Walking the Walk
IF ELEGANT, DYNAMIC POP’S YOUR BAG, SARAH WALK IS ONE TO WATCH
INTERVIEW CHARLOTTE RICHARDSON ANDREWS
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We’re expecting great things from out, Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Sarah Walk, who trades in elegant, dynamic piano pop. DIVA got the lowdown on what makes the soon-tobe-big artist tick, ahead of her debut album release on UK label One Little Indian.
DIVA: Many of the songs on your (as yet untitled) debut were written in your teens. How did you find the experience of revisiting those compositions now you’re in your mid-20s?
SARAH WALK: It’s interesting, trying to find a new life in old songs. I think the best songs are the ones you can keep reinventing and connecting to in different ways over time – as a performer and a listener. Many of the old ones have been reshaped structurally or tightened up a bit instrumentally, but for the most part they’re the same as when I first wrote them. I think there’s urgency in my phrasing and melodies because nothing was calculated; it was purely cathartic and instinctual. And I think that’s why those songs can still resonate with people – I wasn’t overthinking it.