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Recordings
Everyday Bravery is Sarah’s newest recording and the seventh that she’s made. Sarah's best known and most covered songs include Walls and Bridges, My Roots Go Down, and Two Hands Hold the Earth. She has recorded over 100 original songs and has received eight national awards for her music. Her songs have appeared in "Sing Out!" Magazine and "Broadside" and her work has been noted in Billboard Magazine.
See lyrics in the Song Lyrics section. "Thank you, sweet sister Sarah, for your deep gift
of spirit, your huge soul and prophetic voice. Your newest song
"Home for Dinner" is a brilliant and heartbreaking song. You
and your voice have been at the heart of my life and soul ever since I
first heard you twenty years ago when we purchased Two Hands Hold the
Earth." Lyrics that are inspiring and fun are joined with music to a lively beat. "Sarah's songs touch the hearts of children and adults alike. Her music is food for the soul."
Order From: CD Baby "Expansive and intimate. Personal and universal." "Your songs are about soul level work." "When I listen to your song for Cindy Sheehan, I cry every time.
Such beautiful, heartfelt work. Thank you for blessing the movement, and
the world, with your gift. I want to let you know that as I continue to
do speaking engagements and things, I will see to it that your music is
played wherever possible." Read more background on each song at the Everyday Bravery lyrics page. Sarah takes life stories and creates breathtaking lyrics that reach to the heartbeat of the courageous people she celebrates. Home for Dinner is Sarah's acclaimed song about Cindy Sheehan. The recording is dedicated to Juanita Nelson. The song, The Ballad of Juanita Nelson, describes Juanita at age 16 as she sits down in the all-white railroad cars on a 1939 Jim Crow train to Georgia. Pete Seeger calls her song, Ibrahim, the best song he's heard about Palestine. House of Hope describes how prisoner of conscience Richard Sitcha uses prayer to maintain his courage while in prison. My Bones Sing is a joyful circle dance song. Lui Collins' harmonies, Ellen Clegg's percussion, Dan Tinen and Ryan Pirtle-McVeigh on piano, Peter Siegel on mandolin, Sarah Benson on flute, and John Kirk and Becky Tracy on fiddle add extra vitality to this recording of nineteen songs. See Everyday Bravery Song Lyrics for an essay about the purpose of the recording. You’ll be able to go to the lyrics, read background information, and learn discussion questions for every song. Sarah has created a 50-page booklet with Everyday Bravery lyrics, chords, background information and discussion questions: send CD $15, Book $10, Postage $5 to the Discovery Center, 63 Main St., Shelburne Falls, MA 01370. “These are beautiful songs that speak to the purest, kindest aspect of our common humanity. They give more real support and encouragement to people facing the challenges of today’s world than any one CD I’ve ever heard!”
Recorded by Shaker at Touchstone Farm, this recording includes sing-along favorites Here's a Hand, and My Roots Go Down as well as the lyrical Follow the Voice. Other titles among the thirteen songs are Lay Down Your Weary Burden, Montana Wind, The Flowers of Atlantis, Still I Stay Strong, and Being Yes and Saying No. This is Sarah's first recording for adults. "Green flame is the name I give to the unstoppable pulse of life." How to order: CD Baby
Winner of Three National Awards including the Order From: A Gentle Wind Sarah's sixth recording provides meaningful lyrics with lively danceable tunes that children and adults enjoy hearing over and over. From the inspiring words of "True to Myself" and "Magic Wings," to the humorous true story of a dog who swam with dolphins, Sarah expresses deep appreciation for the miracles of the earth. There's a special science focus. She's created joyful songs about quarks, DNA, and cells as well as "Whale Watch." Sarah's songs celebrate the best in life. Lively rhythms add spice to lyrics that are playful and profound as they capture the wonders of natural world and the joys of friendship. Seventeen original songs plus a cajun traditional, "Bonjour, Mes Amis," and Bonnie Lockhart's "Water Cycle." The CD plays a video and provides extensive teacher lesson plans for ages 5-12. John Kirk on fiddle, John Roberts on concertina, and Paul Strausman on guitar add to the lively rhythms. See song lyrics for the words to “Tree of Life,” “Whale Watch,” “True to Myself,” “The Quark Song,” “Move with the Moon,” and “Cells Start Moving.”
Winner of Three National Awards: Order From: A Gentle Wind This multi-generational recording has a wide range of musical styles including calypso, zydeco, country dance music, and cumbia, which is an El Salvadorian rhythm for telling the news of a village. Children can dive into these songs because they feed the imagination. "Dolphin Drummers" takes you to Greek Isles where children drummed on the water to ask dolphins to drive fish into their nets. Several original songs by Sarah on this recording have been recorded widely by other artists including "Mahogany Tree," made famous by Jay Mankita for its story of protecting the rainforest as well as "Talk It Out" and "Walls and Bridges". Also, "Paz Y Libertad" by Jose-Luis Orozco and "Mother Earth" by Sharon Burch, sung in Navaho, are among the fourteen songs. See the Talk It Out lesson plan for a sample song from this recording. See song lyrics for the words to “Walls and Bridges,” “Mahogany Tree,” “Talk It Out,” and “Follow the Voice.”
Winner of the Parents' Choice CLASSIC Award Order From: A Gentle Wind This CD includes "Colors of Earth" which is one of Sarah's most famous songs. The irresistible bouncy rhythms of "Mama Crow" and "Mi Cuerpo Hace Musica", humorous songs like "Sitting in the Soup" and "The Terrible Bug", and stirring messages like "The Sun Inside Us" and "Touch the Sky" make this a dynamic recording that children and adults listen to over and over again. For ages 3 and up. See song lyrics for the words to “Mama Crow,” “The Sun Inside Us,” and “Colors of Earth.”
Winner of the Order From: A Gentle Wind Classic songs by Sarah are here: "My Roots Go Down," "That Quiet Place" (recorded by Gordon Bok), "I Talk to My Food," "The Woman Who Gobbled Swiss Cheese," and "Jump Salmon Jump". Twenty songs in all including the traditional song, "De Colores". See song lyrics for the words to “There’s Always Something You Can Do,” “Two Hands Hold the Earth,” and “I am a Person.” "Exciting and meaningful songs! I never get tired of listening."
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