Sarah Tollerson: From The T Stop To The Studio
Sarah Tollerston performing a song in the WERS studio (Samantha Simon/WERS)
Listen to a cut from the mix. (Engineered by Sean Heary/WERS)
By Alex Schab
Sarah Tollerson was in the WERS live mix studio to play some songs for Local Music Week today. Fresh from winning a competition at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge last night, she came in with her acoustic guitar in tote and a smile on her face. She played some tracks from her album Keeping Old Love Letters, the first song, “Down the Line,” fittingly featuring lines such as “This isn’t a love song, it’s so much more/ I wrote so many love letters before I knew who they were for”. She also played “Addicting,” what she describes as “one of my only happier, upbeat songs,” and “Fallen Back In.” All of the songs featured her beautiful voice over gentle acoustic melodies, and even though she was the only person playing in the studio, her voice packs enough punch to make the room seem full.
When she’s not out playing shows or recording, she can be heard right here, busking in the city’s subway stations. She says her career as a busker began after college, after she spent “a grand total of six days” as a waitress. If you want to catch her playing on the T, you may find her at the Blue Line Government Center stop. If you don’t want to leave it to chance, however, she’s playing a show at Tommy Doyle’s in Cambridge tonight at 9:30 p.m.
