Sarah Jaffe
{{Short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{About|the singer|the journalist|Sarah Jaffe (journalist)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sarah Jaffe
| image = Sarah.Jaffe.jpg
| caption = Sarah Jaffe in 2011
| alt = Sarah Jaffe in 2011
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Lufkin, Texas
| origin = Denton, Texas
| instrument = Vocals
Guitar
Bass
Drums
| genre = Indie
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = Kirtland Records
| website = {{URL|sarahjaffe.com|SarahJaffe.com}}
}}
Sarah Jaffe{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=1034106&subid=1|title=Songwriter/Composer: Jaffe, Sarah A.|work=BMI}} is an American singer-songwriter from Denton, Texas.{{cite news|last1=Marshall|first1=Max|title=Jaffe Goes Electro|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/jaffe-goes-electro/|work=Texas Monthly|date=21 June 2017}} Known for her distinctively clear vocals, she has worked as a singer-songwriter across many musical genres, including acoustic-folk, indie pop and hip hop.{{cite news|last1=Weiss|first1=Haley|title=Sarah Jaffe|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/sarah-jaffe-bad-baby|work=Interview Magazine|date=11 July 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Leebove|first1=Laura|title=Sarah Jaffe and the Risk of Being a Middle-Class Musician|url=http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/sarah-jaffe-interview/|work=Wondering Sound|date=25 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828070455/http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/sarah-jaffe-interview/|archivedate=28 August 2014}}
Early life
Jaffe was born in Lufkin in Angelina County, Texas.{{cite news|last1=Verity|first1=Michael|title=Woman At Work: Sarah Jaffe|url=https://www.relix.com/articles/detail/woman-at-work-sarah-jaffe|work=Relix|date=5 September 2012}} She has a sister.{{cite news|last1=Essmaker|first1=Tina|title=Sarah Jaffe on The Great Discontent (TGD)|url=http://thegreatdiscontent.com/interview/sarah-jaffe|work=The Great Discontent|date=6 August 2013|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Ruark|first1=Jaime|title=Living Her Truest Life|journal=RedOakNOW|publisher=NOW Magazines|date=June 2008|volume=3|issue=6|url=https://nowmagazines.com/onlineeditions/editions/608redoak.pdf}} After a period during Jaffe's childhood when her family moved around Texas frequently, the family settled in Red Oak, Texas, outside of Dallas, where she grew up.
Jaffe's mom bought her a used acoustic guitar when she was 9 or 10 years old. She began playing music and performing when she was in high school in Dallas. She said that her family was musical, with her dad bringing influences of folk music and her mother that of the church choir. During this time, a local musician named Doug Burr was a mentor.
Career
Jaffe played shows in Dallas, then moved to Los Angeles for a year, where she had cousins who were musicians. After her time in L.A., Jaffe relocated permanently to Denton, Texas, which has a vibrant music scene with local musicians from The University of North Texas's music program that Jaffe connected with as well as other musicians in the community that she began playing with on a regular basis.{{cite news|last1=Beehner|first1=Lionel|title=Music Issue: Cultured Traveler - An Indie Scene That Comes With a Texas Twang in Denton|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/travel/11cultured.html|work=The New York Times|date=11 May 2008|language=en}}
In 2008, Jaffe self-released a six-song EP called Even Born Again.{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Andy|title=Sarah Jaffe: On Salvation And Selfishness|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93830001|work=NPR|date=21 August 2008|language=en}} The record has been described as singer-songwriter gothic-folk, and features Jaffe on guitar accompanied by a cellist as well as another guitarist.{{cite news|last1=Gibson|first1=Donald|title=An Interview with Sarah Jaffe|url=http://www.writeonmusic.com/2010/05/interview-with-sarah-jaffe.html|work=Write On Music|date=May 2010}}
Even Born Again featured the first release of her song, "Clementine," which is one of Jaffe's most well-known songs{{cite news|last1=Dye|first1=David|last2=Jaffe|first2=Sarah|title=Sarah Jaffe On 'World Cafe: Next'|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/10/132805860/sarah-jaffe-on-world-cafe-next|work=World Cafe|publisher=NPR|date=10 January 2011|language=en|format=Includes performance and interview}} and was featured on NPR's Song of the Day.{{cite news|last1=Freedman|first1=Pete|title=Born Again|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/born-again-6405990|work=Dallas Observer|date=21 January 2010}}{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Alex|title=Sarah Jaffe: A Lullaby For Adults|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127533476|work=NPR|date=7 June 2010|language=en}} Jaffe said that she wrote the song quickly during a tour with a band she was playing with in Arkansas. The song, which she wrote in 10 minutes, was meant as filler because the band didn't have enough songs. Jaffe said the audience had an immediate positive reaction to the song.{{cite magazine|last1=Jaffe|first1=Sarah|title=Sarah Jaffe Q&A|url=https://www.billboard.com/video/sarah-jaffe-qa-billboardcom-466927|magazine=Billboard|date=13 June 2011|format=Video interview}}
In late 2009, she was signed to Kirtland Records (Bob Schneider, Toadies), the Dallas-based record label co-owned by Deep Blue Something drummer John Kirtland and his wife, The Polyphonic Spree's Jenny Kirtland.{{cite news|url=http://www.kirtlandrecords.com/2009/12/kirtland-records-signs-sarah-jaffe.html|title=Kirtland Records signs Sarah Jaffe|date=9 December 2009|work=Kirtland Records}}
In May 2010, Jaffe released her first full-length album Suburban Nature, which was recorded in December 2008.{{cite news|last1=Connor|first1=Kevin|last2=Jaffe|first2=Sarah|title=Sarah Jaffe: 'Suburban' Serenade|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128624685|work=KUT FM|publisher=NPR|date=15 May 2010|language=en|format=Audio in studio performance and interview}} The record feature layers of vocals and incorporates ambient music, with live performances often including a cello, a violin and/or violinists (sometimes a quartet), an additional guitar, a string section, keyboards, and a drummer, a big departure from Jaffe's initial EP, which was more stripped down sounding.{{cite news|last1=Vellucci|first1=Justin|title=Sarah Jaffe: Suburban Nature|url=http://americansongwriter.com/2010/05/sarah-jaffe-suburban-nature/|work=American Songwriter|date=4 May 2010}} The song "Clementine" appears on Suburban Nature, and a video of the song, which was shot in the summer in Texas, was made by Jon Todd Collins.{{cite news|last1=Freedman|first1=Pete|title=Watch: Sarah Jaffe -- "Clementine"|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/watch-sarah-jaffe-clementine-7067060|work=Dallas Observer|date=16 September 2010}}
In 2011, she released an EP called The Way Sound Leaves a Room that included a DVD video performance at the Wyly Theatre in Dallas from February 2011. This record included a cover of Drake's song, "Shut it Down". It also included a live cover of the Robyn song, "Hang With Me."{{cite magazine|last1=Jaffe|first1=Sarah|title=Mashup Mondays: Sarah Jaffe - "Hang with Me" (Live Robyn Cover!)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A4e8Xcijmo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/2A4e8Xcijmo |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|magazine=Billboard|date=13 June 2011|format=Video performance and interview}}{{cbignore}}{{cite magazine|last1=Letkemann|first1=Jessica|title=Sarah Jaffe Folks Up Robyn|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/mashup-mondays/470578/sarah-jaffe-folks-up-robyn|magazine=Billboard|date=13 June 2011}} Jaffe said the EP started with the song, "A Sucker For Your Marketing," and was meant to be a lo-fi quick project to explore music beyond her initial acoustic work. She bought a second-hand bass guitar and drum set and learned how to play them, using the new instruments to explore this new musical direction.
On April 21, 2012, she released her second full-length album called The Body Wins,{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Stephen|title=First Listen: Sarah Jaffe, 'The Body Wins'|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/04/15/150505265/first-listen-sarah-jaffe-the-body-wins|work=NPR First Listen|date=15 April 2012|language=en}} which was produced by fellow Texan John Congleton. When writing the record, Jaffe heavily incorporated the bass guitar and drum set she had bought for the prior EP, using the instruments to add rhythm, drums, and melodies, which fit with Congleton's approach to producing.{{cite news|last1=Fetherston|first1=Eamonn|title=Song of the Day: Sarah Jaffe: Finding The Ragged Side|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/03/28/149498201/sarah-jaffe-finding-the-ragged-side|work=NPR|date=28 March 2012|language=en}} The Body Wins continues a movement away from Jaffe's early acoustic guitar singer-songwriter sound and expansion into electropop tunes.{{cite news|last1=Pareles|first1=Jon|title=New Albums From Jack White, Sarah Jaffe and Kenny Garrett|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/arts/music/new-albums-from-jack-white-sarah-jaffe-and-kenny-garrett.html|work=The New York Times|date=23 April 2010|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Ilana|title=Sarah Jaffe's Body Talk|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/sarah-jaffes-body-talk|work=Interview|date=24 April 2012}} As part of the promotion of the record, Jaffe performed "Talk", a single from that album, on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on December 11, 2012.
In 2012, Jaffe met fellow North Texas-based producer Symbolyc One also known as S1 (Beyoncé, Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Madonna, Talib Kweli) during a session where the music producer collective The Cannabinoids was remixing Jaffe's “Glorified High,” a track from her 2012 record, The Body Wins.{{cite news|last1=Hallock|first1=Jeremy|title=Sarah Jaffe and S1 Describe How They Make Their Own Rules in the Dividends|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/sarah-jaffe-and-s1-describe-how-they-make-their-own-rules-in-the-dividends-8423858|work=Dallas Observer|date=24 June 2016}}
S1 and Jaffe ended up forming a group called The Dividends. The name came from the idea of distribution of profits. The Dividends project resulted in an EP called Far From Away. Jaffe has said that she was a big hip hop music fan, but her music up until the collaboration with S1 had not explored beyond Americana and indie pop yet. The work with The Dividends removed the concept of genre and incorporated a diverse mixture of R&B, jazz, electronica, rock, and pop. Jaffe said helped her move past writer's block and into more creative genre-busting directions.
This collaboration with the South Dallas-based S1 led to Jaffe contributing vocals and lyrics to Eminem's song "Bad Guy" off his 2013 album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.{{cite tweet|user=sayjaffe|number=564649814227308544|date=9 February 2015|title=Congrats to @Eminem on his Grammy. Was honored to be a part of #badguy . Hats off to my buddy @SymbolycOne as well!}}{{cite news|last1=Adair|first1=Jeff|last2=M-Phazes|last3=Symbolyc One|last4=Jaffe|first4=Sarah|title=The Dividends "The Making of Eminem's Bad Guy"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gobc8juo0W8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Gobc8juo0W8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|work=Jeff Adair Films|date=4 November 2013|format=Video making of}}{{cbignore}} S1 produced the first half of the song with M-Phazes, with the second track produced by StreetRunner.{{cite news|last1=Dharmic X|title=Watch S1, M-Phazes, and Sarah Jaffe Talk About Working on Eminem's "Bad Guy"|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/11/eminem-bad-guy-s1-breakdown|work=Complex|date=4 November 2013|language=en}}
In 2013 for Record Store Day, Jaffe sang a cover of PJ Harvey's "Down by the Water" on a 7-inch recording with The Toadies, an alternative rock band from Fort Worth, Texas. The track was recorded live at the 2012 Dia de los Toadies Festival.{{cite news|title=Hear the Toadies and Sarah Jaffe Cover PJ Harvey for Record Store Day 7-Inch|url=http://www.spin.com/2013/04/toadies-sarah-jaffe-pj-harvey-cover-record-store-day-2013/|work=Spin|date=18 April 2013}}
In 2014, Jaffe released her third full-length record, Don't Disconnect.{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Stephen|title=First Listen: Sarah Jaffe, 'Don't Disconnect'|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/08/03/336071167/first-listen-sarah-jaffe-dont-disconnect|work=NPR First Listen|date=3 August 2014|language=en}} The record marked a big stylistic shift into what has been described as pop-rock. Don't Disconnect was produced by Midlake drummer and producer McKenzie Smith at Redwood Studio in Denton, Texas,{{cite news|title=Sarah and Mckenzie Featured in Electronic Musician|url=http://redwooddenton.com/blog/2016/1/16/sarah-and-mckenzie-featured-in-electronic-musician|work=Redwood Studio|date=13 August 2014}} which Smith owns with fellow Midlake bandmate, guitarist Joey McClellan.{{cite news|last1=Schultz|first1=Barbara|title=In the Studio: Sarah Jaffe with McKenzie Smith|url=https://www.emusician.com/artists/in-the-studio-sarah-jaffe-with-mckenzie-smith|work=EMusician|date=24 July 2014|language=en-us}} The song, "Some People Will Tell You," was listed as a Songs We Love by NPR.{{cite news|last1=Whitten|first1=Jessi|title=Songs We Love: Sarah Jaffe, 'Some People Will Tell You'|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/10/29/359453669/sarah-jaffe-some-people-will-tell-you|work=NPR|date=30 September 2014|language=en}}
In 2015, Jaffe released a remix EP called Visions. Visions features the single, "Vision," with Sam Lao and Zhora. The record has mixes by Mystery Skulls, S1, and Blue, The Misfit.{{cite news|last1=Pollock|first1=Adam|title=World Video Premier: Sarah Jaffe's "Vision"|url=https://bbook.com/music/world-video-premier-sarah-jaffes-vision/|work=BlackBook|date=10 February 2015}} As part of the promotion of the record, Jaffe performed with some of the artists on Visions, recreating the music live on stage at Trees in Dallas.{{cite news|last1=Hauk|first1=Hunter|title=Sarah Jaffe leads a uniquely brilliant local music revue on the Trees stage|url=https://www.guidelive.com/music/2015/02/14/sarah-jaffe-leads-a-uniquely-brilliant-local-music-revue-on-the-trees-stage.amp|work=GuideLive|date=14 February 2015}}
In 2017, Jaffe released her fourth full-length record, Bad Baby.{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Stephen|title=First Listen: / Review: Sarah Jaffe, 'Bad Baby'|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/06/29/532600818/first-listen-sarah-jaffe-bad-baby|work=NPR First Listen|date=29 June 2017|language=en}} Bad Baby opens with the track "Synthetic Love," which is over six minutes long. The album artwork is by the Los Angeles-based photographer Lindsey Byrnes and Brooklyn-based illustrator John Lisle.{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Stephen|title=Sarah Jaffe Announces 'Bad Baby,' Her New Album And Video|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/04/18/523977059/sarah-jaffe-announces-bad-baby-her-new-album-and-video|work=NPR All Songs Considered|date=18 April 2017|language=en}}
= Soundtracks =
The 2011 film, Life Happens, features Jaffe's song "Clementine" during the end credits.
In 2013, Jaffe sang vocals on "The Blue Umbrella Suite" by Jon Brion, which was featured in The Blue Umbrella, a short film for 2013 Pixar movie Monsters University.
In 2015, Jaffe appeared in the film, Some Kind of Hate, singing her song "Before You Go," which is on the soundtrack to the film.
In 2016, the Irish comedy TV series Can't Cope, Won't Cope used the song "Glorifyed High" from Jaffe's 2012 record The Body Wins on its soundtrack.{{cite news|title=Silverstream music supervises hit RTE comedy/drama Can't Cope Won't Cope|url=https://www.silverstreammusic.ie/2016/11/10/silverstream-music-supervises-hit-rte-comedydrama-cant-cope-wont-cope/|work=Silverstream Music|date=10 November 2016}}
Oculus Story Studio's short virtual reality film, Dear Angelica, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017, featured a new version of Jaffe's song, "All That Time." Dear Angelica stars Geena Davis and Mae Whitman. Jaffe knew the director, Saschka Unseld, from her experience working on The Blue Umbrella.{{cite news|last1=Allsbrook|first1=Wesley|title=Dear Angelica at Sundance|url=https://www.wesleyallsbrook.com/our-blog/2017/1/19/dear-angelica-is-at-sundance|work=Wesley Allsbrook|date=29 January 2017}}
Also at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival is Augustine Frizzell's feature film, Never Goin' Back, which Jaffe contributed some original songs. Never Goin' Back stars Camila Morrone and Maia Mitchell (The Fosters).{{cite news|last1=Swope|first1=Michelle|title=Sundance Film Festival Interview: Writer/Director Augustine Frizzell for Never Goin' Back|url=http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/interviews/2018/1/25/sundance-film-festival-interview-writerdirector-augustine-frizzell-for-never-goin-back|work=Nightmarish Conjurings|date=25 January 2018}}
= Touring =
In 2012, Jaffe performed as an opener on the New Multitudes tour, a Woody Guthrie tribute album with a band made up of Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Jim James.{{cite news|last1=Youssef|first1=Andrew|title=New Multitudes, Sarah Jaffe @ Mayan Theater, Los Angeles 3/7/12|url=https://www.stereogum.com/971181/new-multitudes-sara-jaffe-mayan-theater-los-angeles-3712/concert/|work=Stereogum|date=8 March 2012}}
Jaffe has toured with Lou Barlow, Norah Jones, Blitzen Trapper, Astronautalis, The Polyphonic Spree, Why?, and Chelsea Wolfe, as well as fellow Texas-based bands Midlake, Old 97's and Centro-matic.{{cite news|last1=Texas Monthly|last2=Hoinski|first2=Michael|title=Six Must-Attend Events: November 21–27. Denton: It Girl|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/six-must-attend-events-november-21-27/|work=Texas Monthly|date=20 November 2014}}
= Band =
Jaffe frequently plays with and has collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Robert Gomez on electric guitar. Becki Howard contributed violin on many of Jaffe's records. Her core band is made up of Don Cento on guitar, Scott Danbom (Centro-matic) on keyboards, and Matt Pence (Centro-matic) and sometimes Roberto Sanchez on drums. Pence often produces Jaffe's records.
Activism
In 2017, Jaffe signed a letter of protest{{cite news|title=Dear Texas Leaders: The Signers|url=https://www.txtogether.org/signs/|work=The Creative Community Against Anti-LGBTQ Legislation in Texas|publisher=The Ally Coalition|date=2017}} and performed "Clementine" with St. Vincent in protest of the proposal of Texas Legislature's Bathroom Bill, which discriminates against transgender people using bathrooms that don't match their gender identity.{{cite news|last1=Wilonsky|first1=Robert|title=Commentary: Why Dallas' Sarah Jaffe and St. Vincent joined the chorus singing out against Texas' proposed 'bathroom bill'|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/02/17/dallas-sarah-jaffe-st-vincent-joined-chorus-singing-texas-proposed-bathroom-bill|work=The Dallas Morning News|date=17 February 2017|language=en}}
Honors and awards
- 2008: Dallas Observer, Dallas Observer Music Awards (DOMA) – Best Solo Act{{cite news|last1=Freedman|first1=Pete|title=DOMA: The Winners! Announced! (Yay!)|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/doma-the-winners-announced-yay-7071397|work=Dallas Observer|date=23 July 2008}}
- 2008: Dallas Observer, Dallas Observer Music Awards (DOMA) – Best Folk/Acoustic Act
- 2008: Dallas Observer, Dallas Observer Music Awards (DOMA) – Best Female Vocalist
Discography
= Albums =
- 2010: Suburban Nature (Kirtland Records){{cite news|last1=Schroeder|first1=Audra|title=Sarah Jaffe: Suburban Nature (Kirtland)|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2010-06-25/1044104/|work=Austin Chronicle|date=25 June 2010}}{{cite news|last1=Schroeder|first1=Audra|title=Sarah Jaffe: 9pm Momo's|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2011-03-18/sarah-jaffe/|work=Austin Chronicle|date=18 March 2011}}
- 2012: The Body Wins (Kirtland Records){{cite news|last1=Blaskovich|first1=Sarah|url=http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2012/jan/18/sarah-jaffe-new-disc-the-body-wins-drops-april-24/|title=Sarah Jaffe's new disc The Body Wins drops April 24|work=Pegasus News|date=18 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218024121/http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2012/jan/18/sarah-jaffe-new-disc-the-body-wins-drops-april-24/|archivedate=18 February 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Abby|title=Sarah Jaffe 'The Body Wins'|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2012-07-06/sarah-jaffe-the-body-wins/|work=Austin Chronicle|date=6 July 2012}}
- 2014: Don't Disconnect (Kirtland Records){{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Abby|title=Sarah Jaffe: Don't Disconnect (Kirtland)|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2014-08-29/sarah-jaffe-dont-disconnect/|work=Austin Chronicle|date=29 August 2014}}
- 2017: Bad Baby (Kirtland Records)
= EPs =
- 2008: Even Born Again EP (Kirtland Records){{cite news|last1=Schroeder|first1=Audra|title=Sarah Jaffe, No Mas Bodas, Basic, and Holy Wave|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2011-04-08/deep-end-even-born-again-no-mas-bodas-lo-fi-ep-best-friends-single/|work=Austin Chronicle|date=8 April 2011}}
- 2011: The Way Sound Leaves a Room EP (Kirtland Records)
- 2015: Visions remix EP (Kirtland Records)
= Singles =
- 2010: Clementine CD single (Kirtland Records)
- 2012: Glorified High (The Cannabinoids Remix) single (Kirtland Records)
- 2012: Stay With Me single (Kirtland Records) – tracks: "Stay With Me" / "Face"
- 2012: Vulnerable single (Kirtland Records) – tracks: "Vulnerable" / "Two Intangibles Can't Be Had (Working For a Nuclear Free City Remix)"
- 2012: Glorified High single (Kirtland Records)
- 2013: Foggy Field (Remix) featuring Jimmy Lazers single (Kirtland Records)
- 2014: Lover Girl (Radio Edit) single (Kirtland Records)
- 2016: Did David Feel Like This? single (Kirtland Records)
- 2017: Bad Baby single (Kirtland Records)
= The Dividends =
with S1 aka Symbolyc One
- 2013: "The Dividends Feat. Raekwon ‘Fool’s Gold’" track{{cite news|last1=Kennedy Jr.|first1=John|title=Premiere: The Dividends Feat. Raekwon 'Fool's Gold'|url=https://www.vibe.com/2013/12/premiere-dividends-feat-raekwon-fools-gold/|work=Vibe|date=10 December 2013}}
- 2013: "Must Come Down" by 360 (feat. PEZ) track – co-wrote
- 2016: "Far From Away" EP by The Dividends (Kirtland Records)
- 2017: Hide&Seek compiled by The Foreign Exchange (Reel People Music Limited) – track: "Summer Glo (feat. Sam Lao)"
= Soundtracks =
- 2011: Life Happens – track: "Clementine" in end credits
- 2013: The Blue Umbrella Original Soundtrack by Jon Brion with Sarah Jaffe (Walt Disney Records) – single: "The Blue Umbrella Suite (feat. Sarah Jaffe)" / "The Blue Umbrella Suite (Instrumental)"
- 2015: Some Kind of Hate soundtrack – track: "Before You Go"
- 2016: Can't Cope, Won't Cope – track: "Glorifyed High"
- 2017: Dear Angelica soundtrack (Oculus Story Studio) – track: "All That Time" (new version)
- 2017: Never Goin' Back – original songs
= Other contributions =
- 2007: Strung Through De Gaulle by The Wallace Virgil (High City) – vocals
- 2008: Pomegranate by Astronautalis (Eyeball Records) – tracks: vocals and written by on "17 Summers" and "Two Years Before the Mast (feat. Sarah Jaffe)"
- 2009: Pine Sticks And Phosphorus by Robert Gomez – vocals (Nova Posta)
- 2009: Molina And Johnson by Jason Molina and Will Johnson (Secretly Canadian) – vocals
- 2009: Rider. Shadow. Wolf. by Magnolia Electric Co 45 (Secretly Canadian) – vocals on "Josephine"
- 2010: Queen of Denmark by John Grant (Bella Union) – vocals on "Supernatural Defibrillator"
- 2012: Hi-Heels & Low-Lifes by Josh Baze (Cartel Records) – track: "Where I Am (feat. Sarah Jaffe)"
- 2012: John Singer Sergeant: The Music And Songs Of John Dufilho (Kirtland Records) – tracks: "Married To The Sea" with vocals by Marcus Striplin and Jaffe "Gone In A Second" with vocals by Jaffe, Spyche, and Tony Miller{{cite news|last1=Schlansky|first1=Evan|title=Stream John Singer Sergeant's New Album Featuring Rhett Miller, Ben Kweller and More|url=http://americansongwriter.com/2012/04/stream-john-singer-sergeants-the-music-and-words-of-john-dufilho-featuring-rhett-miller-ben-kweller-and-more/|work=American Songwriter|date=10 April 2012}}
- 2012: Fill Your Lungs by Ending People EP (Cash Cow) – track: "Pretender Pt. 1" written by
- 2013: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem (Aftermath Records/Shady Records/Interscope Records) – vocals (as S. Jaffe) on "Bad Guy"
- 2013: Down by the Water by PJ Harvey performed by Toadies With Sarah Jaffe / Rattlers Revival performed by Toadies Featuring The Honeybear Horns CD split (Kirtland Records)
- 2014: Daytrotter Presents No. 17: Sarah Jaffe / David Ramirez (Daytrotter Records) – split 12-inch vinyl, A-side tracks: "A Sucker For Your Marketing / Vulnerable" / "Two Intangibles Can't Be Had" / "Clementine"
- 2014: Farewell Transmission: The Music Of Jason Molina (Rock The Cause) – track: "Alone With The Owl"
- 2014: A Very Merry Denton by Various Artists (Denton Holiday Lighting Festival) – track: "O Holy Night"
- 2015: Heretics by Toadies (Kirtland Records) – vocals on "Beside You"
- 2016: Desperate Times: Songs Of The Old 97s – track: "The New Kid"
- 2017: Corner Suns by Corner Suns (Idol Records) – vocals on tracks: "Trance" and "The Rattle In The Room"
- 2017: Perfect Night, for a Funeral by Blue, the Misfit (HIGH STANDARDz) – track: "Live Forever (feat. Sarah Jaffe)"
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Sarah Jaffe (Musician)|nowrap=yes}}
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- [http://www.kirtlandrecords.com/SarahJaffe.htm Sarah Jaffe] at Kirtland Records
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Category:American folk musicians
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Category:American folk guitarists
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