Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles + Nora Jane Struthers Dates:
February 21, 2020 Time: Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 8 PM Admission: $15.00
- $25.00 Location: Jammin Java Address: 227 Maple Avenue, East,
Vienna, VA 22180 Visit Website Details Map She’s gone from
frontwoman to solo act, to frontwoman again. She’s deftly navigated
the weird road that winds from emerging artist to veteran performer.
She’s made seven records and racked up countless touring miles.
She’s collected shiny things, including an Americana Music Award
nomination, multiple Boston Music Awards, and song credits on TV shows
Sons of Anarchy and The Night Shift. Bands like Los Strait Jackets and
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys have brought her out on the road with
them. Cowboy laureates Steve Berlin and Dave Alvin have lined up to
collaborate with her. As if all that wasn't fodder enough for a
compelling rock ’n’ roll narrative, in the last few years Sarah
has been married and divorced, become a mother, and gotten sober.
It’s a whole lot of moving and shaking for someone who just turned
40, but don’t expect to find her pumping the brakes anytime soon.
“I’m not slowing down,” Borges says. “I’m gonna keep on
seeking the next sound, the next song, the next chapter of who I
am.” Headlining that next chapter is a new album titled Love’s
Middle Name, due out October 12, 2018 on Blue Corn Music. There’s
never been much daylight between Sarah and re-invention. Even as
she’s weathered the inevitable ups and downs in an industry that’s
perpetually imploding, she’s stayed the course, creating an
impressive body of work one album at a time, personal plot twists and
genres be damned. “Critics have always loved Sarah, but that
doesn’t mean they’ve figured out what to do with her,” says
Binky, her longtime bassist and best friend of 15 years. He has a
point. Conduct even a quick Google search, and you’ll find that
she’s been dubbed everything — from an Americana darling to a
roots rocker to a cowpunk to the next Sheryl Crow — by tastemakers
as diverse as The New York Times and SiriusXM Outlaw Country Radio.
You could forgive folks for being stumped as to what to call her brand
of music. In an era when algorithms and critics alike are hard-pressed
to find the quickest way to complete the phrase “sounds like___,”
an artist such as Borges raises questions. Does she walk a fine line
between punk and country, or does she kick the tar out of it? Is she
rock, roots, or Americana? And while we’re at it, what the heck is
Americana, anyway? Sarah’s many things. She’s a driven artist who
cranks out finely crafted, character-driven songs with the dexterity
of a prolific novelist. She’s a busy single mom who doesn’t have
time for your bullshit. She’s an unapologetic stage belcher. And as
her bandmates are quick to point out, she’s an incurable road dog
who lives for gigs and relishes the long-haul drives in vans full of
stinky dudes that said gigs require. Which is all to say that Sarah
and her music contain multitudes. Grit, grace, and everything in
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