American Bluesrock Singer Sari Schorr started her „Freedom“ Tour in the beautiful Venue „Musiktheater Piano“ in Dortmund/ Germany. I had the chance to meet her before the Soundcheck for an Interview. Sari was such a kindful and warmhearted person and it was great to talk with her.
Hi Sari, good to see you back in Germany. How does it feel after this long break during the corona times?
3 Years. It feel like yesterday but at the same time it feels like the world completely changed, we changed. For us it was so hard not to be able to do our work. But instead of touring I spent my time to focus on me, going to the studio, write songs, going back to play piano. When the lock down starts we were on tour and right before a sold out concert in Austria the government say nothing about 100 people on a show. But we sold 400 Tickets for it. So we ended up racing back to the Uk. In this time country after country goes in a lock down. I was lucky to get the last flight back to New York. I ran across the airport to get the plane. First time back in New York I was a little depressed, we have worked so hard for this big tour and it was all gone. Everyone was suffering. I decided to share my music with YouTube videos. During touring I make many clips and learn how to do that. The first I shared was the one for “Ordinary life” (se below), which is very successful.
Is that the future to promote music?
We all have to find ways to survive in the covid times. I choose to do the best with it. Also I spent more time with family. My husband and I learn to know each other again. And I must say lucky that I am really like him. I remember again while I merry him in the first place. The covid forced me to slow down. That was very important to me, the beauty of doing nothing and just relax. I have to learn it after my busy life before.
What are you doing beside the music?
I got into bicycling and did a 540 miles ride from New York City to Canadian border in a week to raise money for a cancer hospital. It was the second time I do a ride and it hurt like hell. It was life chancing and come to the end of the ride was so grateful. I am not a a big bicyclist, I am more a runner. I have done marathons in the past and bicycle was new for me. I have no expensive bike, but I had to do it and think about the people who suffering with cancer. My pain on the bike was nothing when I think about people who fight with cancer. We raised over 2 Million dollars for the hospital.
Now we come to your band. How do you find them?
I heard Ash Wilson (guitar) for the very first time when he supported me in London. I listen to him a few minutes and blown away. His playing is so musically and he chooses the same dark chords I love to use. I think one day I will work with him. When the time for me come to move in a different direction he was the perfect one for it. I was thrilled that he come on board. Phil Wilson on drums was his brother. Roger Inniss on bass is a guy I know a long time in the UK. Adrian Gautrey on keys is also from the UK. This is the band I travel all over the world now. We worked our asses of to get the band this good. It wasn’t over night. It takes month. It is a real band not only hired guns.
You have a really powerful voice. What are you doing to keep it in shape?
It is more what I not doing. I drink no alcohol. I t is funny, my husband is in the wine business and I love whiskey. When I am on tour I avoid alcohol, it dry out the voice. I don’t have a warm up routine, I get on stage and go.
Have you got tips for other singer?
Don’t think so much about technique. I is more about storytelling. Believe in what you’re singing and be just yourself. The audience will honor if you sing from your heart.
You will doing a new record to come out in September. What can you say about it?
It all went great with it. We play some new songs tonight to check them out. We have Robin Trower on some tracks. I am am really grateful to work with him. He is a legend and a very kind person. We talk about everything, he has so much to say.
