Sarah Jahn

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Sarah Jahn
Origin Wood River, Illinois
Genres Contemporary Christian
Occupation(s)Singer
Labels Warner Alliance

Sarah Jahn is an American Christian pop singer from Wood River, Illinois.

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Biography

Jahn sang in a middle school choir, but did not consider a career in music until she switched to a major in Christian music as a student at Greenville College in the early 1990s. [1] In 1994, Jars of Clay, a band composed of Greenville students, won the Gospel Music Association Spotlight New Artist Competition [2] and subsequently signed to Essential Records. Jahn herself won the same Spotlight Competition later that year. [3] She toured Japan and self-released an album in 1995; after sending a demo to KPNT 105.7FM in St. Louis, she received radio airplay and was included on one of the station's compilations of local artists. [2] In 1996, Jahn appeared on a Petra tribute album called Never Say Dinosaur , covering the band's 1979 song "Yahweh Love". [4] Jahn signed with Warner Alliance and released the album Sparkle in 1997. [5] The album was produced by Glenn Rosenstein and includes performance and songwriting contributions from members of Jars of Clay and the group Plumb. [6] Sparkle received mixed reviews; Nashville Scene called it "among the freshest and most moving pop releases of the year" [7] and "one of the finest pop albums to come out of Nashville in 1997", [8] while Allmusic described it as "listenable, but unmemorable." [6] She supported the album with a tour as the opening act for Jars of Clay, and appeared at the Alliance Festival in the United Kingdom. [2] A song from Sparkle, "Drinking Water", was a hit on Christian radio in 1998. [3]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ Feature: Sarah Jahn. CCM , 1997.
  2. 1 2 3 Sarah Jahn: American singer/songwriter creates a buzz at Alliance. Cross Rhythms 41, October 1997.
  3. 1 2 Mark Allan Powell, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers, 2002, pp. 441-442.
  4. ↑ Review of Never Say Dinosaur. Cross Rhythms 35, October 1996.
  5. ↑ Review. Cross Rhythms 41, October 1997.
  6. 1 2 Review of Sparkle. AllMusic
  7. ↑ Rocking God's House. Nashville Scene , June 5, 1997.
  8. ↑ Review of Sparkle in Nashville Scene, quoted in Powell, p. 442.
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