Sarah Pedinotti

Sarah K Pedinotti known professionally as LIP TALK is an American experimental pop producer, multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer and songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a collaborator and player in numerous bands, including Kalbells, Hayley Williams, The Secret Machines, Okkervil River, Cuddle Magic, and Railbird.

Pedinotti is one of seven in a family of artists. She began writing, singing and playing piano at an early age influenced by an eclectic assortment of music. Her father, David Pedinotti, is also a musician who plays guitar, blues harmonica, and banjo.

In the summer of 1996, her parents started a restaurant in Saratoga Springs called One Caroline Street Bistro. Sarah began singing there when she was twelve, sitting in with the nightly featured artists. Over the years she has performed with many artists including members of The Wynton Marsalis Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; Marcus Printup, Eric Lewis and Ali Jackson. She was taken under the wing of Lee Shaw (a student of Oscar Peterson), who taught her musical theory and history from a first hand perspective.