Sara Groves, Taylor Leonhardt & Steph Macleod in Concert at The Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Saturday, October 25th - 7:00PM GMT!
Join Sara Groves, Taylor Leonhardt & Steph Macleod in concert at the beautiful and historic Parish Church of St. Cuthbert, in the heart of Edinburgh.
A limited number of seats are available to join the Art House North Journey group as we conclude our UK tour together.
The Parish Church of St Cuthbert: 5 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2EP UK
Tickets are only £20
(this event will not be livestreamed)
More about the artists: https://www.saragroves.com/ https://www.taylorleonhardt.com/ https://stephmacleod.com/
Conversations: 25th Anniversary Concerts
Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13
Art House North | Saint Paul, MN
Twenty-five years ago, Sara Groves released her first label project, Conversations, which was touted as an ‘intimate musical diary’ in Billboard Magazine. Join Sara and her band as she revisits the project that introduced her to so many.
VIP tickets are available for a special pre-show dessert reception with Sara that will include pie, cider & coffee, a short acoustic set with a Q&A, an AHN gift, and reserved seating. All proceeds benefit Art House North. We hope to see you there!
December 12 & 13 - 7:30pm show / 7:00pm doors / 6:00pm VIP event (VIP doors at 5:45)
Tickets $45 - $75
All times Central Standard
Conversations is 25 years old!
In 1998, Sara went into The Sound Kitchen in Nashville to record the first version of Conversations. After touring the record as an indie artist for two years, she signed with INO Records, added two tracks - “Painting Pictures of Egypt” and “The Word” - and re-released the record on a national level.
We are excited to bring a remastered Conversations to vinyl, and to look back on this record that introduced so many people to Sara’s music.
Our Kickstarter campaign was a resounding success! Thank you for your support! If you followed the project, you can find out more information HERE.
Patreon
I was recently getting physical therapy for a shoulder issue, and my PT asked, “Do you mind me asking - how do you make a living when your music is streaming for free.” I appreciated the question, and said, “Yes, imagine if the community at large decided that PT should be free for everyone (maybe a good idea), but didn’t work out another means of compensation.” That is close to what happened with the emergence of streaming platforms. Streaming is not a bad idea, but in hindsight, the songwriters were left without meaningful compensation. Everyone saw ‘exposure bucks’ as a viable exchange, but it took just a minute to realize that a person can’t buy groceries with exposure bucks. Royalties are still a thing, but do not match the sale of a CD. Touring and merchandise are also meaningful ways to make a living, but for many artists, it is a hustle that can’t be meaningfully maintained.
Historically, the arts have required endowment, and many artists are returning to that model. We can’t possibly support everyone we stream, but we can pick a handful of artist that we want to come alongside of. Patreon is one platform that is helping connect listeners to artists.
My music is made under the umbrella of Art House North, an art community center in St Paul, MN that is interested in creative community for the common good. We are doing a lot of fun things in St Paul, and beyond - book clubs, artist support groups (online and in-person), theater (via our partner Bucket Brigade), Skapa Counseling, music of course, and more. Check it out, and consider joining us!
Art House North
Following in the footsteps of Art House America, Art House North works to cultivate creativity for the common good. This work is done through concerts, curated events, artist response evenings, theatrical productions, community partnerships, and medium specific artist groups designed to support and inspire generative living.
About Sara
Sara Groves is a 25+ year veteran singer/songwriter and recording artist. Her last full release, What Makes It Through, is loosely based on the writings of Kazuo Ishiguro, and is a reflection on memory and reconciliation. In the fall of 2024, Sara remastered Add To The Beauty for vinyl and CD that featured three new songs for the 20th anniversary of that album. This fall, Sara and her team will celebrate the 25th anniversary of her national debut album, Conversations.
Sara and her husband Troy run a unique community art center, Art House North, in a 120+ year old church in their St. Paul neighborhood where they live with or near their growing and grown kids, Kirby + Halle, Toby and Ruby
What Makes It Through
Sara Groves’ 14th album and first collection of original songs since Floodplain (2015) is a reflection on events of the last several years.
Sara explains, “In Kazuo Ishiguro’s book The Buried Giant, a husband and wife are waking up to their own histories - the ways they have been wounded, and the ways they have hurt the other. The story inspired me to explore the role our memories play in forgiveness and reconciliation. What do we remember, what do we forget, and what do we memorialize? How can we move toward each other when we have different versions of what happened? We are imperfect witnesses to our own lives and histories, and in the end, it is really difficult to tell ourselves the truth.”
Working on both the interpersonal and communal level, the songs of What Makes It Through speak to the hard work of what it means to arrive at something like truth and reconciliation.