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Sarah Slean — The Baroness Redecorates

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) January 16, 2009 2:09 pm
Canadian songstress Sarah Slean has allowed her alter ego to appear once again. The Baroness Redecorates EP is a collection of seven B-sides from her latest album that combines the Slean of past and present. While producer and I Mother Earth guitarist Jag Tanna discouraged the songbird from hiding behind instrumental arrangements on The Baroness,...
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Sarah Slean Gets Festive

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) December 22, 2008 5:06 pm
Toronto might have been buried in snow this past weekend, but Sarah Slean's annual festive two-night stint at the Enwave Theatre warmed many hearts. Saturday evening saw Slean clad in a dazzling green dress (that her friend "the mermaid" gave her) performing with some of the cabaret chanteuse's closest musical friends. The Roaring...
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Sarah Slean — The Baroness

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) March 11, 2008 9:38 pm
Sarah Slean moved to Paris to write songs and rediscover herself in 2006, and it definitely paid off. Drenched in a Parisian-inspired musical sensibility, Slean returns in full force with this fifth studio release. While not as poppy as her previous efforts, the album showcases a newfound maturity in her sound and it's obvious that Slean has...
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Sarah Slean Tackles Canadian Covers

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) May 14, 2007 4:30 pm
Dressed in a floor-length, glittering, golden gown, Sarah Slean led the Art Of Time Ensemble's Toronto Songbook through her teenage musical crushes, suicide and unrequited love, only to land on the lonely side of the moon at Harbourfront Centre last Thursday. Artistic director and pianist Andrew Burashko called in Slean to flex her vocal...
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Sarah Slean — Day One

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) September 28, 2004 4:02 pm
By kicking off her new disc with the devastating "Pilgrim" and its opening line, "A little blood and vomit on the car seat," the eccentric Sarah Slean makes it clear that Day One is a darker stroll than her nocturnally-named Night Bugs album. Slean is more adventurous this time around, spiking her cabaret-pop with a dose of ska...
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Sarah Slean — Night Bugs

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By John Teshima (CHARTattack) March 19, 2002 3:31 pm
Slean’s first full-length major label release is leaps and bounds ahead of her previous indie efforts. With Night Bugs, this Toronto-based chanteuse sallies forth with a brazen and individualistic vision. Drawing upon her love of musicals and her classical music background, Slean has concocted a heady and melodramatic mix of cabaret, show tunes...
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Sarah Slean Releasing Double Album In September

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 29, 2011 12:25 pm
It looks like Sarah Slean's been hard at work in the three years since she released The Baroness. She's worked so much, in fact, that the fruits of her labour will be released as double album Land & Sea on Sept. 27.The two-disc set will come out through Pheromone Recordings, and is divided in half stylistically; Land consists of pop songs that...
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Slean, Cuddy, Sadies Talk About Juno Toronto Tribute

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 28, 2011 5:08 pm
One of the best executed parts of the 2011 Juno Awards show telecast was the multi-band "Love Letter To Toronto."The segment focused on Toronto's Yonge Street scene of 40 years ago, and saw The Band's Robbie Robertson introduce a cast that included City And Colour's Dallas Green, Sarah Slean, Sarah Harmer, Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor,...
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Jim Cuddy and Sarah Slean (Photo: CARAS)

Official 2011 Juno Awards Drinking Game

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 25, 2011 10:31 am
Finally. After years of complaining that it's too expensive to fly all their artists out to places like St. John's or Saskatoon, or that there aren't enough limousines to rent in these towns, or that the available bars are too small to host proper after-parties, the Canadian music industry has finally gotten its wish and the 40th anniversary...
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City Sonic: Sarah Slean At The Rivoli

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By CHARTattack Staff September 28, 2009 3:28 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Sarah Slean talks about life at the Royal Conservatory Of Music, her disillusionment with the classical music world and beginning her career as a singer/songwriter at Queen Street West's...
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Art Of Time Ensemble featuring Sarah Slean — "I'll Never Tear You Apart"

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By CHARTattack Staff August 28, 2009 11:46 am
Here's the Scott Cudmore-directed (Timber Timbre, Brian Borcherdt) video for the Art Of Time Ensemble's cover of former Rheostatics singer/guitarist Martin Tielli's "I'll Never Tear You Apart." The track can be found on their Black Flowers debut studio album, which is in stores now.
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Neil Young Tribute At Luminato

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Photographer: 
George Pimentel/Luminato
Venue: 
Massey Hall
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 11, 2009
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Sarah Slean's Gone Green

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) June 9, 2009 3:28 pm
Sarah Slean won't be wearing a dress rehearsal rag. Slean is in the midst of an environmentally conscious cross-country trip she's dubbed the Recessionista tour. She's teamed up with Canadian fashion designers, purchased carbon offsets and ditched her band. "I've mixed worlds with fashion a few times," says Slean, calling on her...
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Artists Dish Secrets For City Sonic

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 22, 2009 12:55 pm
City Sonic, a new cross-platform documentary film series in which Toronto artists discuss the bars where they started their careers, will premiere at the city's Drake Hotel on June 17 as part of North By Northeast. The first episodes of Kensington Communications and White Pine Pictures' series of 24 short documentaries will feature Sarah Slean,...
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Sarah Slean's Recession-ista Tour

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By Craig Clark (CHARTattack) April 28, 2009 12:20 pm
Two-time Juno and Gemini Award-nominated Sarah Slean will play nine Canadian dates for her Recession-ista tour in May and June. The multi-talented singer, musician, producer, actress, visual artist, University Of Toronto student and party girl has built a dedicated fan base through her two independent and six Warner releases. Her most recent...
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Slean Wants To Party With Kroeger

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By CHARTattack Staff February 4, 2009 5:14 pm
CHARTattack's Jen White caught up with the beautiful Sarah Slean at the 2009 Juno nominee press conference at Toronto's Fairmont Royal York hotel to talk about her nom and what it'll be like to party at the awards ceremony in Vancouver with Chad Kroeger. Check out more Juno nominee video interviews with: The Stills, Moneen, D-Sisive, Saint...
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Juno 2009 Nominations Media Conference

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 3, 2009
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Sarah Slean At Enwave Theatre

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Joe Fuda
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Enwave Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
December 19, 2008
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Sarah Slean At Enwave Theatre

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Joe Fuda
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Enwave Theatre
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Toronto, ON
Date: 
December 19, 2008
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