Sarah Dawn Finer Biography
You can see it in her eyes. You can see it in her face.
And by God you can hear it in her sheer soulfulness!
Blessed with a voice that glides effortlessly over music of many styles, Sarah Dawn Finer's dynamic expression and awe-inspiring versatility has made her one of our times most talented and soulful singers.
This charismatic performer explodes the stereotype of conventional soulmusic with her vibrant stage presence and richly textured voice.
- Sarah is of that rare breed of artists who actually embraces her audience, inviting you to join her on a journey of the very soul. Her obvious love of live performance has attracted a dedicated and ever-growing fan base who relish the experience of getting swept up in an artistic whirlwind of evocative lyrics and soaring vocals.
Sarah is impossible to categorise and sings like nobody you've ever heard - soothing and soulful, sensual and surprising. You will find yourself swimming in her voice. Her lyrics will tear at your heart and her extraordinary voice will heal your soul - Sarah is quite simply one of a kind, a phenomenon of musical testimony in the world of soulful music.
And she has now come to share her talent with the world.
Sarah Dawn Finer was born 1981 and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, the youngest of three to a British father and an American mother. Sarah’s brother Rennie Mirro is a well renowned artist/dancer in musicals – his latest success Singin in the Rain. Sister Zoie Finer is an up & coming jazz- and gospel singer who also acts as a voice coach and teaches music.
One could say that Sarah was born with music in her bones seeing as how it has always been part of her life. Growing up with a strong musical influence in a Jewish African American collective community where music, dancing and singing equaled life, Sarah got entangled with the gift of music ever since she could walk.
With an opera singer for a grandmother and Rennie’s father musician Eric Bibb close by, sharing a wide variety of music throughout her childhood - this all adds up to Sarah’s deep and diverse musical foundation.
Today Sarah lives and breathes music in Stockholm, Sweden – calling multicultural music Mecca New York her 2nd hometown in the world.
School Years (coming)
Music Career (smore coming...)
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Sarah began her singing career as a backing vocalist and studio session singer for other artists. For over a decade she was an undeniable force in contemporary music of all genres where she largely delivered on the promise.
Her dedication and energy attracted the cream of Sweden's music industry and world musicians; Sarah worked and toured constantly in the late 90’s offering intense emotionally-driven vocalizing to other great names like Peter Jöback, Agnetha Fältskog (ABBA), Stephen Simmonds, Eric Bibb, Eric Gadd, Jill Johnson etc etc
Her star began to rise and Sarah soon became the most influential female singer of her generation and one of the most enduring Swedish popular music performers of all time! This all also led on to stage acting and performances in musicals Rent and Godspell, various stage and comedy shows like Livet and Humorator på Grand. Sarah was one of the key participants in the all-star TV music show Så ska det låta in 2006 and 2007 and has made numerous unforgettable guest appearances on various royal, charity- and award events.
Sarah works as a vocal coach for other artists and also does commercial work like voice acting and speaking parts on animated film/TV series.
- So by the time Roxy Recordings signed her in the spring of 2007, Sarah was already a fully fledged singer/songwriter/artist with 13 years of professional singing experience tucked neatly under her belt.
New York
With just a suitcase of clothes and a suitcase of music, Sarah took time off to regroup and travel and moved to New York in 2003. This to get a much needed brake but also to focus on developing her craft as a singer and songwriter.
- After years of backgroundsinging and vocal artistry Sarah finally decided it was time to answer the voice that screamed out inside of her...
She had been a part of the elite inner circle of artistic musical elements and had worked with several top notch songwriters for over a decade so Sarah knew what she was after. Finding her own vocal expression was the next big step.
At this point there had already been years of endless nights of embracing the guitarr writing songs, so it didn’t take Sarah long to find the voice or words in which to tell her own stories.
And so Sarah spread her wings and began her love affair with making music. Her own music.
EP
Sarah burst onto the soul- and popular music scene in 2005 with an auspicious self-titled debut solo EP Sarah Dawn Finer - produced and recorded by Sarah herself!
The disc displayed a young artist who clearly had the pipes, but was also a developing song stylist, able to interpret both modern rock, pop, R&B and soulmusic.
The EP was released and launched in late November to a packed audience at The Grill in Stockholm and showcased Sarah’s versatility and ability scaling musical divides of all genres.
Sarah demonstrated considerable guts and her prodigious talent when she leaped in at the deep end and delivered such solid music – and it was immediately clear to everyone that she also was a true - and distinctive - vocal talent.
Earlier this year 2007, this recognition again led to national exposure when Sarah Dawn Finer EP tracks Stay and Home featured as soundtracks on Swedish feature film Se upp för dårarna - this to much critical acclaim.
Eurovision Song Contest ESC
Sarah Dawn Finer's performance at the Swedish Song Contest in February/March 2007, was what really rocketed her to national stardom.
With a voice that don't leave anyone untouched Sarah sang her way into peoples hearts with I Remember Love, a sublime soulballad she had written together with Peter Hallström the previous year.
Never afraid to forge personal heartfelt nuance into her inspiring music, Sarah created a show brimming with emotion and authenticity that totally blew us off!
The performance set her head and shoulders above pretty much anybody you could call her peer – and Sarah’s powerful soulful voice and tale of love, heartbreak and inner strength went straight to our hearts!
- With this heartfelt ballad Sarah also scored the prestigious 2007 Eurovision Song Contest Songwriter's Marcel Bezençon Award. I Remember Love was voted this year’s favourite composition by all other composers to reward “artistry and musical performance” at this year’s contest.
I Remember Love has been topping the charts and sales rates all spring and has already achieved Gold status. It has been one of this year’s most played songs on all Swedish radio shows – and is still going strong.
- Indeed a masterpiece in musical history and a major achievement by Sarah!
A Finer Dawn
Sarah’s confident full-length debut album A Finer Dawn - party-released at Berns in Stockholm in late May 2007 - is an openhearted collection of up-tempo cuts and fluid slow grooves of personalized confessions.
Sarah covers all the spiritual and emotional symmetry that has become trademark of her onstage performance, and feel-good harmonies is found sprinkled throughout this wondrously infectious album.
Each and every cut presented is effortlessly strong and intoxicating, most often capturing the emotional exuberance of finding love - as well as the excruciating pain associated with losing it...
Sarah has poured passion and appealing eccentricity into a dozen inventive tunes that reflect contemporary soul/R&B/rock and pop music. She has written, arranged, and produced most of the 12 tracks herself, only enlisting a small qualified team of gifted artists/producers to help complement her distinct potent sound;
Patrik Isaksson, Peter Jöback, Stephen Simmonds and Marit Bergman has all added musical artistry to A Finer Dawn - yet this powerful album’s cohesive body of work and definite sound illuminates Sarah’s unequaled craftsmanship.
Glowing Talent
- It is clear to see that this unique versatile songstress is an artist now with the world at her feet. Add to all this 2007 year’s biggest hit single I remember love, and you can see how Sarah continues to strike the right chord with an ever growing audience.
The days of doubts are over and Sarah is more confident than she's ever been about sharing her gift with all who wants to listen. Not only is this soulful sister a very refreshing addition to contemporary music, but she also brings an original sound that we all yearn for.
Sarah Dawn Finer also proves that a truly glowing talent only deepens with time.
Today editors and music presenters are busy trying to get their heads around the spelling of Sarah’s name seeing as how she rapidly has ascended to the top of the next big thing. She has already carved an impressive legacy in the music industry and on television and radio.
With a new single A way back to love released in June, an upcoming Rhapsody in Rock tour that kicks off in July and the continued success of her debut album A Finer Dawn it seems there is no stopping Sarah Dawn Finer............ 2 B continued.........
CeBes June 2007 (under construction...)
