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Sahra Featherstone

About Me

Sahra has one solo album. It was released in 2003 and features herself on Celtic harp with guests including Don Ross, Oliver Schroer and Brian Pickell.Sahra engineered and co-produced her Celtic band Fig for a Kiss' album Fallen Leaf which was released in 2006 and was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music award.She produced Kevin Hutchings' album "Songs of William Blake," released in 2007, featuring his settings of poems from Blake's Songs of Innocence & Experience. She has performed or recorded with numerous artists including Don Ross, David Essig, Lori Cullen, Aengus Finnan, Tim Harrison, Bobby Watt, Melissa McClelland, Rob Lamothe, Quagmyre, Claire Jenkins and Emaline Delapaix. **************************************** "Meeting Sahra Featherstone for the first time, I realized that I had stumbled upon one of the new crop of super-talented acoustic musicians. She has a great ear, a wonderful musical intuition, and flawless chops. What a find!” ~ Don Ross, Canadian Fingerstyle Guitarist

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/29/2006
Band Website: sahrafeatherstone.com | figforakiss.com
Band Members: Sahra Featherstone performs as a soloist, as a member of Fig for a Kiss, with Jason Fowler, and occasionally with other musicians and bands.
Influences: Influences & favourites: Andreas Vollenweider, Bruce Cockburn, Jason Fowler, Sigur Rós, Martin Hayes, Dervish, Oliver Schroer, Rufus Cappadocia, Don Ross, Björk, Ron Sexsmith, Propellerheads, Coldplay, Jamie Oakes, Lori Cullen, Mark O'Connor, Anne-Sophie Mütter, Graham Miller, Andrés Aquino, Duncan Cameron, Joe Phillips, Corin Raymond, The Bothy Band, Pierre Schryer, Maxim Vengerov, Loreena McKennitt, Patrick Ourceau, Richard Underhill, W. A. Mozart, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Ben Folds, J. S. Bach, William Blake, Radiohead, John Keats, Shane McGowan, Joanna Newsom, Väsen, Dolly Parton, Daniel Lanois, Martyn Bennett, Tony McManus, Stephane Grapelli, Alys Howe, The CBC.
Sounds Like: Sahra Featherstone
Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Sigur Ros is wonderful

I saw Sigur Ros last night at Massey Hall in Toronto and it was breathtaking! I didn't have very good seats, which was unfortunate, but the concert and the vibe was very moving nonetheless and the op...
Posted by Sahra Featherstone on Mon, 15 May 2006 08:36:00 PST