The Sevens are a high-energy band that plays for dances, festivals, and concerts. They have been featured in an interview with Noah Adams on NPR's All Things Considered, and are in demand for dances from Alaska to Florida. RootsWorld called their eclectic sound "a wonderful marriage of styles"; the tunes are mostly Irish, with some old-time tunes and vocals as well.
The Green Mountain (2001)
The Green Mountain received a "Bravo!" from Trad Magazine.
Full Swing (2001)
Full Swing features dance-length tracks of music, some calling, and extensive liner notes about contra dancing. "There is high caliber musicianship here . . . filled with passionate performances, this album is a delight." The Old-Time Herald
Celtic Groove Brand (1999)
The Sevens' first recording, with Sarah and Mark Roberts, Mark "Pokey" Hellenberg, Stuart Kenney, Sam Bartlett, and Liza Constable on vocals. "The whole package is full of tantalizing musical treats." Robert Resnik, Vermont Public Radio
Pianist Mary Cay Brass produced two CDs of music on Great Meadow Music in 2001 that brought together a number of different musicians working in the contra dance music scene in Vermont and Massachusetts, including fiddlers Sarah Blair, Becky Tracy, Mary Lea, and Susan Conger. Sarah plays fiddle on one-half of the tracks on each of these recordings.
Valiant (2007)
The Sevens' brand new recording, with Sarah and Mark Roberts, Mark "Pokey" Hellenberg, Stuart Kenney, and Flynn Cohen
Sarah's first solo CD!
Please note that the
CD package has a mistake on the order of the slip jigs on track
4 and the Irish name of the air on track 11. They are listed
correctly below.
1. The Crooked Road to Dublin/The Crib of Perches reels (3:01)
2. Hurray for the Gallant Tipperary Boys/The Cumainn na Mban is Dead and Gone/Jim Droney's/The Three Little Drummers jigs (4:22)
3. Lament for the Yew Trees slow air (Chris Langan) (3:15)
4. Hardiman the Fiddler/Ride a Mile/A Fig for a Kiss slip jigs (3:16)
5. The Copperplate/The Old Bush/The Spike Island Lasses reels (4:39)
6. Droimeann Donn Dilis slow air (1:28)
7. An Paistin Fionn (The Fairhaired Child) hornpipe (3:08)
8. The Kilcloon/Jimmy on the Liner (Paul Groff)/The Flowers of the Red Mill reels (5:09)
9. The Virginia/Brendan McMahon's/The Milliner's Daughter reels (5:20)
10. The Hope Jig(Sarah Blair)/The Wandering Minstrel/John Mahoney's #2 jigs (5:21)
11. The Spailpin's Lament (Caoineadh an Spailpin) slow air (1:24)
12. The Gospel of Mother/Ducks on the Millpond jig/reel (5:00)
13. The Geese in the Bog/Elizabeth Kelly’s jigs (4:49)
14. The Ebb Tide/The Ace and Deuce of Pipering hornpipe and set dance (4:55)
15. Were You at the Rock? (An Raibh Tu ar an gCarraig?) slow air (2:07)
16. The Stone in the Field/Thaddy Casey's reels (2:59)
