Photo by Rachel Lock
Sarah Clanton Schaffer ~ More Than Just The Girl With The Cello
This cello playing vocalist from Greenville South Carolina may have been classically trained from kindergarten but her heart belongs to rock n roll. Cello is her primary instrument but she uses it to sing. Her smooth like honey vocals venture through soul, jazz, rock and folk. Along with her quirky vocals and long hair flying in musical abandon (some may call it headbanging), the rhythmic yet melodic voice of the cello provides a unique storytelling experience. The guitar and mandolin often make an appearance in the musical mix as well.
After graduating from Furman University in 2007, Sarah gigged around the South East with various ensembles and has collaborated with folks like Taylor Moore, Edwin McCain, opened for artists like Ben Sollee and others. Sarah also spent time (2008-2011) producing and booking the solar powered festival Music in the Woods at Paris Mountain State Park in Greenville, South
Carolina for the non profit Dryridge Productions.
Most recently Sarah joined The David Mayfield Parade for a nationwide music tour. From the East
Coast to Colorado and back it was a great time! It was especially an honor to a be a part of the PBS Bluegrass Underground special recorded at the Cumberland Caverns with The Del McCoury Band and The Civil Wars, to air sometime late 2012.
Along with Parading around the country, Sarah is for the first time embarking on a solo album! When she isn't on the road, Sarah lives in Greenville South Carolina, where she spends her time writing music, collaborating with local and regional artists and writers and teaching cello lessons. Look out for
her band, Sarah Schaffer and The Clanton Road touring in late summer/fall 2012
Listeners and fans have compared Sarah with of such great artists as Rickie Lee Jone, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Frank Zappa and John Lennon. Check it out! Catch a show! And make up your own mind about this whimsical adventure seeker with stars in her eyes.
After graduating from Furman University in 2007, Sarah gigged around the South East with various ensembles and has collaborated with folks like Taylor Moore, Edwin McCain, opened for artists like Ben Sollee and others. Sarah also spent time (2008-2011) producing and booking the solar powered festival Music in the Woods at Paris Mountain State Park in Greenville, South
Carolina for the non profit Dryridge Productions.
Most recently Sarah joined The David Mayfield Parade for a nationwide music tour. From the East
Coast to Colorado and back it was a great time! It was especially an honor to a be a part of the PBS Bluegrass Underground special recorded at the Cumberland Caverns with The Del McCoury Band and The Civil Wars, to air sometime late 2012.
Along with Parading around the country, Sarah is for the first time embarking on a solo album! When she isn't on the road, Sarah lives in Greenville South Carolina, where she spends her time writing music, collaborating with local and regional artists and writers and teaching cello lessons. Look out for
her band, Sarah Schaffer and The Clanton Road touring in late summer/fall 2012
Listeners and fans have compared Sarah with of such great artists as Rickie Lee Jone, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Frank Zappa and John Lennon. Check it out! Catch a show! And make up your own mind about this whimsical adventure seeker with stars in her eyes.
COMMUNITY
Music brings and binds us together to form community, and its magical! None of it would work if we all didnt show up and help each other out!
Many thanks to those with whom I have collaborated and with whom I hope to continue making musical magic!
“In all societies, a primary function of music is collective and communal, to bring and bind people together. Music is a communal experience....”
-Anthony Storr Music and the Mind
The David Mayfield Parade - David Mayfield, Josh Joplin, Helen Tiereny, Joe Giotta, Molly Miller, Mike Lenz, Carly Booher, Rebekah Jean and Jason Edwards..and all others who paraded with us
Ashelee Jean Trott - Music City Roots - Nashville, TN
Kari Estrin - Artist Management Consulting - Nashville, TN
Sean Beck - Media Factory - Charlotte, NC
Rocky Mountain Song School/Planet Bluegrass - Lyons, Co and beyond...
Dryridge Productions -Ray Guenthner - Greenville, SC
Paris Mountain State Park - Music in the Woods Solar Powered Festival - Greenville, South Carolina
Metropolitan Arts Council - Greenville, SC
Taylor Moore's with Edwin McCain
Brian Blades
Tom Bettencourt
Jenna Lindbo
Catie Curtis
Vance Gilbert
Gwyn Fowler
Alexa Woodward
J. Michael King
Neil Brooks
Shannon Hoover
The Inner Circus
Wildman Steve & Lola
The Swannanoa Gathering Community
Bob Farnsworth & Hummingbird Productions
Jon Vezner
Ben Sollee
James Scott
& Many More...
Many thanks to those with whom I have collaborated and with whom I hope to continue making musical magic!
“In all societies, a primary function of music is collective and communal, to bring and bind people together. Music is a communal experience....”
-Anthony Storr Music and the Mind
The David Mayfield Parade - David Mayfield, Josh Joplin, Helen Tiereny, Joe Giotta, Molly Miller, Mike Lenz, Carly Booher, Rebekah Jean and Jason Edwards..and all others who paraded with us
Ashelee Jean Trott - Music City Roots - Nashville, TN
Kari Estrin - Artist Management Consulting - Nashville, TN
Sean Beck - Media Factory - Charlotte, NC
Rocky Mountain Song School/Planet Bluegrass - Lyons, Co and beyond...
Dryridge Productions -Ray Guenthner - Greenville, SC
Paris Mountain State Park - Music in the Woods Solar Powered Festival - Greenville, South Carolina
Metropolitan Arts Council - Greenville, SC
Taylor Moore's with Edwin McCain
Brian Blades
Tom Bettencourt
Jenna Lindbo
Catie Curtis
Vance Gilbert
Gwyn Fowler
Alexa Woodward
J. Michael King
Neil Brooks
Shannon Hoover
The Inner Circus
Wildman Steve & Lola
The Swannanoa Gathering Community
Bob Farnsworth & Hummingbird Productions
Jon Vezner
Ben Sollee
James Scott
& Many More...
