About Sarah Barlow
Sarah Barlow is a singer, musician and songwriter from Austin, Texas.
She has family roots from the 60's and 70's in the Memphis, LA, NY and Austin music scenes. Her grandfather was the original guitarist of Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs with Sun Records hit "Wooly Bully" and worked with Booker T. Jones of Booker T. & The M.G.s.
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Sarah was born in Ventura, CA and relocated to Austin, Texas when she was a baby. Her family frequented Antone's, The Broken Spoke, Austin City Limits, Armadillo World Headquarters and more, all which influenced Sarah as a musician gave her a background in Austin music history.
Sarah grew up performing, singing, acting, dance, and playing music. When she was 17, Clifford Antone managed her professional music career at Antone’s and in Austin. During this time, he took her to the New Orleans Jazz Fest where she met the great Irma Thomas. He introduced her to Texas guitar legend Barbara Lynn, Hubert Sumlin, Issac Hayes, Nick Curran, Gary Clark Jr. and many more.
Sarah has performed with blues legends Pinetop Perkins, Derek O’Brien, Denny Freeman, Nick Curran, Gary Clark Jr., Mike Keller, the Moeller Brothers, Miss Lavelle White, Kathy Murray, Bill Jones, Roscoe Beck, Riley Osborn, Bill Campbell, Frosty Smith, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Paul Oscher and others.
in 2006, Clifford was producing Sarah’s debut blues album on the Antone’s record label when he unexpectedly passed away. The album was never made. Despite the loss of her manager and friend, Sarah continued to hone her craft, taking the knowledge Clifford coached her to develop a music career on her own. She toured with her music writing original songs in the styles of Americana, Cosmic Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock inspired by her idols.
In 2019, Sarah returned to Antone’s to perform residencies after her 95 year old mentor, the legendary Miss Lavelle White. She also performed residencies at Antone’s after Lou Ann Barton, The Moeller Brothers and Derek O’Brien.
In 2022, Sarah met one of her biggest inspirations, Emmylou Harris and her band The Red Dirt Boys in Austin, Texas. Since then, she visited the Ryman Theater and joined Emmylou on tour.
Sarah has released original material and recorded with Tucson musicians Naim Amor, Howe Gelb, Connor Gallaher, Thøger Lund and more.
She recently worked with the family of Chicago blues legend, Eddie Taylor to archive his legacy. She plans to produce more material with his daughter, Brenda Taylor.
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Currently, Sarah is working with Matt Adams of The Blank Tapes on some material in the studio and plans to release other albums in various styles.
Sarah is currently in the studio recording her debut blues album with producer Stuart Sullivan and Antone’s blues musicians, featuring Fabulous Thunderbirds and Antone's guitarist Johnny Moeller, Matt Adams of The Blank Tapes, Red Young, Robert Parker Jr., Gian Ortiz and Damien Llanes of Je'texas in Austin, TX on her startup label Texas Blues Archive. She is working on the vinyl and album release details for 2025. Sarah plays regularly at Antone’s and venues in Austin, as well as touring the West Coast and other locations worldwide.
Yoga For Musicians
Since 2020, Sarah's company Stardust Superfoods and Yoga has been providing wellness, yoga and lifestyle classes, products and resources for the music community at Antone's and in Austin, Nashville, LA, Joshua Tree and worldwide with Sarah Barlow's Yoga For Musicians programs.
Y4M 2025 details coming soon!