Sarah Jane Scouten with Aline Deanna

A superb singer-songwriter, Sarah Jane Scouten delivers a signature mix of vintage folk and country music, with modern sounds and subjects. Sarah Jane was living in rural Scotland during COVID. With tours cancelled, days stretched endlessly, punctuated only by the steady unfolding of Scottish springtime. Sarah Jane trained as a herbalist. It renewed her love of live performance, which had been diminished by life on the road. She has been nominated for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards, a Western Canadian Music Award and an International Folk Music Award. Studying herbs, and just as importantly people, gave her music a deeper dimension. Sarah Jane’s latest album Turned to Gold has been appropriately described as having a “nearly alchemical blend of sounds”, drawing on the music of Tom Petty, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Christine McVie.
Aline Deanna aims to capture the present moment with poeticism and humor all wrapped up in a bow of timeless country melodies. She is original and cunning in her songwriting and lends a nod to ever inspiring songwriters such as John Hartford and Lucinda Williams. Drawing you in with her candid lyrics she can tell an entire story in one sentence with her unique voice. Inspired by the likes of Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch the spirit of old time country music rings loud in her singing and songwriting and is uplifted with a modern dose of Americana. Her first LP Wild Rose & Salt Water is a collection of songs inspired by her move from the BC mountain peaks to the ebb and flow of the Pacific Ocean. At The Nick Aline will perform on fiddle and guitar accompanied by Nick Winnotowy on pedal steel, banjo and guitar.