Sarah Blackwood (singer, 1980)

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Sarah Blackwood (left) and Ryan Marshall in an appearance in 2012

Sarah Nicole Blackwood (born October 18, 1980 in Burlington , Ontario ), also known as Sarah Sin , is a Canadian singer-songwriter . She has been the singer of the indie rock band Walk off the Earth since 2012 .

Life

Blackwood was born in the Canadian city of Burlington. She had her first appearances at the age of 27 with the psychobilly band The Creepshow . There she initially represented her sister, Jennifer Blackwood, who had to take a break due to pregnancy. Initially, it was planned that Jennifer should return to the band. But that didn't happen and Sarah became a permanent member of the band. In 2008 she released her debut album Way Back Home , as well as her first album Run For Your Life with The Creepshow. In 2010 her solo album Wasting Time and They All Fall Down followed with her band. In 2012 she left The Creepshow and joined the indie band Walk off the Earth , also from Ontario . She became internationally known in 2012 through a video that was published on the Internet platform YouTube . In the video, Blackwood and her band covered the song Somebody That I Used to Know by Belgian singer Gotye . In 2013 the album REVO followed. In the same year Blackwood appeared as a guest singer on the song Lonesome Rider by the Danish metal band Volbeat . With Sing It All Away , she released her second studio album with Walk off the Earth in June 2015.

Discography

with Walk off the Earth
as a solo artist
  • 2008: Way Back Home
  • 2010: Wasting Time
  • 2012: Wait It Out (EP)
with The Creepshow
  • 2008: Run for Your Life
  • 2010: They All Fall Down
as a guest singer

Web links

Commons : Sarah Blackwood  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thorsten Wilms: Sell ​​Your Soul. June 30, 2007, accessed January 14, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Youtube success with Gotye cover. laut.de, January 11, 2012, accessed on January 14, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Beth Kellmurray: Walk Off the Earth Announce Sophomore Album, 'Sing It All Away,' Due Out in June. April 21, 2015, accessed November 5, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Blackwood, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blackwood, Sarah Nicole (full name); Sarah Sin (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Burlington , Ontario