The Details of Sarah Going Indie

On February 17th issue of Sarah official mailing list, she announced that she was going independent again and be "the master of my(her) own destiny."

Dose magazine had the chance to speak with Sarah about her being an independent artist during the tail end of Canadian Music Week before Sarah presented at the March 13th Canadian Radio Music Awards.

The full article, Sarah Slean Goes Indie, written by Leah Collins and published today is a great. There are a few points of it I would like to highlight.

"The Baroness Redecorates, was released last December, marking the end of her stint as a major-label artist."

I presume any re-releases or other distribution options of the EP may still be done by Warner. The Baroness (album) is currently still being promoted in Germany.

"I couldn't just record this song with so and so. It would be this big nightmare because they own your recorded output. I couldn't just make a short film with my animator friend because the music and the name and everything was partially owned," she explains.

The film referred to here is Tales of the Baroness done with Nelson Chan. The first part of the film was shown on TV and an advertised sale of DVD was offered but never delivered on. On the October 20, 2008 Q and A session when Sarah was asked about it's release on DVD she responded, "That I don't know. Maybe when we have more visual material we'll put together a proper DVD and that can be a bonus track...".
Other projects Sarah has mentioned that she is working on are, a film for Modern Man, Boy Wonder the play and the release of her sheet music.

The Baroness - Released in Germany Today

The Baroness has been released in Germany today. Last week they released the single for Get Home. More information is available on the Warner Germany page.

http://www.warnermusic.de/sarahslean/news/

Thanks to Thomas P. who mentioned advised me that the album was advertised in German magazine Piranha.

A promotion video has also been put together with clips from various TV appearances. You can view it here: http://www.amazon.de/Baroness-Sarah-Slean/dp/B0013XZ3YG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1230412713&sr=8-1

I have not received any further updates regards to a tour in Germany.

Sarah's Poem 'Buddha Crowns' is Online

Sarah's poem 'Buddha Crowns' has been published for the first time online on HealthyGirl.net.
The poem is included in Sarah's latest book of poetry, The Baroness that is on sale at Sarah's site and a handful of stores.

Earlier this year Sarah played a concert of HealthyGirl's event for women, WellSpot. Recently they posted pictures from that event to Flickr.

Montreal Interview with Sarah Slean (Video)

A video of Sarah playing and being interviewed at Club Soda during the Montreal Jazz Festival has been put online.

You can view the video here in English or the version en Francais.

A show a charitable show she did later that day was played live on Q92 FM in Montreal.

Secondly, it does not appear that Sarah Slean's sets at Hillside are part of CBC Radio 2's presentation from Hillside being played this Friday.

Album Cover Art - View it Now

Looks like the final art work Sarah's fourth coming album has now been uploaded to the sarahslean.com. It looks like the image is from a different shoot from the images we had previously shown and that are used throughout the rest of the official site. The disclaimer regards to not being the final artwork has also been removed alongside the previous image.

The stunning image on the left is from sarahslean.com



Update 2008/15/08: - More new images....
Sarah Slean facebook profile has a new image and it's another stunning shot. Her myspace page has also received a makeover with new banner images, the new cover art and a theme similar to sarahslean.com.

Tales of the Baroness - DVD Release

The film Tales of The Baroness by Sarah Slean and Nelson Chan is slated for DVD release this month. Last year part 1 of the three part trilogy was shown on television.

Details such as the DVD's costs and features has not yet been made available. At this time your prompted to reserve a copy on the website www.talesofthebaroness.com .



In addition to the film's trailer, animation tests have been added by Nelson Chan to his YouTube account. Nelson Chan is also the video director of Sarah's videos Day One and Mary.

Update, 2008-02-12: The DVD is indefinitely delayed accorded to a recent post on the Sarah Slean forum.

Album Presale Tomorrow

Sarah Slean's new album entitled, The Baroness, will go on presale tomorrow through the store on SarahSlean.com. The official site syndicated this announcement through the official Sarah Slean mailing list, myspace, and facebook account.

The announcment also revealed further details such as Parasol (Sweet Virginia) being a free digital give away with the preorder and that Get Home will be the single of the week on iTunes starting January 29, 2008. Additional information in regards to Sarah's concert on February 2, 2008 with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra was also included in the release.

Tales of The Baroness - Coming Soon to TV

A reminder that the film by Nelson Chan and Sarah Slean titled, Tales of the Baroness shows this Friday on Bravo TV with following air dates on City TV and the A channel over the weekend. With promo posters indicating it's "Part One" I'm uncertain to if the runtime will be longer then 15 minutes and how many segments the complete feature will be.

For complete times, trailers, and downloads visit: www.talesofthebaroness.com

Image used with permission.