It’s been a busy year for critically acclaimed musician and songwriter Sadie Jemmett. In March she released her politically charged song ‘Don’t Silence Me’ in support of her friend, Hollywood actress, Mhairi Morrison, a victim of a sexual assault by a French film director.

The powerful video was picked-up by the #metoo movement, received international press coverage, as well as 140k views on social media, and has been ‘dubbed an anthem for our age’.

Sadie now releases her new album ‘Phoenix’ on TwoUpTwoDown Records/Absolute Universal.

The album, with its wide range of subject matters and topics, showcases Sadie’s dexterity as a musician and a lyricist. She sensitively touches on ideas of love, loss, and remembrance whilst approaching the more political numbers on the track list with a sense of confident defiance. The album also gives Sadie the opportunity to display her true vocal talents and an impressive delivery that enhances her reputation as not only a great songwriter but a great singer too.

Phoenix was recorded at Baker Studios on Vancouver Island with producer Joby Baker, of Cowboy Junkies fame. The studio has a first-class reputation because of its analogue set-up and the album’s production quality is a reminder of classic soul and blues records on iconic labels such as Stax or Chess.

“*What I like about ‘Phoenix’ is that I can see my development as a songwriter. With my previous albums I wrote from quite an introspective and confessional place, but most of the songs on Phoenix are written through observation and trying to reflect what is happening in the world today. At the same time, it is important to me that people listening to the album can interpret these songs from their own personal perspective*,” said Sadie.

Her busy schedule for 2019 continues with a tour of the UK, Europe and Canada later in the year.