about

bio

Sage Harrington is a ukulele player, singer, and songwriter enamored with swing tunes of the Golden Jazz Era.  She has recorded seven albums of her original music and holds an MA in Music Production and Recording from the University of Stavanger in Norway (2022). Her performances include festivals and venues throughout Europe and the United States. A ukulele teacher since 2012, Sage works with students one-on-one, in groups, at festival workshops, and on online at Ukulele Swing School.

Media coverage of her music includes Time, ABC News, GMA Yahoo, Jezebel, NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, 89.9 KUNM, and the Berlin U-Bahn screens.

praise

Sage “is blessed with an antique sort of onstage personality which is charming and unselfconscious.” —Weekly Alibi

“Speaking of Harrington’s voice, this lady’s got quite the range, a solid midrange, and a spooky falsetto. She can inject a ’20s quality into her vocalizing at will.” —Musically Speaking

“Sage Harrington: She’s weirdly wonderful. Her music…seems a luxurious, curious oddity… Her voice is pure, full of formality and tight tonalities.” —Sonic Reducer

“The lyrics are clever (even better when the rhymes are forced); the melodies, memorable; the harmonies, delectable; and the performances, fun.” —Musically Speaking

highlights

I’ve been featured as a performer at ukulele festivals and showcases across Europe:

trivia

  • Sage opened for ukulele player, vintage crooner, writer of piercingly political lyrics, and general dreamboat Nellie McKay
  • In a news story about how it got so cold that a constantly-shorts-wearing mailman finally had to finally put on long pants, Sage’s song I Am Gonna Put Some Pants On was featured in an episode of NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
  • In the most Portlandia thing ever, Sage helped her food-truck owning friend write and record a song wooing back the writer of a One Star Review
  • The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico awarded Sage’s band the highest bestowable honor on an cold and unexpectedly snowy March Sunday: the one and only Best Busker city tricentennial oil lamp
  • It can be verified that, yes, that lady playing ukulele in the park over there is, in fact, the one who sang her ukulele songs on YouTube with her pet rat on her shoulder
  • In 2022, Sage was scheduled to play in a castle and while the venue was switched last-minute to a cozy warm living room for logistical reasons, as an American this still feels very special to her
  • Wowee, she made all these albums, and completely independently, holy shit!

for the curious

Searching for the press kit? It’s over here.

Want to see my CV? It’s right here.

links

instagram @sageharrington

patreon /sageharrington

bandcamp sageharrington

youtube @sageharrington

spotify Sage Harrington

I teach ukulele at Ukulele Swing School