Member Since: 9/20/2007
Band Website: You're on it!!
Band Members: Sarah is the lead singer in soul/blues/country outfit Sweet Laredo and currently fronts the floor-shakin' Jon Kennedy LIVE experience. She has collaborated on 3 tracks on DJ Parkers forthcoming album To Eternity (Rocstar Records), out in 2008.
In the new year Sarah will be working on further recordings with Jack to Phono's Flevans (previously of Tru Thoughts) and a new project with DJ Parker. Her 3rd album with Sweet Laredo will also be released in 2008 and a tour with Jon Kennedy continues ... She's one busy lass!
Influences: Far too many to mention but here are a mere few, in no particular order ... Motown, Chess, Stax, Blue Note, Acid Jazz, BBE, Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dina Washington, Etta James, Eryka Badu, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Pimp, Jill Scott, Brand New Heavies, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Minnie Ripperton, 4Hero, Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, Common, Mos Def, Beastie Boys, Cinematic Orchestra, Red Snapper, Zero 7, G Love and Special Sauce, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, The Roots, Money Mark, James Brown, De La Soul, Jimmy Cliff, Candi Staton, Roni Size, Massive Attack, Portishead, Herbalizer, Babel, DJ Shadow, Ann Sexton, Gladys Knight, Roberta Flack, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Buddy Holly, Edward Elgar, Samuel Barber, Gomez, Bellaruche, Martina Topley Bird, McKay, Kaki King, Cougar ... it goes on and on and on ...
Sounds Like: A versatile melting pot of uptempo/downtempo blues, soul, folk, dance, hip-hop, jazz and funk
Record Label: Grand Central/Tru Thoughts/Rocstar/Leisure
Type of Label: Indie