Sarah Harmer is a multiple award-winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter and
environmental activist. Her solo music career launched with the now classic debut You Were
Here (2000) and includes six critically acclaimed albums, including her latest, Are You Gone,
released via Arts & Crafts in 2020.
A deeply personal and political collection of songs motivated by the beauty of life, the urgency
of the climate crisis, and the question of loss, Sarah called the album a spiritual successor of
sorts to her acclaimed 2000 debut. Its simple title, Are You Gone, is a meditation on presence
and a bookend to the questions posed on You Were Here – a sharpened, more electric
confrontation with the realities of nature and human nature.
Between co-founding the citizen’s organization PERL (Protecting Escarpment Rural Land) and
leading the successful effort to prevent an open-pit gravel mine in a UNESCO World Biosphere
Reserve on the Niagara Escarpment, Sarah has become a fixture in local politics and advocacy.
In 2022, Sarah helped launch the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition in her home province of
Ontario to protect water, farmland, and biodiversity. She is currently writing songs for a new
album.

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“Are You Gone is the best album of Harmer’s career”

– Globe and Mail

“One of the most accomplished and affecting albums in her already

remarkable catalogue! 9/10

“Sarah’s voice remains as warm and wise as ever”

– Paste

“Are You Gone is a journey across time, place, learning, and loss that Sarah Harmer is

an incredibly gracious guide to take us on”

– Folk Alley

“A folky, minor-key song about ice skating at night, with a gentle vocal and a sturdy melody,
that maps a precarious relationship onto the wintry conditions.” (on St. Peter’s Bay)

– The New York Times

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