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Sarah Smout is a cellist, singer and poet whose work weaves together nature, creativity, and activism to provoke thought and inspire change. Her music has been played on the BBC’s Radio 2, Introducing and Look North programmes, and she has worked with Greenpeace, COP26 and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, with many ongoing cross-arts, science and community projects.
Combining her unique use of live-looped cello soundscapes, ethereal vocals and soulful poetry, she creates a transportive and mesmerising world leaving audiences captivated and spell-bound.
In spring 2025, Sarah will join a cohort of artists and scientists on a research expedition around Svalbard as part of The Arctic Circle Residency. She will spend 2 ½ weeks on board a barquentine boat circumnavigating this frontier of climate change, taking underwater recordings, and playing her carbon fibre cello amidst the melting ice and glaciers; all of which will inspire her much anticipated debut album.
Sarah has appeared at countless festivals across the globe, building a reputation as a formidable session cellist over 10+ years for artists such as Michael Chapman, Bridget St. John, The Mediaeval Baebes, The Magpies, Gren Bartley and more. Since going solo, her live film ‘Rooted’ was selected to be screened at the infamous Kendal Mountain Festival, at which she has also shared stages with the likes of Sam Lee, Robert MacFarlane and Simon Armitage.
In ’23 Sarah sold-out her Hay Festival debut and toured her show ‘Eyjar’ about her island-hopping adventure to Iceland by boat. 2024 took her on a tour for the Royal Geographical Society at theatres across the UK, as well as appearing at the Folk East, Shambala, Wickham and Medicine festivals.
2025 sees more cross-discipline collaborations with Yorkshire Peat Partnership and the continuous development of her live show, Waterbaby, which explores our fragile and intrinsic relationships with water.
From her own voyages to islands near and far, from source to sea, Sarah’s music is shimmering with atmosphere carrying the stories of people, place and beings whose voices need to be heard.
Combining her unique use of live-looped cello soundscapes, ethereal vocals and soulful poetry, she creates a transportive and mesmerising world leaving audiences captivated and spell-bound.
In spring 2025, Sarah will join a cohort of artists and scientists on a research expedition around Svalbard as part of The Arctic Circle Residency. She will spend 2 ½ weeks on board a barquentine boat circumnavigating this frontier of climate change, taking underwater recordings, and playing her carbon fibre cello amidst the melting ice and glaciers; all of which will inspire her much anticipated debut album.
Sarah has appeared at countless festivals across the globe, building a reputation as a formidable session cellist over 10+ years for artists such as Michael Chapman, Bridget St. John, The Mediaeval Baebes, The Magpies, Gren Bartley and more. Since going solo, her live film ‘Rooted’ was selected to be screened at the infamous Kendal Mountain Festival, at which she has also shared stages with the likes of Sam Lee, Robert MacFarlane and Simon Armitage.
In ’23 Sarah sold-out her Hay Festival debut and toured her show ‘Eyjar’ about her island-hopping adventure to Iceland by boat. 2024 took her on a tour for the Royal Geographical Society at theatres across the UK, as well as appearing at the Folk East, Shambala, Wickham and Medicine festivals.
2025 sees more cross-discipline collaborations with Yorkshire Peat Partnership and the continuous development of her live show, Waterbaby, which explores our fragile and intrinsic relationships with water.
From her own voyages to islands near and far, from source to sea, Sarah’s music is shimmering with atmosphere carrying the stories of people, place and beings whose voices need to be heard.