Originally from Dallas, Sarah Sebestyen grew up in Kentucky and moved to

Manhattan when she was sixteen.  By the age of eighteen, she was performing cover tunes at

Nell's and  by twenty one,  Jazz Standards at Cleopatra's Needle.  After 9-11 she left New

York to regroup island style in Hawai'i where she learned the basics of the ukulele.  Three

years later she moved  back to the mainland for some west coast living in Southern California.

There she began her song writing career.  Sarah now lives, writes, and plays locally in

Nashville TN.  The experiences of her travels, struggles, and accomplishments can be heard

in a multitude of styles, ranging from jazz to blues to country and rock.  Her voice is sultry

and sincere--rich in tone and depth. Inspired by the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Ike and Tina,

Diana Ross, Bonnie Raitt, and Janis Joplin she developed a lyrical and melodic style that is

uniquely hers.  Her work has been described as "inspirational and empowering," the voice of

strong woman.  Sarah has received a great response from the online community: rising to

number 1 on the country charts at reverbnation.com and sparking the attention of none other

than Ludacris from his brand new website wemix.com, where he posted a "video shout out to

Sarah Sebestyen."

 The songs "Cheater," "Bad Man," "Break Your Heart," and "Tell Me" are  written with Micahel McGhee and

recorded with Sarah's long time friend and guitarist Al Street, an official United States Jazz

Ambassador who has played with grammy winner Bob Beldon, Lee Fields, and Sharon

Jones.  He has been featured on the American Gangster soundtrack and played festivals

world-wide.  Glen Forrest of EG sound recorded this demo in two six hour sessions at the

West Beth in lower Manhattan in February of 2008. 

 Recorded in Nashville and co-written with Michael McGhee, "My Friend Matt" is the true story of Matthew Bradford a

Marine she met the night before his deployment to Iraq.  Loosing both legs and his vision in

an I.E.D. explosion, Matthew came home only a few months later.  Inspired by his story of

survival, Sarah wrote "My Friend Matt" to raise awareness and money to help support Matt's

rehabilitaion and recovery.  The song is for sale on Itunes and Snocap, and all proceeds will

be sent directly to Matt.  XM Sattelite radio is scheduled to spin his song on the Overdrive

Top Ten Countdown as the "dynamic discovery" on the Overdrive Radio Network.

 You can contact Sarah on the web at soulvibe78@yahoo.com or

www.myspace.com/sarahsebestyen.