New Album - Metaphysics

It has almost been 5 years since my last post here. My departure has not been for lack of interest, rather a focus to supporting Sarah in an official capacity. I hope visitors to this site have kept well and informed on Sarah via her mailing list, facebook, twitter, facebook, instagram, etc.

For those that have lost touch, since Sarah's last album Land & Sea, she released a live DVD and has new album titled Metaphysics out April 7, 2017. This new album release is unique as Sarah has pre-sold the album on PledgeMusic with a ton of exclusives. For $10 you get the new album, previews of all the songs before the release, a ton of updates that include some goodies from the littleslean vault. The lead single "Sarah" is out on YouTube now and the demo "Real Love" that didn't make the album.

The first concert announced after the new album's release is at CBC's Music Festival held Sat, May 27th 2017 at Echo Beach, Toronto.

For those that have been following all her updates, the above all comes to no surprise.  Here are some extras that I have turned up.

Posters with never seen before artwork for the new album are available in Toronto
http://kidicarus.ca/2017/02/22/posters-for-sarah-slean/

Also saw a new press photo with the red backdrop and cover art available in high resolution available via SIX media http://sixmedia.ca/communiques/sarah-slean-2/

Lastly, pre-orders are up on Amazon with their sticker price of $15.25 CDN, with free shipping on items over $30.  Doesn't have all the bonus content you get with Pledge.
https://www.amazon.ca/Metaphysics-Sarah-Slean/dp/B06XFZT71J/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489207900&sr=8-1&keywords=sarah+slean

Lastly, Sarah another upcoming show with the Art of Time Ensemble at the end of this month.  Perhaps we will review it here alongside her previous performance with them.

Explore Music Interview (Video)

Sarah's Interview with Explore Music sheds new light on the album, recording with Joel Plakset and tour plans following these dates in November. When it comes to touring, Sarah has announced most dates for her fall tour for Land & Sea with additional dates being released yesterday. In the interview Sarah mentioned how it will be 'Land' focused and has previously stated it will be a bit more of a rock. US dates and a series of concerts to play 'Sea' seem to be the cross hair for next year. Tickets for the concert in Halifax with Symphony NS are currently on sale as mentioned here on littleslean.

Sarah Slean on going to U of T (Video)

Univerisity of Toronto has put out a video of Sarah Slean speaking as an alumni of the school on how it shaped her music and challenged here.  Sarah graduated in 2009 studying Music, Philosophy and English.

Set it Free - New Single from Land and Sea

The first single off Sarah's new double album Land and Sea is "Set It Free." The single is due for rotation on May 2nd according to recent article in Chart in which they met up with Sarah on the red carpet of the Junos.

At this time these is no other information on this song other then it coming from the Land album.

The interview also confirmed the exact album release date of Land and Sea being September 27, 2011.




Update: Dose.ca has put up a short red carpet interview of Sarah at the Junos talking about her performance and the new album.

Sarah Slean covers Metric, Plaskett, Harmer (Video)

Last Saturday was the Juno Decades concert celebrating Canadian music of the 00s at the Horseshoe Tavern.  The sold out show featured a long list of Juno nominees and winners.

Sarah came on stage at various points in the night taking lead vocals to do covers of Sarah Harmer's "Basement Apartment", Joel Plaskett "Nowhere With You" and Metric's "Combat Baby."  In addition Sarah and Royal Wood supported Justin Rutledge on his cover of Arcade Fire's song "Wake Up."

Here is a video we can share of Sarah channeling her inner Emily Haines with Metric's Combat Baby.



Sarah Slean, Royal Wood and Darcy Yates (Great Lake Swimmers) did a Q&A last week with the National Post covering how the Canadian Music industry has changed from the 90s into 00.  You can read the article here.  http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/03/02/road-to-the-junos-what-the-aughts-meant-for-canadian-music/

The Rose - Music Video (Online)

Good to word of FortyFPS, The Rose music video is now online.  Please be sure to share and comment on it.



The making of video is here:

making sarah slean's 'the rose' from jeffrey zablotny on Vimeo.

Sarah wishes the Shaw Festival Happy 50th

The Shaw Festival uploaded a short video today of Sarah Slean and other Canadian celebrities wishing the festival a happy 50th birthday.

B-Side Project - Vote Reminder

The time to vote on 3 songs you would like to hear on Sarah's upcoming B-side album draws to a close tomorrow.

According to Sarah's Tweets, early results placed Count Me Out in the lead and I Do in the top 10. Songs in the 5th and 6th position are really close to each other in votes.

If the B-Side playlist of videos posted by littleslean is any indication on popularity, here are songs listed with the highest amount of views. The Alphabetical order the playlist was in seems to have had some influence on the view counts.

1. Count Me Out -192
2. Everything By The Gallon - 100
3. I Do - 90
4. Hooligans -87
5. Glenn Gould Song -83
6. My Song - 73
7. Sadie - 69
8. Oh Man! - 58
9. Rock Star - 52

After the 30th these videos will be heading back to the vault.  Remember to make your vote count so you can have a recording your favorite b-side.  Top 3 votes should be submitted to thebaronessinc(AT)gmail.com.

A list of other known b-side titles can be found in our earlier post.

The Sarah Slean B-Side Project! (audio / videos)

If you have been over to SarahSlean.com lately you might have noticed Sarah has announced a b-side project  on recording some of her unrecorded songs.  She has asked for help from her fans to send her three unrecorded songs of hers that you would like to see recorded and made into limited edition 10 track album for this year's Holiday concert.  Lyrics or any live recordings would also be helpful so please submit those to myself or her.  
To help jog your memory and introduce you to some Sarah's unrecorded songs, here is an updated list from Nicole's littleslean.com archives.  With Sarah's permission I have uploaded live audio and video from a few of these songs and linked them below for the duration of this project.

Written pre-2000	2000 - 2003	after 2003
All I Want	Count Me Out	Baroness
Closer	Hooligans	My Song
Close Your Eyes	Everything by the Gallon	The Right Words
Dana's Song	Oh Man!
Elaine
Empty the Cup
Glenn Gould Song
Hey Little Girl
Hunter
I Do
I Fell
I Love his Lower Lip
Memory Don't Fade
Ogoni Star
Rock Star
Sadie
Seven Tornadoes
Soldiers
Song for Jeff

Submission of requests must be sent to thebaronessinc(AT)gmail.com before October 30th.  If you want to know when this page has been update, please be sure to follow littleslean news via e-mail subscription, twitter and other syndication options shown in the right side panel.  Thank you!

Sarah's New Arrangement for Dance (Video)

Earlier today Sarah tweeted about arranging a string quartet for The Blue Ceiling Dance Co.  The dance event that will host this new arrangement of Sarah's is to take place April 7-9th 2011 at Harbourfront.

Tickets and information for this event can be found here.

Last year we told you about an early look at this project where Lucy Rupert danced to The Disarm Suite found on The Baroness Redecorates.  A video of that dance has been uploaded in promotion of the new season.

Sarah Slean & Damhnait Doyle's - Not for Sale (HD Video)

On June 14th, Sarah Slean returned to Canada AM in promotion of Rwanda Rises Up! Sarah and Damhnait Doyle performed the song written by Sarah, Not for Sale. The album is currently availble on iTunes. 

To view video in full HD, visit YouTube. There is a sync issue with the first half of the video.



This is the first video uploaded by littleslean.  The video is not searchable on YouTube but can be found through here and as posted to social media networks by Song for Africa.

Beautiful Noise (TV - Brazil)

In 2008 Sarah Slean performed a filmed concert in Toronto's Berkley's Church. Bravo aired a 30 minute of the program under the title, The Berkley Sessions that featured a handful of the live songs.

This past Saturday Sun TV aired a 1 hour program of this concert under the title Beautiful Noise. The broadcast on SunTV was in high definition and featured all songs of the concert with the exception of No Place at All. Fortunately 'No Place at All' was one of the songs that had been shown in The Berkley Sessions broadcast on Bravo.

It appears that the full hour program may be airing in Brazil on June 8th. The guide information can be found here. Multishow also has it listed here.

For those in Canada who missed it. The one hour concert for the Berkley Session may be picked up on repeat again on Sun TV or CBC Bold.

Rwanda Rises Up (Video, 8:42)

An 8 minute segment from Rwanda Rises Up was posted online today. The video depicts many of the scenes Sarah expressed in her journal.

Sarah hums a mournful tune with Damhnait Doyle to many of tragic and sad scenes. Short interview pieces with all the artists are stitched in through the documentary.

The televised airing of the full film has been changed to 8:00, June 19th on CityTV with the album following on the 22nd. A premiere event in Toronto is on the 17th to which I do not currently have further information on.

Song For Africa: Video Intro

A first look at the intro for Song For Africa, Rwanda Rises Up that features Sarah Slean.

Sarah on Murder in Small Town X (Video)

Footage from Sarah's guest appearance on the 2001 Fox TV show Murder in Small Town X has surfaced.

Acting as a performer at the "Sunset Club", Sarah  is seen playing Sweet Ones at 4:30 mark and Everything by the Gallon at 6:38 .

YouTube - Video of Sarah Slean on Murder in Small Town X

Sarah was quoted as not being a fan of the show but this is the only official recording of Everything By The Gallon.

New Music Video - I'll Never Tear You Apart

It wasn't long ago when we posted news about Sarah having a new music video and here is yet another one. On Wednesday Sarah debuted a new music video for her cover with the Art of Time Ensemble of Martin Tielli's, I'll Never Tear You Apart.

The video was shown on Bravo but is available on YouTube. View it here.

The original version can be found here.

Last Flowers - Full Trailer

A full trailer for Last Flowers that features Sarah Slean has now been uploaded. View it in HD on YouTube or over here.

The trailer does give you an idea of what the film is about without unveiling any big spoilers.

Sarah an 'Immovable Force', Canada Reads (Audio and Video)

It's the week of Canada Reads and if you missed day one on the radio, it's really easy to follow on CBC Canada Reads site. They are doing a daily podcast of the debates that you can stream from their site plus more. Aside from all the text on the CBC page, Sarah has some interesting words in her journal under "Shut up about the Book Already".

CBC has put these 2 videos on YouTube today, the Pre-Debate and the Post-Debate (embedded below)



If your interested in buying the book Sarah is supporting, Mercy Among the Children, a few links can be found here.

Sarah nominated for Juno Award

Congratulation to Sarah for being nominated for the 2009 Juno award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year.

Other nominee's include:

• Between The Beautifuls - Hawksley Workman
• Asking For Flowers - Kathleen Edwards
• Exit Strategy Of The Soul - Ron Sexsmith
• is it o.k - Serena Ryder

As mentioned on Sarah's official page, Sarah was present for the nomination announcements this morning at the Royal York. Links to video are available on the CTV page and further media info is likely to be available on shows such as Etalk. Update, Access Magazine has put this video on to YouTube where she comments about her nomination. Sarah was also quoted in the Globe regards to the diversity of Canadian talent.

A full list of nominated artists can be found here.

Update 2009-2-4:

You can see Sarah's clip of announcing nomination's here on the CTV website.

Chart magazine has put up a short interview with Sarah on YouTube.

Canada AM in the West Coast did a short interview with Sarah. She spoke about it being her third nomination, that she looks forward to attending, and if she has ever prepared an acceptance speech.

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.