Sahara Smith was born into a family of artists in Austin, Texas in 1988.  Sahara showed great promise as a singer/songwriter at the young age of nine when her mother, a writer herself, was astounded by her gifts.

Sahara began performing in Wimberly, Texas, where her family moved years later.  Shortly afterwards, when she was fifteen, she won a nationwide contest to perform on Garrison Keillorʼs PBS Prairie Home Companion where Sahara scored second place in audience applause.  She was also the only artist invited to do a duet with Garrison Keillor.

Now, at twenty, Sahara has moved back to Austin and labels and critics are taking notice of her, making her the standout artist at many key Austin music festivals like SXSW and ACL.

Most recently, renowned producer, T-Bone Burnett, has taken an interest in Saharaʼs talent stating that “Sahara is the best young artist I have heard in many years.  The world needs some great young artists.  It is time.”

Subsequently, T-Bone has had Sahara recording in his Los Angeles studio. Michael Ventura, author and columnist, wrote a feature article about Sahara in the Austin Chronicle after seeing her perform at SXSW.  Michael wrote, “Youʼre the most gifted young performer Iʼve seen in 26 years.”

Sahara is a beautiful, elegant singer/songwriter who writes brilliant lyrics far beyond her years and has a voice that is enchanting and spellbinding.