SARAH HARMER ANNOUNCES 2022 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATE

ACCLAIMED ALBUM ARE YOU GONE OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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WATCH AND SHARE “LITTLE FROGS” (MUSIC VIDEO) HERE

“Are You Gone is the best album of Harmer’s career”  Globe and Mail

"One of the most accomplished and affecting albums in her already
remarkable catalogue" Exclaim! 9/10

“Sarah’s voice remains as warm and wise as ever”  Paste

“Are You Gone is a journey across time, place, learning, and loss that Sarah Harmer is an incredibly gracious guide to take us on”  Folk Alley

"An artist long appreciated for her ability to survey a scene and describe it with such poetic clarity has honed her lyrical sensibilities even further.” Analogue

“she unfurls the most gorgeous melody of the album, if not her entire career.” - on “Just Get Here”  The Boston Globe

“A folky, minor-key song about ice skating at night, with a gentle vocal and a sturdy melody, that maps a precarious relationship onto the wintry conditions. “ on St. Peter’s Bay  The New York Times

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Almost two years to the day after the release of Sarah Harmer’s JUNO Award nominated, Polaris Music Prize nominated album Are You Gone, the internationally lauded Ontario songwriter is finally able to take her stunning record on the road.

Are You Gone is a deeply personal and political collection of songs motivated by the beauty of life, the urgency of the climate crisis, and the question of loss. Sarah called the album a spiritual successor of sorts to her acclaimed 2000 debut, You Were Here, which made many year-end critics’ lists, and which TIME called the year’s best debut album. Its simple title, Are You Gone, is a meditation on the idea of presence, and a bookend to the questions posed on You Were Here - a sharpened, more electric confrontation with the realities of nature and human nature.

The result of an unshakeable inclination to make music in conflict with a lifestyle more attuned to privacy, quiet, and activism, Sarah wrote Are You Gone gradually over the last decade as she traded music for grassroots organizing as her “day job.” Between co-founding the citizen’s organization PERL (Protecting Escarpment Rural Land) and leading the coalition’s successful efforts to prevent a quarry from being built on the Niagara Escarpment, she became a fixture in local politics and advocacy, while keeping her musical chops fresh by writing and playing casually with friends. Finally, in 2019, while pondering the “ghosts” of loss, capitalism’s gluttony and music’s potential as a public platform, Sarah got to work on Are You Gone, her most sophisticated record to date.

All tour dates are listed below and tickets can be purchased HERE.

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SARAH HARMER 2022 TOUR DATES
Feb 23 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall
Feb 24 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall
Feb 26 - Montreal, QC - Corona
Feb 28 - Charlottetown, PEI - Charlottetown Brewing Company
Mar 2 - Moncton, NB - Central United Church
Mar 4 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Theatre
Mar 5 - Fredericton, NB - Playhouse Theatre
Mar 21 - Meaford, ON - Meaford Hall
Mar 22 - Sudbury, ON - College Boreal
Mar 23 - Orillia, ON  - Opera House
Mar 25 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
Mar 26 - Parry Sound - Stockey Centre
Mar 31 - Ann Arbor, MI  - The Ark
Apr 1 - Chicago, IL - OTS Szold Hall
April 2 - Milwaukee, WI - The Back Room @ Colectivo
April 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Centre
April 5 - Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre
April 6 - Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre
April 8 - Calgary, AB - Bella Theatre
April 10 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite
April 11 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite
April 14 - Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
April 16 - Victoria, BC - Capitol Theatre
April 17 - Nanaimo, BC - Port Theatre
April 18 - Bellingham, WA - Mount Baker Black Box
April 19 - Seattle, WA - Triple Door
April 20 - Portland, OR - The Old Church
April 22 - San Francisco, CA - HopMonk
April 23 - Los Angeles, CA - McCabes
April 26 - Denver, CO - Soiled Dove
April 28 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads
April 30 - Nashville, TN - Lounge at City Winery
May 15 - Burlington, ON - Burlington Performance Centre
May 19 - Kingston, ON - Grand Theatre
May 24 - London, ON - Centennial Hall
 May 27 - Guelph, ON - War Memorial Auditorium

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SARAH HARMER DUETS WITH FROG FRIEND IN NEW VIDEO

WATCH AND SHARE “LITTLE FROGS” HERE

NEW ALBUM ARE YOU GONE IS OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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“Are You Gone is the best album of Harmer’s career”  Globe and Mail

"One of the most accomplished and affecting albums in her already
remarkable catalogue" Exclaim! 9/10

“Sarah’s voice remains as warm and wise as ever”  Paste

“Are You Gone is a journey across time, place, learning, and loss that Sarah Harmer is an incredibly gracious guide to take us on”  Folk Alley

“A folky, minor-key song about ice skating at night, with a gentle vocal and a sturdy melody, that maps a precarious relationship onto the wintry conditions. “ on St. Peter’s Bay  The New York Times

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Sarah Harmer releases a charming music video today from her acclaimed new album, Are You Gone. Accompanying the cozy, homebound track “Little Frogs” is an endearing portrait of a flannel-clad frog created by JUNO Award Winning and Gemini-nominated director and puppeteer Ali J Eisner.

"Written from a list of summer memories and life’s small pleasures, the video takes you through a day in the life of a little frog – hoser by day, crooner by nightfall,” says Harmer, who joins her friend in chorus by barnyard candlelight.

"Creating this video for Sarah was so joyful.” says Eisner. “Her music always makes my heart feel so good, so to support her art through visuals was a golden experience. As a friend, Sarah has taught me a lot about the science of nature and staying grateful inside its gifts - so our little frog friend decided to spend some quality time high fiving that feeling.” 

WATCH AND SHARE “LITTLE FROGS” HERE

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SARAH HARMER SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “ST. PETER’S BAY”

WATCH AND SHARE “ST. PETER’S BAY” HERE

THE “REMARKABLE” NEW ALBUM IS HARMER’S FIRST IN A DECADE OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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"one of the most accomplished and affecting albums in her already remarkable catalogue" Exclaim! 9/10

“Harmer’s greatest strength is in her vocal conviction and clarity.” Bandcamp

“she unfurls the most gorgeous melody of the album, if not her entire career.” - on “Just Get Here”  The Boston Globe

“Are You Gone is a journey across time, place, learning, and loss that Sarah Harmer is an incredibly gracious guide to take us on”  Folk Alley

"An artist long appreciated for her ability to survey a scene and describe it with such poetic clarity has honed her lyrical sensibilities even further.” Analogue

“a folky, minor-key song about ice skating at night, with a gentle vocal and a sturdy melody, that maps a precarious relationship onto the wintry conditions. “ on St. Peter’s Bay New York Times

Photo Credit : Vanessa Heins // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

The video for "St. Peter's Bay", off Sarah Harmer's acclaimed new album, Are You Gone, is out now. Billboard says it is “certainly chilling as Harmer treks around the island, ice skates and sits in front of a small campfire.”

A swirling, expansive piano-and-guitar song about the grief at the end of a relationship (written while Sarah was on her way to a "Hockey Day" gig - The New York Times deadpanned in their write-up of the track, "How Canadian is this?"), the self-directed video takes viewers on a trip to the frozen, real-life St. Peter's Bay, for a cathartic last skate.

"I made this with filmmaker Josh Lyon,” says Harmer. “We hopped a late afternoon ferry to an island in the St Lawrence River and caught a brief window of mild weather and a bit of sun. For me this story takes place in a simpler time, when word was sent ‘on the wires of woodsmoke’ and ice was sure to freeze from one shore to another. The pain of ending a relationship is familiar in any era, and the vastness of the landscape in the middle of the river speaks to that timelessness.”

WATCH AND SHARE “ST. PETER’S BAY” HERE

Out now via Arts & Crafts, Are You Gone is a deeply personal and political collection of songs motivated by the beauty of life, the urgency of the climate crisis, and the question of loss. Sarah called the album a spiritual successor of sorts to her acclaimed 2000 debut, You Were Here, which made many year-end critics’ lists, and which TIME called the year’s best debut album. Its simple title, Are You Gone, is a meditation on the idea of presence, and a bookend to the questions posed on You Were Here - a sharpened, more electric confrontation with the realities of nature and human nature.

WATCH AND SHARE SARAH HARMER’S CBC FIRST PLAY LIVE PERFORMANCE HERE

LISTEN AND SHARE SARAH HARMER’S CBC q PERFORMANCE HERE

The result of an unshakeable inclination to make music in conflict with a lifestyle more attuned to privacy, quiet, and activism, Sarah wrote Are You Gone gradually over the last decade as she traded music for grassroots organizing as her “day job.” Between co-founding the citizen’s organization PERL (Protecting Escarpment Rural Land) and leading the coalition’s successful efforts to prevent a quarry from being built on the Niagara Escarpment, she became a fixture in local politics and advocacy, while keeping her musical chops fresh by writing and playing casually with friends. Finally, in 2019, while pondering the “ghosts” of loss, capitalism’s gluttony and music’s potential as a public platform, Sarah got to work on Are You Gone, her most sophisticated record to date.

WATCH AND SHARE SARAH HARMER’S NPR WORLD CAFE SESSIONS HERE

Encompassing a stylistic range from barebones folk to layered indie rock, album opener “St. Peter’s Bay” blends melancholic vocals and smooth atmospherics to effectively conjure the feeling of standing at dusk overlooking an endless sea, while “Take Me Out” is a modern, punchy alt-rock take on the near impossibility of letting go. “What I Was to You” is a tribute to Harmer’s lifelong friend Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip, and psychedelic-tinged piano ballad “The Lookout” tackles the angst of love-across-timezones. Penultimate track “Shoemaker”, about Sarah discovering an old book and census of her great great Glaswegian grandfather, calls to mind the gently ominous, slowly shifting chords of Sparklehorse before transforming into a gorgeous, almost-crescendoing show of Sarah’s vocal range. “See Her Wave” wraps the album with an acoustic goodbye written in memoriam to another friend who moved on.

WATCH AND SHARE “NEW LOW” LYRIC VIDEO HERE

Sarah has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Ellen, has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, garnered nine JUNO Award nominations and two wins, and been widely praised for her “razor-sharp songwriting chops” (NPR Music) and “plainly hooky” melodic sensibility (Rolling Stone).

Recently, due to the current global pandemic, Harmer has decided to postpone all of her upcoming tour dates. She issued this statement on the decision :

“After planning our upcoming tour for the past many months it is now clear that the prudent thing to do is to reschedule our spring dates to a time in the hopefully near future when the threat of the COVID-19 virus has passed. My band and I are sooo looking forward to making music for you when we can all come together safely and celebrate. We plan to honour all of the tickets at rescheduled shows. Please hold on to your tickets and we will share the revised plans as soon as possible. I have been really looking forward to this tour and of course I’m bummed it will have to wait a little longer. I’m sorry if this throws a wrench into your plans.

Signing off in solidarity with all the organizers out there who want to do what’s best to look after each other and our healthcare workers right now. Please take care and see you before long.”

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