Love

Sarah

It’s been an amazing last month. I did a 6 week tour with my band Tim Tweedale (Bob Hamilton the first week) on lap steel and MJ Dandeneau on bass that took me from Whitehorse to Alberta through the Prairies to Quebec City to Winnipeg to Memphis to Vancouver! We played some great shows and festivals and met some great people. And I showcased at La Bourse Rideau in Quebec City and at Folk Alliance in Memphis! 

Here are some photos from the road: 

Thank you so much to everyone!!!!!! Also, huge thanks to Ken at Killbeat and all the media that supported this tour!!! I was on the cover of two publications which was fantastic! And an even bigger thank you to CKUA for their incredible support!!!!

Also, I want to announce that I am now working with and being managed by Sean Russell/Tangents North. He is an amazing guy to work with and I feel so lucky! We are also expanding our team, and I will announce them soon. 

I am so looking forward to resting for a month and getting ready for a lot of touring this year: Ontario, East Coast, Europe, Asia. See you down the road…

Love, Sarah

 It has been a great tour so far.  2 weeks into it, we have seen a bunch of Alberta and Saskatchewan. We have had really great audieneces overall and sometimes I am overwhelmed by the kindness of people and how music brings people together…It really makes me think that what I do is worthwhile.

CKUA has really supported me lately. In fact, I think I’m #6 right now..Every show there has been someone who came because they heard me on CKUA.  Thank you!!

We still have another week in Alberta, then I fly to Quebec, Winnipeg and Memphis for 3 different festivals. On my way home I got an opportunity to play some songs in the Jack Spence theatre opening for Michael Fitzgerald and his 250 piece band. I wanna give a huge thanks to the Yukon Film and Sound Commission for supporting my endeavors and helping me to make all of this possible.

These are the rest of the dates on the tour:

Tuesday 7^th: The Hideout, Red Deer

Wednesday 8^th: The blackbird coffeehouse, Coleman

Thursday 9^th: House concert, Nanton

Friday 10^th: The Slice, Lethbridge

Saturday 11^th: The Ironwood, Calgary

Sunday 12^th: Bourse Rideau, Quebec City

Wed 15^th: Bruce Leperre House Concert, Dauphin, Manitoba

Fri 17^th: The King’s Head, Winnipeg

Sat+ Sun 18+19: Festival Du Voyageur

Wed 22^nd-26: Folk Alliance, Memphis

Monday 27^th: Vancouver, TBA

Tues 28: Jack Spence Theatre.

I heard it’s 8 degrees plus in Whitehorse right now….Wow…what’s going on?

Lots of love from the road,

Sarah

http://www.verbnews.com/assets/pdfs/Verb_Issue_R12_Jan_27-Feb_2_12.pdf

http://beatroute.ca/view_article.php?sectionID=16&articleID=5132

English translation:

Roots Highway: Italian ‘Best of 2011″

http://www.rootshighway.it/speciali/best2011/riepilogo.htm

Hifi & Musik Best of 2011:(Swedish magazine)

http://www.hifi-musik.se/musik/2011/12/26/Komplett-lista/

Real Roots Cafe Review: (Netherlands)

http://www.realrootscafe.com/01_12.html

Roots Report: Climbed up to #3 in the Folk Category and # 5 in the Canadian!

Country Jukebox: German review:

http://www.countryjukebox.de/pages/flash.htm

http://www.rootsmusicreport.com/index.php?page=yearendchart&genre=folk

I’m also #6 this week on the Folk Chart and #8 on the Canada Chart.

I just found out my The Greatest Ones Alive is the #2 most played record on Folk/Roots Galaxie Folk/Roots Radio for albums released in the late 2010-2011!! Check out this list: 

> 1 — Fish & Bird — Every Whisper is a Shout Across the Void — Fiddle Head Records
> 2 — Sarah MacDougall — The Greatest Ones Alive — Rabbit Heart Music
> 3 — Norma MacDonald — Morning You Wake — Paperweight Music
> 4 — Mae Moore — Folklore — Poetical License
> 5 — Blackie and the Rodeo Kings — Kings and Queens — File Under Music
> 6 — The Good Lovelies — Let the Rain Fall — Good Lovelies/Six Shooter
> 7 — Katie Moore — Montebello — Purple Cat Records
> 8 — The Deep Dark Woods — The Place I Left Behind — Six Shooter/Sugar Hill
> 9 — Suzie Vinnick — Me ‘n’ Mabel — (independent)
> 10 — BettySoo and Doug Cox — Lie to Me — Borderline Talent
> 11 — Catherine MacLellan — Silhouette — True North
> 12 — Steve Dawson — Nightshade — Black Hen Music
> 13 — The Warped 45s — Matador Sunset — Pheromone Recordings
> 14 — 100 Mile House — Hollow Ponds — Hole In My Shoe Productions
> 15 — Ray Bonneville — Bad Man’s Blood — Red House
> 16 — David Francey — Late Edition — Laker Music
> 17 — Madison Violet — The Good in Goodbye — True North
> 18 — Fearing & White — Fearing & White — Lowden Proud
> 19 — Trisha Gagnon — A Story About You And Me — Jam ‘N Music 
> 20 — The Laws — Try Love – thelaws.ca
> 21 — Ian Tamblyn — Walking the Bones — North Track Records
> 22 — The Wailin’ Jennys — Bright Morning Stars — True North
> 23 — Pharis & Jason Romero — A Passing Glimpse — Lula Records
> 24 — Kim Stockwood — Back to the Water — TurtleMusic
> 25 — Lynne Hanson — Once the Sun Goes Down – lynnehanson.com
> 26 — Bruce Cockburn — Small Source Of Comfort — True North
> 27 — Genticorum — Nagez Rameurs — Roues et Archets
> 28 — Ken Whiteley — Another Day’s Journey — Borealis
> 29 — Lynn Miles — Fall for Beauty — True North
> 30 — The Once — Row upon Row of the People They Know — Borealis
> 31 — Matt Andersen — Coal Mining Blues — Busted Flat
> 32 — Laura Repo — Get Yourself Home — Repo Girl
> 33 — Michael Jerome Browne — The Road Is Dark — Borealis
> 34 — John Reischman & The Jaybirds — Vintage and Unique — Corvus
> 35 — Arlene Bishop — Begin Again — The Twelve Steves
> 36 — Oh Susanna — Soon the Birds — Outside Music
> 37 — Andrea England — Hope & Other Sins — Lemonade Factory
> 38 — Murray McLauchlan — Human Writes — True North
> 39 — The Olympic Symphonium — The City Won’t Have Time To Fight — Forward
> 40 — Rob Lutes & Rob MacDonald — Rob Lutes & Rob MacDonald Live – roblutes.com
> 41 — Qristina and Quinn Bachand — Family — (independent)
> 42 — Scott Cook — Moonlit Rambles — Groove Revival
> 43 — La Bottine Souriante — Appellation d’Origine Controlee — Borealis
> 44 — Fred Eaglesmith — Cha Cha Cha — Fred Eaglesmith
> 45 — The Foggy Hogtown Boys — The Hogtown Sessions — Vote-O-Tone
> 46 — Ariana Gillis — Forget Me Not — AG
> 47 — Amy Cunningham — To the Stars We’ll Return – amycunningham.com
> 48 — Anne Lindsay — Hurry on Home — Violindsay
> 49 — Kate Reid — Doing It for The Chicks — Firebones
> 50 — Bruce Guthro — Celtic Crossing – bruceguthro.com
> 51 — Carrie Catherine — Wilderness – carriecatherine.com
> 52 — Cold Specks — Holland — Arts and Crafts
> 53 — Loreena McKennitt — The Wind That Shakes The Barley — Universal