associated_acts birth_place background instrument genre article_title name occupation
súnas , twocrows , redcrow australia solo_singer flute , whistles folkpop sarah calderwood
 sarah calderwood singer , musician
sarah calderwood

sarah calderwood is an australian singer-songwriter flautist who unites classic with contemporary folk .
she studied playing the classical flute at an early age and had a brief stint in the musical theatre programme at central queensland conservatorium of music in mackay , australia .
at 19 , she joined súnas , an australian celtic folk group with founding members mannie mcallister and paul brandon .
they played over 1200 shows together , headlining australian and international festivals and touring .
as well as fronting the band on vocals , flute and whistles , in 2006 sarah took over the management of súnas as well .
súnas released two highly successful albums , `` breath away from shadow '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- and `` celtic road '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- and a release of a concert dvd .
`` celtic road '' charted in the aria classical top 10 .
calderwood also had her solo career .
she recorded bushes & briars accompanied by the melbourne symphony orchestra .
in 2011 , she released her album `` as night falls '' accompanied the tasmanian symphony orchestra conducted by andrew greene .
the 11-track album of traditional songs included collaborations by mike scott -lrb- vocals -rrb- , musical accompaniment by alan kelly on the accordion , shane nicholson , bob spencer on guitar , lee novak on bass , david jones on percussions .
she was nominated for the aria music awards in its 26th edition for the category `` best world music album '' for her album .
in 2013 , she played flute and contributed vocals to the waterboys , a traditional music collective .
in 2013 , she performed australia-wide with paul brandon of súnas as an acoustic music duo called the two crows .
later she formed a brand new american/roots/blues band called redcrow which plans to releasing an ep .
