| Are You Gone | ||||
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| Released | February 21, 2020 | |||
| Length | 41:32 | |||
| Label | Arts & Crafts Productions | |||
| Producer | Marcus Paquin | |||
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Are You Gone is the sixth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, released on February 21, 2020.[1] It is her first new album since Oh Little Fire in 2010,[1] and was released on Arts & Crafts Productions.[1]
Harmer has described the album as a spiritual successor to her 2000 album You Were Here.[2] In an interview with CBC Music, she expanded on her reasons for viewing it that way, including the fact that both albums contain songs about deceased friends and both albums contain covers of songs written by her friend and colleague Dave Hodge.[3]
Three weeks after the album's release was announced, Harmer also announced that she would promote it with her first large-scale tour in many years, featuring dates in both Canada and the United States.[2] After the tour dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harmer performed a live streamed home concert on Instagram and Facebook on March 26, 2020.[4] In May she also participated in a livestreamed Juno Songwriters' Circle, alongside Dallas Green, Joel Plaskett and Buffy Sainte-Marie.[5]
- ^ a b c Brock Thiessen, "Sarah Harmer Returns with Her First New Album in a Decade". Exclaim!, November 14, 2019.
- ^ a b Brock Thiessen, "Sarah Harmer Is Bringing Her New Album on Tour Across Canada". Exclaim!, December 3, 2019.
- ^ Holly Gordon, "Sarah Harmer took 10 years to release a new album — and it feels like she was never gone". CBC Music, February 21, 2020.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Sarah Harmer to Stream Living Room Concert". Exclaim!, March 23, 2020.
- ^ "Get ready for episode 3 of the Junos 365 Songwriters' Circle". CBC Music, May 5, 2020.