WFUV Radio show - Bronx, NY Me & Thee Coffee House - Marblehead, MA Folkstage at WFMT w/host Rich Warren - Chicago, IL Lilfest Concert Series - Chicago, IL Madison Square Park - NY, NY Arpie’s Powerful Women Series - NJ Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club - Fair Lawn, NJSally Spring’s most recent cd features not only her inimitable voice and evocative, powerful songwriting but also contributions from Gene Parsons (The Byrds), Marshall Crenshaw, Graham Maby (Natalie Merchant, Joe Jackson), Fred Smith (Television), Caitlin Cary (Tres Chicas, Whiskeytown), Tift Merritt, Faye Hunter, and Thad Cockrell.
***Hailed as a "captivating performer" by Variety and "show stopper" by Sing Out, Sally performs as a duo with Ted Lyons, as a trio adding a bass or full band adding bass, drums and occasionally a fiddle.
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performed in the 10th Anniversary Celebration for the No Depression magazine
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For the first three months of 2007, Sally's new cd remained in the top 15 on the radio charts for Americana music climbing to number 5 in Europe
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Sally's cd, Mockingbird, made many critics "Best of" lists for 2006 and 2007 to include WMBR at MIT in Cambridge.
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Included on cd compilation of Top 20 Favorites of the Year 2008 for Caffe Lena
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Some Raves: "Mockingbird is a gem!"
-Bob Harris, BBC Radio2
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"...contributions from Gene Parsons, Tift Merritt, Marshall Crenshaw and other well-known musicians. However, they're superfluous here. The star is clearly Sally Spring. Her glorious alto voice transfixes you whether performing an original, a traditional or one by Gram Parsons."
- Rich Warren, Sing Out!
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"...striking results can be heard on Mockingbird, ... Sally's inviting voice ...(her) first-rate compositions..."
-No Depression
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"Soulful and gritty, Mockingbird is the latest from North Carolina veteran, Sally Spring. Her voice is perfect for these folk tales"
--Uncut, U.K. -
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"Her vocal phrasing is unique and pleasing with a voice so rich and full that there is always more to discover as you listen over and over. She's a treasure." -Gene Parsons (Byrds)
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