http://www.kirtlandrecords.com/SaraHickman
SARA HICKMAN
ANNOUNCING NEW ALBUM SHINE, JULY 23, 2013
The “State Musician of Texas” Delivers Latest Collection of Luminous Melodies
Album preview: www.kirtlandrecords.com/SaraHickman
One of Performing Songwriter’s 100 Most Influential Independent Artists, Sara Hickman will release her Kirtland Records debut album Shine on July 23, 2013. The 10-song collection, which blossomed out of simple poems and visions on pieces of paper, is an adventurous effort for the Official State Musician of Texas, whose songs were brought to life with guidance from Los Angeles-based musician, producer and fellow songwriter Jim Jacobsen.
“Usually, I have a plan, an entire concept for a recording in mind, and I then write the songs to fit into that ideology,” explains Hickman. “However, with Shine, I just had fun. I wanted to take risks and just go with the flow, starting with those scraps of ideas.” After previously recording in Austin, Nashville and New York, Hickman also shifted her creative environment for making the album, relocating to L.A., away from family and friends to experience a different energy. She worked alone in the studio with Jacobsen, whose credits include the Eels, Parthenon Huxley, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and hundreds of TV shows and commercials. Shine was mastered by Dave McNair (Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen).
Sara’s songs have been covered by Willie Nelson, Shawn Colvin, Robert Earl Keen, The Flatlanders, Rhett Miller, Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, and Marcia Ball. A guest performer on at least 25 albums by other recording artists, Hickman has toured with Billy Bragg, Dan Fogelberg and Nanci Griffith, and has opened for other artists including theDecemberists, John Hiatt and Lucinda Williams. She has also appeared in and sung on national ad campaigns for Walmart, Popeye’s, Daisy Sour Cream, Southwest Airlines, Fannie Mae and numerous others. And the journey is far from over.
