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New songs: Listen+lyrics to "The Ballad of Molly Ivins"

Listen+lyrics to "Precious Water (We Don't Want Your Mine)"

 

"This is a powerful collection from a grounded talent." 

Sing Out! Magazine
 

Everything Changes (2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Duluth News Tribune review

Metamorphosis
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"...Radiant with elegance, grace and honesty. It weaves its way into your soul."

-Duluth News Tribune

"...A patch-quilt of musical styles stitched together by Thomsen's lonely alto voice and evocative writingstyle."

—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Thomsen’s soulful voice, poetic lyrics and unforgettable melodies cut through to the heart and the soul of human experience.”

—Minnesota Women’s Press

Todo Cambia lyrics  
I Remember These lyrics  
Forbidden Love lyrics  
All Across the Land lyrics  
A Woman’s Place lyrics  
I May Never Understand lyrics  
The Morning After Your Heart Breaks lyrics  
Everything and More lyrics  
I Let You Go lyrics  
Where Is My Heart? lyrics  
Don’t Ask Me lyrics  
Can't Tell You The Reason Why lyrics  
The Beauty of the Dancer lyrics  
Holy Angels lyrics  
Everything and More (reprise)    
       
       
Three Altos: One Voice (2010)      

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Arise (by Sara Thomsen) lyrics    
One Voice (by Ruth Moody)    

 

“Sara Thomsen,

Amy Bernstein and

Paula Pedersen have been making captivating music collectively for several years. This new disc demonstrates how their many talents and their deep friendship come together, creating a work of joy and inspiration.”

—Duluth News Tribune

This Very Breath I Breathe (by Eric Peltoniemi)    
Una Nuova Armonia (by Elise Witt)    
God Is God (by Steve Earl)    
Manos de Mujeres (by Marta Gomez)    
Three Women (by Carrie Newcomer)    
So Far (by Karolina Avraz)    
A Woman’s Place (by Sara Thomsen) lyrics  
Echoes (by Hyman/Lerman/Shear)    
Ashrei (by Shefa Gold)    
The 23rd Psalm (by Bobby McFerrin)    
Wherever You Go (by Sara Thomsen) lyrics  
Shehechiyanu (Debbie Friedman)    
         

Three Altos: Camaradas (2005)

 
Niggun    

“Crisp and clear yet ethereal harmony…”

—Lavender

 

“[Three Altos] share more than just a vocal range. They're strong. Opinionated. Funny. Determined.”

—Duluth News Tribune

O Mama Bakudala lyrics  
Camarada lyrics  
B’Yado lyrics  
Awake lyrics  
The Water is Wide lyrics  
Hare At lyrics  
Ise Oluwa lyrics  
Eli, Eli lyrics  
Would You Harbor Me    lyrics  
Leave A Little Light lyrics  
Holy Angels lyrics
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By Breath (2003)  
By Breath
By Breath lyrics
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Irene Marguerite*    
Deep Peace lyrics  
Love Song    
Words We Don't Say lyrics  
God Bless the Grass    
Keepin' the Peace* lyrics  
My Name is Lisa Kalvelage       
Freedom Song lyrics  
Oh My Children lyrics  
What Shall I Give    
Turning of the World    
May the Longtime Sun lyrics  
     

 

"[Thomsen] could make Conan the Barbarian drop his sword and collapse blubbering."

Reader Weekly

Duluth

 

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Awards: *Minnesota Folk Festival Winner of the 2002 New Folk Songwriting Contest  

Fertile Ground (1999)  
Fertile Ground
Darkness Cover Me lyrics
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Dry Weary Land lyrics  
Oh You Dance lyrics  
Is It For Freedom* lyrics
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Propriety lyrics  
What Brings You Here    lyrics  
Knock On The Door lyrics  
Come Be In My Heart lyrics  
North Wind Doth Blow    
Little One lyrics  
Hearts and Hands lyrics  
Oh Spirit Guide Me   lyrics  
May the Gentle Rain lyrics   
Bright Mornin' Star Arisin    

“Thomsen is known for her sumptuous vocals and elegant folk style as well as her activism.”

—RipSaw News

Duluth

 

“Sara Thomsen remains one of Northern Minnesota's

best kept secrets.”

—Reader Weekly

Duluth

 

 

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Songwriting awards and recognition:

*Sara's song "Is It For Freedom" was a top finalist in the Public Domain Foundation's Music to Life Songwriting Contest. The song was published in Sing Out! Magazine and has received a wide national and international listener response via its frequent airing on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now Radio and TV News program.

"We have been regularly playing 'Is It For Freedom' during our music breaks and it is one of the most popular songs we've ever played."

-Mike Burke, Producer Democracy Now!

Pacifica Radio, NYC


Arise (1995)  
Arise
I Was Hungry      
Mother's Garden      
Magdalene      
Where Annie Go      
The Water Is Wide      
The Firelight      
Tears In My Eyes      
Arise       
       
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