Sarah Ayers Band

...Sarah Ayers started singing. The place filled up in minutes. It was like a mysterious siren was drawing them in. There were literally no seats and there was barely a place to stand by the time she got into her third song. I could see people wandering up from Main Street, following the sultry sound of her voice. It was almost creepy, but she does have a great voice so I don't blame them. She was wearing a studded leather collar and black nail polish and she looked like she was ready to rock from the moment she stepped on stage. And she did....The music was strong and the lyrics were personal. The entire band commanded attention. - Merge Magazine, August 12th, 2006

"After snagging most of the awards at local music competitions for the past two years, Sarah Ayers Band has released its first full-length disc, 'Cold, Hard, Dirty Truth.' And the truth is, Ayers can belt out a song powerfully, and she is backed by a band that does justice to her soulful expressions... Ayers is a top-notch songwriter..." - The Morning Call, Allentown PA

"...Sarah Ayers is a great singer, and its her voice that carries the bluesy songs to their emotional max. Good stuff." - Pulse Weekly Magazine

"Take a voice that's way bigger than the body it's housed in, an award-winning music career and a down-to-earth personality, and you've got blues singer Sarah Ayers. ... No matter where her career has taken her -Ayers has a degree in opera performance from Susquehanna University- this now-blues singer is a Lehigh Valley girl through and through. Although Ayers has criss-crossed the nation to perform in Alaska and New York, she's back in the area to be closer to her family and to take part in the blues community that's been growing for quite some time now... It's clear that this is one woman with chops out the wazoo!"" - Pulse Weekly Magazine 12/15/2004

"Sarah Ayers might be singing about her vulnerabilities, but she comes off like a driven, tough-minded survivor determined to craft her own destiny. Rambunctious and rocking but with a songwriter's sense of polish, 3 AM Epiphany marks Ayers as a blues-rocker to watch."

-Ken Bays,
Managing Editor, Blues Revue Magazine

- Editor, Ken Bays

Pennsylvania’s Sarah Ayers Band specialize in slick-but-not-smooth
contemporary rock with a strong blues influence. A powerful vocalist of
dramatic intensity, Ayers also contributes most of the band’s catchy, smart songs, notably the swampy “Hook Me Up� and the rocking declaration of independence “Red Dress.� Many of the other originals are quite mellow, with touches of flute provided by guitarist Dave Smith and nylon-string guitar from bassist and co-composer Suavek Zaniesienko. The cover songs on 3 AM Epiphany (StarCity Productions), though hardly surprising selections (“Tore Down� again?), are well-done, in particular a show-stopping rendition of “At Last� and a revved-up, funky “Son of a Preacher Man� featuring an exotic mid-song jam (Jim Ruffi really kicks the drums on this number). Well-known New York guitarist Arthur Neilson (from Shemekia Copeland’s band) guests on six cuts.

by Tom Hyslop
for Blues Revue Magazine
- CD Review - "3 AM Epiphany"

"With her vast musical background and experience, Sarah Ayers could excel at singing just about any style of music! 3 AM Epiphany is a hard-hitting, attention-getting, well-produced title that stands out among the many blues releases we have received. Well worth a listen and then several more!"

- Dave Johnson, host of the nationally-syndicated Blues Deluxe radio program - Dave Johnson