Live Audience Reviews
“Beautiful, evocative and compelling. I’m transported and a little changed”
“Went to Iceland and didn’t want to leave”
“Completely captivated and mesmerised by your wonderful music and words – the journey has come to life for me. Thanks for the magic!”
“Thank you so much for inviting us into your journey. The soundscapes and words helped soothe an unrested mind, bringing an inner peace. Let us hope such a change can come about in our relationship with our surroundings”
“Totally blown away by this. Incredibly beautiful. Reminds me of whales and creatures of the sea”
Media Reviews
BBC Article 2025 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg0z8yzz2o
'Imaginative, creative, innovative and deeply sensitive, but above all, brave.'
- Sir John Lister Kaye
'Deeply lovely' - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
'Simply beautiful' - BBC Introducing
'Glistening, heartfelt set; treating us to ruminations on Iceland, motherhood and nature, a captivating blissful grace flows from the stage throughout.' - Get in her ears / Soho radio
'Sarah Smout with her loop pedal and trusty cello, Bernard, stole the ears and imaginations of the seated crowd that had gathered under the canopy of the Lodge. Performing what sounded like Game of Thrones-esque stringed songs with just vocals, she instantly fascinated us. Poems, bursts on the ukulele, ‘Homing’ — a song about the salmon going up river — the list of goosebump-inducing numbers went on.'- Record Weekly
“Beautiful, evocative and compelling. I’m transported and a little changed”
“Went to Iceland and didn’t want to leave”
“Completely captivated and mesmerised by your wonderful music and words – the journey has come to life for me. Thanks for the magic!”
“Thank you so much for inviting us into your journey. The soundscapes and words helped soothe an unrested mind, bringing an inner peace. Let us hope such a change can come about in our relationship with our surroundings”
“Totally blown away by this. Incredibly beautiful. Reminds me of whales and creatures of the sea”
Media Reviews
BBC Article 2025 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg0z8yzz2o
'Imaginative, creative, innovative and deeply sensitive, but above all, brave.'
- Sir John Lister Kaye
'Deeply lovely' - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
'Simply beautiful' - BBC Introducing
'Glistening, heartfelt set; treating us to ruminations on Iceland, motherhood and nature, a captivating blissful grace flows from the stage throughout.' - Get in her ears / Soho radio
'Sarah Smout with her loop pedal and trusty cello, Bernard, stole the ears and imaginations of the seated crowd that had gathered under the canopy of the Lodge. Performing what sounded like Game of Thrones-esque stringed songs with just vocals, she instantly fascinated us. Poems, bursts on the ukulele, ‘Homing’ — a song about the salmon going up river — the list of goosebump-inducing numbers went on.'- Record Weekly