http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6HbKfjXr8Y

Hello out there! I just put together a little video clip of the European tour I did with Kevin Costner and Modern West last month. It's short, but you'll get the flavor! It was an incredible opportunity, the guys were a blast, and the crowds might have been even better...Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVv1T5WcAU8

I have had the privilege of joining Kevin Costner & Modern West for a few shows here and there this summer. We had wonderful shows in Iowa, Minnesota, and Montana. Sadly, our festival date in Camrose, Alberta brought the tour to a pretty tragic end. The mainstage at the festival collapsed in a sudden windstorm. As a group, we got a little scratched up and lost some equipment, but we are all safe. Unfortunately, there were fatalities at the event. Thanks so much for all the kind words I have received. My husband, Park, who plays guitar in Modern West and got pretty scratched up himself, wrote a beautiful note about the event on the Modern West website. I echo his words. 

A lovely Cleveland concert-goer posted this video of me sitting in with Modern West in the great city of Cleveland. Gritty, clubby, & delicious. 

Check it out.

Jack Silverman of the Nashville Scene wrote a perfectly lovely review of Music For Lovers & Fighters. Check it out!

Read the Review!

Sara Beck at 12th & Porter

Mellow Gold

Jack Silverman

On her new Music for Lovers and Fighters, Sara Beck conjures a dreamy pop-soul hybrid that's a refreshingly understated alternative to the hyper-emotive, melisma-happy dreck that dominates pop and R&B radio. (People do still listen to radio, right?) It helps that she has a lovely, airy voice that can seduce you without smacking you over the head with a sledgehammer. Hell, don't just take our word for it—Stevie Wonder was so taken with her rendition of “Amazing Grace” at a memorial service that he invited her onstage during his December 2007 Sommet Center show to perform one of her own songs, complete with a Stevie harmonica solo. That song, “To Love Somebody,” is among the 13 mostly upbeat tracks Beck wrote or co-wrote for the album. Other highlights include the horn-punctuated “Pieces of Sunlight,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends” (based on the Shel Silverstein poem of the same name) and “Get Out of My Head,” featuring some trippy touches by her husband/co-producer, Park Chisolm.

http://www.imeem.com/modernwest/video/W78P9I6t/mod...

Stagecoach - Modern West

I joined Modern West for a cameo at two shows this past weekend, one of which was Stagecoach, California's big country festival. I got to sing a beautiful duet with Kevin called "Let Me Be the One," written by John Coinman. It's the last tune in the video. Enjoy!

Special appearances this weekend with
Kevin Costner & Modern West!!!

Tonight (Friday, April 24th) in Reno @ The Silver Legacy Resort
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 25th) in Indio, CA @ The Stagecoach Country Music Festival

And....Check out new acoustic versions of tunes from
Music For Lovers & Fighters on youtube:

Highs & Lows
To Love Somebody
Rest in Pieces
Pieces of Sunlight

And don't forget next Thursday, April 30th!
CD Release Show in Nashville!
7pm showtime @ 12th & Porter.
Tommy Keenum and Melissa Mathes open.
Special guests Gabe Dixon and Jeremy Lister.

As always, thanks for listening...

Hello! 

I posted a couple of new videos on youtube....acoustic versions of tunes from the record...come out on April 30th and see the full band treatment!

xos

Hello!  Two weeks to go before the big album release party!  In the meantime, I'll be posting some fun new music...

Up today: Man Enough, a tune I co-wrote with Chuck Cannon and Lari White, the first couple of hip music-making in Nashvegas. This song has struck a chord with people since the day we wrote it; at different times, it's been on hold for Carrie Underwood, Trisha Yearwood, and Gretchen Wilson. We did a couple of demo versions of it along the way, but when I decided to put it on my record, I started from scratch using a live version of my band playing the tune with just Wurlitzer, drums, bass, and vocals. Even in the  final version, there are no guitars. But we were able to convince string wizard Chris Carmichael to arrange and perform a virtual string quartet on the song, and now I'm not sure how it existed before Chris' strings!
The background vocals on the album are all me, but I am so excited to have a couple of amazing Nashville R&B ladies covering those parts for me on April 30th....

Let me know what you think!