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Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Influences: ben harper, bjork, morcheeba

Website: http://www.myspace.com/sarahshafey

Our Story:

Starting out in her early years banging on any piano she could get her hands on, Sarah Shafey evolved into the musician you know today. She studied classical piano at the Royal Conservatory for nine years and continued on to take up the guitar, harmonica, vocals, song-writing, engineering, and producing, "the second I downloaded my first demo of Fruity Loops my mind opened up into new dimensions. I was able to finally get all of those sounds and beats that were inside of my head out into a viable electronic/pop form. I was ready to get down to business."

After having moved from place to place Sarah branched out both musically and consciously, "it was quite enriching to live amongst new cultures, religions and languages, but there were always also those sad economic crises's in those same places that really drew out a new kind of musical passion and spirituality in me. It made me realize that I really wanted to take what I do seriously and that meant focusing all of my energy on music over continuing on to post-graduate studies."

Sarah has been noticed in the Toronto music scene and continues to play live shows locally to her ever growing fan base. In 2006 she was nominated in the Toronto Independent Music Awards for " Best Female Performer", has been a featured artist on CBC's New Music Canada wesbite and www.overhear.com, and has an honorable mention for the 2006 Singer/Songwriter Awards at www.wearelistening.org. Her self titled EP is set to be released on Feb 4th/2007. It is an infusion of rich electronic and pop textures with conscious lyrics that stem from her love for politically savvy music and artists such as Ani Difranco, Ben Harper, Cat Stevens, Radiohead, and Zero 7. Sarah continues to catch peoples ears in all genres so keep your eyes and ears out folks Sarah Shafey is a Toronto artist that you don't want to miss.

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