Sarah does YouTube

Over the last year Sarah's official presence on YouTube has started to grow.

1. Nelson Chan the video director of Day One, Mary, and Tales of the Baroness has added content from all 3 projects to the video sharing site.

2. The official SarahSlean.com has linked to YouTube videos of Sarah under its Media Section.

3. SarahSleanMusic is what appears to be an official account created on YouTube at the end of February. Last week it added the official Get Home video and today it added the contest winning version.

Sarah on CBC Bandwidth this Friday

A prerecorded interview Sarah did with CBC Bandwidth will be aired this Friday at 5:05. The show is played all through Ontario except Toronto. You can listen live online at the CBC Bandwidth
but it does not appear that they keep archives/podcast of the show.

The theme of the show is Lessons Learned.

The Books and Ballgowns tour kicks off today in Vancouver.

Sarah Played on CBC Go (MP3)

On Saturday April 12th, Sarah was the musical guest on CBC Go. Thankfully CBC has podcasted the 4/12/08 show and you can catch it now. Sarah played Get Home (26 min mark) and Looking for Someone (58 min). Sarah also got in on the shows theme of jingles chiming out a couple after playing Get Home. Sarah also had the opportunity to meet Margaret Atwood once again.

Sarah has included Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood under her Vitamins page.

Sarah's Tour Opener is Royal Wood

Photo credit: IMG_1137.JPG by p x

Royal Wood will be opening for Sarah for the entire Book and Ballgowns national tour. Royal does background vocals on The Baroness in Looking for Someone. He opened for Sarah a few months ago at Sarah's concert at the Mod Club and again for one of Sarah's Harbourfront shows.

Small Note on Sarah's Second Book of Poetry

Recently the Current Magazine published a cover article and interview with Sarah. Some good questions were posed, including with regards to her second book of poetry. Unlike Raven's, Sarah has decided to "focus this time on keeping this book very much about the text and I'm not going to put any paintings in it, I'm going to try to separate those two worlds."

There is no mention of the release date of this book or any other side projects. A side comment is made about completing her musical someday or a symphony.

You can read the full article here in PDF Format on page 13 or as unformatted HTML.

Additional Canadian Dates added to The Tour

If your on the SarahSlean.com mailing list, check your inbox, additional concert dates have been added and a change to one of the dates in Victoria. The following is an excerpt from the mailing list.

Show Date	Venue	Location	Tickets
May 6, 2008	Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre	Medicine Hat, AB	Tickets
May 17, 2008	Holy Heart of Mary Auditorium	St. John's, NF	On sale April 15, Noon
May 27, 2008	The Capitol Theatre	Moncton, NB	On sale April 15, 10am

Date Change

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sarah's May 2 show at Alix Goolden Hall in Victoria, BC, has been moved to May 1. Venue and ticket information wil be exactly the same as previously announced. An email about this change has been sent to all those who purchased tickets to this show through the SarahSlean.com presale. All other Victoria ticket purchasers will be contacted by the venue directly. If you have any questions, please email us at tickets@sarahslean.com.

Favourite Baroness Songs - Poll Results

The littleslean news page has been collecting votes on visitors favourite songs for the Baroness since its release. Each song was picked as a favourite to someone of the 50 participants. Although not scientific, I think it's a small snapshot of early impression of some Sarah's followers.

Euphoria took most the votes being trailed by Sound of Water and Looking for Someone.

The lead single, Get Home, ranked mid pack.

In the basement was Goodnight Trouble and Please Be Good to Me.

The full results are posted below:

Hopeful Hearts	10 (20%)
Get Home	12 (24%)
Euphoria	16 (32%)
Goodnight Trouble	6 (12%)
Notes from the Underground	13 (26%)
Sound of Water	15 (30%)
No Place at All	9 (18%)
Please be Good to Me	4 (8%)
Willow	9 (18%)
So Many Miles	8 (16%)
Shadowland	13 (26%)
Looking for Someone	14 (28%)

Thank you for all those that participated. On something unrelated, a guitar cover of Vertigo by Derekmok has been put up on YouTube.