Coming from the land of sunshine, Sara was fortunate to grow up in a family who was uncommonly nurturing to her artistic leanings. Her family was, and still is, very close and very musical. Growing up in Florida and always mesmerized by vocalists like Barbra Streisand, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Alanis Morissette, The Cranberries, Dixie Chicks and countless others, Sara first became involved in musical theater and jazz music. She went on to study classical voice at Florida State University before changing directions and moving to Nashville. Sara’s sound combines the control and melodic power of her classical training, melancholy of lost loves, the southern stylings from a lifetime love affair with country music, and the grit and truth found in her current home in New York City. All of this, still leaving you with a hope of a positive outcome in things to come. Her new album, Lover, No Longer captures this spirit completely, through woven tales of love, loss, heartache, and hope. When she is not writing and working on music, Sara is usually exploring , travelling, spending time with family, doing yoga, hiking whenever possible, and enjoying chocolate, coffee, wines, and health foods. "With her individual vocal delivery and strong song writing, Nelms isn't trying to be anyone else, and why should she be? Lover, No Longer is an extremely consistent effort and if this is anything to judge by, then it certainly looks like a long career is ahead of Sara Nelms." -Ross Barber "Classically trained, her versatile acoustic-base sound is fluid enough to slide between intimate coffee shops and club stages with full band arrangements without losing any of the passion in translation." -Justin Kreitzer Album art by -Eric De Barros Photography by- Scott Braun