Rate (1-5) : ****

Born in Sweden, but living in Vancouver, Canada, Sarah MacDougall is one of those gifted singer songwriters that is able to captivate an audience both on record as on stage! For the past years she’s been touring Europe, Scandinavia and Canada to promote her album “Across the Atlantic” an alt.country effort that comes with a handful of great tunes.

Leading track “Ballad of Sherri” opens with a bliss and gives away what Miss MacDougall has in store for us. “Cry Wolf” is another track that immediately attracts your attention! Not only the upbeat tempo but also the instrumentation and the catchy chorus is worth to listen to.
On “Hundred Dollar Bills” Sarah uses more of these strange instruments to accompany her voice. Well these instruments are not that strange, but face it the use of a cello, euphonium (aka Tuba) or a weissenborn (kind of lap guitar) aren’t standard either. “Biggest Mistake”, “Crow’s Lament” and “Goodbye Julie” are beautifully closing down this nice album full of self penned tunes.

While touring the world, Sarah is constantly working on a new album as well! An effort that is promised somewhere later this year, but in the mean time we have to do with Across the Atlantic. If you are into artists like Buffy Saint Marie, Eliza Gilkyson or Joan Baez then Sarah MacDougall will certainly find a place on your cd player.