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Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer/songwriter and environmental activist whose winsome vocals and wanderings in indie pop, folk, and bluegrass have bewitched critics and fans alike.
Harmer was the driving force behind Kingston folk-pop group
Weeping Tile before embarking on a successful solo career in the late '90s that began with high-profile live shows alongside artists like
Indigo Girls,
Great Big Sea, and
Moxy Fruvous. Her first release outside of
Weeping Tile was a tribute to her father titled
Songs for Clem. Credited to
Harmer and
Jason Euringer, the folksy album was released independently by
Harmer, but was eventually given wider release by Universal Canada. Her proper debut album, the resonant
You Were Here, was released in mid-2000 by Zoe Records, and showed a polished, more mature side to her music than her work with her former band. It wasn't until 2004 that
Harmer returned with a follow-up,
All of Our Names, while in 2006 she explored her country and bluegrass side on
I'm a Mountain, which garnered the singer three Juno Award nominations. 2010 saw the release of her fifth album, the more rock-oriented
Oh Little Fire, which featured guest appearances from
Neko Case,
Julie Fader, and
James Shaw (
Metric) -- like its predecessor, the LP earned
Harmer a trio of Juno nominations. She spent the next several years focusing on environmental work, though she continued to perform and record sporadically.
Harmer returned to the studio in 2019 and inked a deal with Arts & Crafts. The resulting
Are You Gone, which she described as " a spiritual successor" to her 2000 debut
You Were Here, was released in February 2020. ~ Heather Phares