A Gambling Girl’s Confessions
“At night the music would come to rest within her mind,
within her chest and the words would flow like tears.”
– Sarah J. Hyland
A honey- voiced storyteller of prodigious talent, Sarah J. Hyland has been commanding international attention since she broke onto the scene in 2004 with a spirited version of the 1978 R & B classic Boogie Oogie Oogie.
The debut single was used to open Iceland Fashion Week the same year, while her first album Girl Parts was well received throughout Europe. Since then she has been touring her unique brand of jazz, blues and folk around the world.
Sarah released her second album ‘I’ll fly into your arms’, to a round-up of prestigious jazz and live music venues in Manhattan, NY, with shows at the Rockwood, The Bitter End and Zinc Bar.
She has received critical acclaim overseas being invited to India to perform at the Taj, Delhi and at home she is a regular on the jazz circuit playing A-list venues like the Vanguard and the Basement in Sydney and the Paris Cat in Melbourne.
Sarah has sung alongside industry heavyweights including Vanessa Amorossi and Eric Clapton, performed at Wangarratta Jazz Festival and the Paramasala Festival in Sydney, while her second album Fly into Your Arms featured on ABC Radio’s Jazztrack program.
She continues to write and perform regularly throughout Australia with a variety of artists.
Fly into your arms – 2007
Originally released in 2009 as A Girl Like Me, Hyland’s second offering charts the ups and downs of love with soul-baring honesty and self-deprecating humour. From the silky smooth vocals of the title track to the sassy scatting in This Day is Screwed this 11- track album deliciously fuses jazz, blues folk and pop in a way that leaves you wanting more.
Girl Parts – 2004
Hyland’s debut album established her as a powerhouse new talent on the global scene. The electronica-pop influenced album is by turns sensual, playful and confessional, Hyland never shies away from exposing the gritty underbelly of love and relationships.
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