Canadian Tour Dates Annoucned

The official sarahslean.com has been updated to show some schedualed tour dates across Canada and additional locations that are still being considered.

November 26th – EDMONTON , AB– Myer Horowitz Theatre
November 27th – WINNIPEG , MB – West End Cultural Centre
December 1st – HALIFAX , NS – Rebecca Cohen Auditorium
December 2nd – FREDERICTON , NB -The Playhouse
December 3rd – ST. JOHN’s, NFLD – Holy Heart of Mary Auditorium

The sidebar of the littleslean news post has yet to be updated with all of Sarah's concert dates. Please continue to check out sarahslean.com and the littleslean news posts for show announcements.

Black Widow shown in German Film Festival

Black Widow was one of the films shown through the end of September at the Germany at 2DF Theatre Kanal.

No current news about a release of Black Widow on DVD or any other festival showings.


Cameron

Live Album, "Orphan Music" out October 31, 2006

Update 3: Oct 10, 2006
Updated setlist, album cover, and album details on sarahslean.com news.

Update 2: Oct 8, 2006

Tracklisting for the live album "Orpahan Music" due this Halloween has been posted on cdplus.com. Thanks to tailgunner for posting a link on the sarahslean.com forum.

1. Out In The Park

2. Pilgrim

3. Mary

4. Last Years War

5. California

6. Weight

7. Wilderness

8. Lucky Me

9. Narcolepsy Weed

10. Somebodys Arms

11. Score

12. Little London Knight

13. Eliot

Previous post - October 2, 2006

Sarah announced that her live album titled "Orphan Music" will be out October 31, 2006. In the past Sarah advised that shows taken from her 2005 solo tour were being recorded for the project.

Sarah stated at yesterday's reschedualed concert at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario that the album will contain B-Sides as well.

In an inteview Sarah had with the London Free Press on September 30, 2006, she descibed the title as "Orphan Music takes its title from Slean's sense that her songs -- or "little urchins" -- seem to exist for a moment and then disappear into the air during a live performance."

"Orphan Music" was at also one time considered as a title for her album Day One. "She was tempted to call the album Orphan Music, to describe how she felt cut off from the world, learning to cope for the first time on her own, but she settled on the more hopeful Day One, after a joyous title track about waking up and "spreading love like a terrorist" (source: Stephen Cooke, Halifax Hearld). Another working title for the album Day One was the Baroness, now adapted to the film name Sarah is using with Nelson Chan and branded the official page.


Cameron

Slean Tickets on Sale - Toronto Art of Time Ensemble

Sarah Slean makes her return to the Harbourfront Centre Theatre March 16th and 17th 2007 with the Art of time Ensemble.

Schubert: Source and Inspiration
Canadian singers Sarah Slean, Hawksley Workman, Andy Maize (of the Skydiggers) and Martin Tielli (of the Rheostatics) write and perform eight new songs inspired by Franz Schubert's Piano Trio #2.
15 Mar 2007 - 16 Mar 2007

source: Where.ca

Although the show has not been listed on the Harbourfront page, tickets for the event are on sale now. A seating chart is available here and the final cost of ticket is around $36.

August's news entry on Hawksley Workman's site mentions that he recently has recently worked with Sarah again. Hawksley Workman with Sarah produced produced her album Night Bugs.

Martin Tielli and Sarah both acted in the film de noir musical, Black Widow. Black Widow is up for 6 Gemini Awards.

source: sarahslean.com, Aug 30/06

Video for Weight

After years of waiting with limited information, MTV Overdrive Canada has the video for Weight streaming. The website has many requirements that are needed to be met which include Internet Explorer and may require you to be in Canada. Thanks to Fenian for posting news of this video on Sarah's forum.

Watch the video here: http://www.mtv.ca/?vid=92468

The video only coasted around $3,000 to make and was done when Sarah was 19 years of age.
Some facts on the video posted on littleslean.com are:

"Song: Weight

Album: Universe (and later, Nightbugs)
View/Download: unavailable
Other information:
There is a video. I haven't seen it, but the way Sarah Slean describes it, it isn't terribly representative of who she is or what the song is about...

>>Steve said she did make a video for 'Weight', but the likelihood of it ever getting aired on any sort of TV station is pretty slim. I'm thinking maybe we'll see it as a quicktime / realvideo movie on sarahslean.com first...

Possibly! Is there a demand for it? Who'd like to see it?
(email me privately)

Steve

(posted to Navy Soup Aug 1999)"

littleslean.com / extras

Comments and Feedback? Post it to littleslean news

You can now comment on any of the posts you see on the littleslean news blog. This feature has been enabled as the Sarah Slean forum remains down during the official site's latest launch.

Please feel free to post any storey feedback, show reviews, or your own news. All posts are subject to moderation and should remain Sarah related.

Thank you,

Cameron

Update, The Sarah Slean forum has made a return on the official site. Do feel free to send a private message or email my way if you have comments, news, inquires, etc.

Slean plays @ The Glenn Gould - Spring 2007

Update: October 2, 2006
The Glenn Gould show has been cancelled but may be reschedualed for next season. I received the following email today from the Glenn Gould Studio advising of the cancellation.

"I am sorry to inform you that the Night and Day Concert featuring Lou
Pomanti/Sarah Slean/Roxanne Potivin concert has cancelled due to
scheduling difficulties.

The producer hopes to mount this concert next season.

Please be assured we will destroy your order form with your personal
information.

Please accept my apology for this situation and I hope that we may see
you at Glenn Gould Studio in the future."

Original Post: August 15, 2006

With the news of one of Sarah's only Canadian shows for 2006 being cancelled, I am happy to announce a 2007 date of Sarah in Toronto. The show has not been announced on Sarah's official site but confirmation does come through the CBC Glenn Gould Studio web site.

Sarah will play the Glenn Gould Studio this spring. Also on the show's line up "Night and Day" are Lou Pomanti and Roxanne Potvin. The artists are to play great standards as part of the CBC serries OnStage. Order forms can be picked up and mailed in online to be processed before the public sale of October 3, 2006.

Pianist, vocalist, visual artist and photograpger Sarah Slean released her first album, Universe, in 1996 at the age of 19. As well as writing original material, Sarah has been known to cover tunes from classic to contemporary. What could be more appropriate than to welcome her back to Glenn Gould Studio - she is a big fan of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, and wrote two songs about him: the unreleased "Glenn Gould Song" and "Before Your Time", which appeared on her 1998 album Blue Parade.

Excerpt from CBC/GlennGouldStudio

For more ticket information visit: http://glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/onstage/Season13/06NAD.html

Although the box office only opens in September, new information is being published on their website. I have been in contact via email with the Glenn Gould Studio and they have yet been able to provide me with a date.

Grand Theatre Show - Cancelled

The London Free Press has released an article regretfully informing that this Thursday's Sarah Slean concert at the Grand Theatre has been cancelled. A reposting of the statement:

Singer cancels Grand Theatre date
Tue, August 15, 2006
By LONDON FREE PRESS STAFF


Illness has forced Sarah Slean to cancel her Thursday concert at the Grand Theatre.

The nature of the illness was not disclosed.

The Canadian singer-songwriter had been scheduled to appear as part of the theatreÂ’s Hot August Nights concert series.

No new date has been scheduled for Slean. Call the Grand box office at 519-672-8800 for refund information.

- source, London Free Press

No news has appeared on the official site at this time.* Thanks to Elizabeth for alerting me to this news. All the best to Sarah in overcoming what illness that may have fallen upon her.


Update - August 16, 2006
The official page notes the illness is a vocal problem.

Cameron

Another Canadian Concert date - Huntsville, ON

Northern Ontario gets another Sarah show, this time at the Algonquin Theatre.

• July 19, 2006 - Wednesday - 8:00 pm

You can purchase tickets and get more information here. Thanks to Elizabeth for passing on the news for this show. At this time there is no further indication of another upcoming Canadian concert date of Sarah's.