Biography
With a voice compared to "human silk", Sara has been singing on stages from Boston, MA to Skagway, AK, and everywhere inbetween since 1996. In the past ten years Sara has performed at over 100 venues nationwide. While in college outside Boston, Sara joined up with the Danielle Geihs Band as the guitarist and back up vocalist. During that time she recorded her first album, "Stamp Mileage". Upon the release of her debut album, Sara was invited to be a guest lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a class entitled "Women, Songwriting, and Performance".
The following fall, Sara moved to Portland, OR where she teamed up with Californian singer/songwriter Steven Pile, among several other local artists. Steven and Sara performed as Lillian's Sister (they later changed their name to Billy No. 9) and spent the summer of 2002 with drummer Justin Shannon touring southeast Alaska and the Yukon. After a few years in the Pacific Northwest, Sara took her music to San Francisco where she performed solo for a year while working on her second album, "Inertia", which was released January of 2005.
Sara moved again in the fall of 2004, this time to Austin, TX where she performs with a trio, as well as with the Rich Restaino and the Obits. Sara was nominated a 2005 finalist in the Rising Star Songwriting Competition for the Live Oak Folk Festival. in Nacogdoches, TX.
Instrumentation
Sara Shansky- vocals and acoustic guitar
Rich Restaino- guitar, bass, mandolin, vocals
David Wylie- drums
Discography
Stamp Mileage (2000)
Sara Live(2002)
Inertia (2004)
Sara has also recorded vocals with the following bands:
Danielle Geihs Band
Hiding Places (2001)
Steve Pile
Overnight (2002)
Home For Right Now (2005)
Billy No. 9
Exflosion EP (2003)
The Late Fees
The Late Fees (2006)
Rich Restaino and the Obits
C'est La Vie LP (2008)
Sara's music can be heard on the following radio stations:
Texasradio1, Dallas/Austin, TX
WPRG, Baton Rouge, LA
Radio Golden Flash, Belgium
Radio Fedra, Yugoslavia
WKUT, Austin, TX
KOOP, Austin, TX
Taiwan Radio
Links
| http://www.sarashansky.com |