I’ve been around a few years and I want them to know I’m not a new artist jumping on the band-wagon.” I started when I was nine years old and I want people to know I’m not a flash in the pan. “I know that some people might want to sweep it under the carpet, but I really am proud of the past 15 years. “I’m proud of what I’ve achieved,” she says. Yet at only 24 years old, Sarah Jory has packed 15 years of showbiz experience into her young life. To put it bluntly, she knows only too well that outside of the small British country music scene, she is virtually an unknown. Though recognised as a big star within British country, Sarah has no illusions about her current standing in the big wide world at large. She is, however, astute enough to realise that she will need to take her music to a higher level than the British country music scene is likely to allow.
A determined lady, Sarah decided long ago to be one of the best country music entertainers that her unique talent would allow. Somehow we imagine that having heaved the cat out of the bed and wiped sufficient marmalade on the morning toast, we’ll get through the day without too many mishaps. Most of us potter through life without any clear aims or objectives. “I want to reach the millions of people who’ve never heard of me and never heard of the British country music scene.” She’s a home-grown country act with an eye on the future.
First Published in Country Music International June 1994