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Sarah Harmer

Singer-songwriter from Kingston Ontario

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Sarah Harmer

A native of Burlington, Ontario, Sarah Harmer is a renowned, JUNO Award-winning singer/songwriter who rocketed from the Kingston music scene of the nineties.

Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the then-unknown The Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she was invited to join a Toronto band, The Saddletramps. For three years, she juggled The Saddletramps with her studies in philosophy and women's studies at Queen's University.

After leaving The Saddletramps, Harmer put together a band of her own with several Kingston, Ontario musicians, and settled on the name Weeping Tile. The band released its first independent cassette in 1994. Soon afterward, they signed to a major label, and the cassette was re-released in 1995 as eepee. The band quickly became a popular draw on the rock club circuit and on campus radio with their subsequent albums, but never broke through to the mainstream, and broke up in 1998 after being dropped from their label.

Also in 1998, Harmer recorded a set of pop standards as a Christmas gift for her father. After hearing it, her friends and family convinced her t... show more
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Albums

( 2020 Arts & Crafts )
( 2005 Cold Snap Records )
( 2005 Cold Snap Records )
( 2004 Cold Snap Records )
( 2000 Cold Snap Records )
( 1999 Cold Snap Records )

Band Past Posters

Band Articles

Sarah Harmer: Looking Back & Stepping Up
Kingston artist up for 2021 JUNO Award for Alternative Adult Album of the Year
Author: Andrea Gunn
Published by: Tourism Kingston

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