Sarah Fimm

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Sarah Fimm
Sarah Fimm - Live - October 2009.jpg
Performing solo in 2010
Background information
Born Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Instrument(s)
  • vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active2001–present
Website www.sarahfimm.com

Sarah Fimm is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, residing in Woodstock, NY. [1]

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Biography

Fimm was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her grandmother is a Holocaust survivor. [1] She toured and collaborated with singer Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus), and supported Delerium [2] in 2008. Her music has been featured on MTV's Real World/Road Rules, Mark Hamill’s Comic Book: The Movie , D.E.B.S. (soundtrack from the motion picture), [3] and the Lifetime channel, among others. Fimm's voice can be heard on Iggy Pops versions of Serge Gainsbourg’s ‘La Javanaise’ and ‘Et Si Tu N`Existais Pas’. Fimm plays piano, sings, and writes her own songs. [4] She has "received continual accolades from Rolling Stone and Billboard for her stellar songwriting." [5]

Billboard called A Perfect Dream (2002) an album that "contained a chilling, isolated beauty" and Nexus (2004) a "stunning celestial journey." [6] Billboard compared her work on A Perfect Dream to work by Tori Amos. [7] The Charleston Gazette echoed the comparison to Amos and wrote that Fimm is "not afraid to tell the world how she really feels." [8]

Her work on Near Infinite Possibility (2011) (produced by David Baron) shows influences from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Heart, [9] and featured musicians such as Josh Freese, [10] Brian Viglione, Earl Slick, Sterling Campbell, John Andrews and others.

Fimm has been involved in outdoor art installations through an initiative called Inspire Art. [11]

In 2015, with the help of music producer David Baron, two more albums came to fruition – Potnia Theron[ citation needed ] (2015) and Adaquarium (2015).[ citation needed ]

Given Never Offered (2018) [12] is her latest release. The album features producer David Baron, multi-instrumentalist Erik Lawrence, bassist Sara Lee, and drummer Ben Perowsky.

Discography

YearAlbum
2001Cocooned
2002A Perfect Dream
2004Nexus
2008White Birds(extended play)
2009 Red Yellow Sun
2009The Vanishing Sessions (B-Sides Part I)
2010Karma Phala
2011 Near Infinite Possibility
2015Potnia Theron
2015Adaquarium
2018Given Never Offered
2020There Thy Beauty Lies
2020Planting Oblivion
2022World Lines
2022Aletheia
2022Celestial Strangers

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