Sarah Shook

Sarah Shook
Birth name Sarah Marie Shook
Born 1985 (age 31–32)
Rochester, New York U.S.
Origin Garner, North Carolina U.S.
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Guitar
Years active 2005–present
Labels Bloodshot Records
Associated acts Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
Sarah Shook & The Devil
Website Disarmers.com

Sarah Marie Shook is a country music singer-songwriter from North Carolina.[1][2] Her music incorporates country-punk and twang, with shades of outlaw country and Shook's high lonesome singing.[3][4][5]

Early life

Shook was born in Rochester, New York. She was homeschooled and grew up in a fundamentalist Christian family where music was restricted.[6] In high school she taught herself acoustic guitar.[7]

The family moved often when she was young. In July 2005, when Shook was 19 years old, her family moved to Garner.[1][7]

Career

In 2010 Shook started her first band, Sarah Shook and the Devil. The band was made up of Shook on vocals and guitar, Jon Baughman on bass, and Eric Peterson on guitar. The band released a seven-song EP, 2013's Seven.[8][9] The group disbanded in 2013.[7]

In 2013, Shook formed the band, Sarah Shook and the Dirty Hands, with Devil bandmate Eric Peterson. They played regionally, mostly in North Carolina.[9]

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

Shook started a new band called Sarah Shook & the Disarmers in mid to late 2013. The band started as a recording project, with Eric Peterson on guitar, and John Howie Jr. (Two Dollar Pistols, John Howie Jr. & the Rosewood Bluff) on drums, Jason Hendrick on bass fiddle, and Phil Sullivan on lap steel.[10]

Shook released the band's first record, Sidelong, in October 2015, with a re-release in 2017.[11] Sidelong was produced by Ian Schreier at Manifold Recording Studios, which is near the Haw River in North Carolina. The record was tracked and recorded live in April 2015.[12] Shook found regional and national success with the record, which led to her signing with Chicago's Bloodshot Records.[13]

Sidelong was named one of the 2015's top 50 Essential Albums by Saving Country Music.[14] The records was number 2 on Indy Week's top 25 best albums of 2015.[15] Shook was listed as one of 10 New Country Artists to Know in July 2016.[13] Also in 2016, BuzzFeed Community listed Shook as one of five women country artists who are impacting music.[16] It received positive reviews.[17][18][19]

Personal life

Shook has a son.[7]

Although Shook grew up in a deeply religious environment, she is an atheist.[20] Shook considers herself bisexual,[4] and is politically active in supporting LGBT and civil rights causes.[21] Along with fellow musician and activist Erika Libero (Henbrain),[22] she won the 2016 Indy Arts Award for their work with Chapel Hill-based Safe Space initiative, which was an effort to get local businesses to put up stickers that offered safe spaces for people needing it – and for their work putting on a 2-day music festival, Manifest, which includes bands that have at least one woman member.[23][24]

Discography

EP
LP

References

  1. 1 2 Kane, Meeghan (28 June 2016). "Sarah Shook on Hellholes, Homes, Writing Music, and Southern Women". Auntie Bellum Magazine.
  2. ↑ Cooper, Duncan (4 May 2017). "Meet Sarah Shook, Country Music’s Radical And Ordinary Hero". The Fader.
  3. ↑ Ferguson, Maeri (1 May 2017). "Sarah Shook Gives No F***s". No Depression.
  4. 1 2 Cholst, Rachel (8 May 2017). "Deadly Accuracy With Sarah Shook and the Disarmers". No Depression.
  5. ↑ Christian, Trevor (8 May 2017). "Sarah Shook and the Disarmers’ Give New LP 'Sidelong' Plenty of Pull & Punch (INTERVIEW)". Glide Magazine.
  6. ↑ Trigger (30 October 2015). "Album Review – "Sidelong" by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers". Saving Country Music.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Hill, Corbie (14 October 2015). "Sarah Shook is a single mother and a tough country singer with a reckless side. She is keeping both ends up.". Indy Week.
  8. 1 2 Britt, Grant (10 December 2015). "Hard Core Shook Country". No Depression.
  9. 1 2 Cutler, Joey (31 May 2017). "Sarah Shook & the Disarmers hit the roadi". GrafWV.com.
  10. 1 2 Whitelock, Ed (26 April 2017). "Sarah Shook and the Disarmers: Sidelong". PopMatters.
  11. ↑ Domenighini, Annalise (24 April 2017). "Sarah Shook and the Disarmers Are Drinking Mainstream Country Under the Table". Noisey. VICE Media.
  12. ↑ Jurgensen, John (30 April 2017). "Sarah Shook Tries Out the Boozy Ballad". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. 1 2 Parton, Chris (1 July 2016). "10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: July 2016". Rolling Stone.
  14. ↑ Trigger (14 December 2015). "Saving Country Music’s 50 Essential Albums for 2015". Saving Country Music.
  15. ↑ Currin, Grayson Haver (23 December 2015). "Listen up: The Triangle's 25 best albums of 2015". Indy Week.
  16. ↑ KitRedd (11 April 2016). "5 Women Who Are Kicking Country Music's Ass". BuzzFeed Community.
  17. ↑ Zimmerman, Lee (24 April 2017). "Sarah Shook & The Disarmers: Sidelong Review". Paste.
  18. ↑ Loeb, Jeremy (28 April 2016). "Country Singer Sarah Shook Talks 'Sidelong' and HB2". WCQS. Western North Carolina Public Radio.
  19. ↑ Hodge, Eric (4 December 2015). "Sarah Shook Sings About Whiskey, Bad Luck, And Healing on 'Sidelong'". WUNC (FM).
  20. ↑ Rhodes, Davis (16 June 2016). "Q&A with rocker mom Sarah Shook". The Daily Tar Heel.
  21. ↑ Wildsmith, Steve (24 May 2017). "Outlaw country becomes a vehicle for gender activism by Sarah Shook". The Daily Times.
  22. ↑ Hussey, Allison (14 December 2016). "Sarah Shook and Erika Libero Mark Progressive Territory With Rainbow Decals and Amplify Women’s Voices". Indy Week.
  23. ↑ Ludwig, Jamie (11 April 2017). "Sarah Shook and the Disarmers on Outlaw Country and Safe Spaces. Listen to "The Nail" Now!". She Shreds Magazine.
  24. ↑ Sawyer, Bobbie Jean (8 June 2017). "Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, a Renegade Outlaw Country Band from North Carolina". Wide Open Country.
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