Sarah Dooley is an American comedian, singer, songwriter, and performer located in New York City.
She is a 2011 graduate of Barnard College, [1] where she received attention across the Columbia University campus both for her musical performances as well as her comedy Web series called "And Sarah". [2] It was this web series that brought broader attention to her work when Ian Ayres wrote about it on his blog Freakonomics. [3]
Her album Stupid Things was released in February 2014. [1] She places artists like Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor as inspirations, stating in an interview for American Songwriter that, “Regina Spektor and Fiona Apple were the reasons that I started writing music. Fiona Apple specifically––I think I saw a video of her playing (the song) “Parting Gifts” and I don’t think I’d ever seen a woman so comfortable with being emotional and, that inspired me more than anything else because, up until then, I was just privately emotional and I didn’t realize that it was like okay to be a woman and not worry about being sexy or like, worried that I was being too angry or too upset or emotional in general.” [4]
Her cover of the George Gershwin song, " But Not for Me", was featured in the first episode of the second season of the CBS All Access show, The Good Fight. [5]
Her debut book, Are You My Uber?, a parody of P.D. Eastman's Are You My Mother?, was published on October 29, 2019, by Running Press. [6]
Her sophomore record, “Is This Heartbreak?”, released on October 23, 2020, to moderate acclaim. [7] American Songwriter praised it, claiming, “Much like the unforeseen of heartbreak itself, Dooley keeps the musicality of her new songs fresh and unpredictable all the way through.” [8]
Sarah Dooley is an American comedian, singer, songwriter, and performer located in New York City.
She is a 2011 graduate of Barnard College, [1] where she received attention across the Columbia University campus both for her musical performances as well as her comedy Web series called "And Sarah". [2] It was this web series that brought broader attention to her work when Ian Ayres wrote about it on his blog Freakonomics. [3]
Her album Stupid Things was released in February 2014. [1] She places artists like Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor as inspirations, stating in an interview for American Songwriter that, “Regina Spektor and Fiona Apple were the reasons that I started writing music. Fiona Apple specifically––I think I saw a video of her playing (the song) “Parting Gifts” and I don’t think I’d ever seen a woman so comfortable with being emotional and, that inspired me more than anything else because, up until then, I was just privately emotional and I didn’t realize that it was like okay to be a woman and not worry about being sexy or like, worried that I was being too angry or too upset or emotional in general.” [4]
Her cover of the George Gershwin song, " But Not for Me", was featured in the first episode of the second season of the CBS All Access show, The Good Fight. [5]
Her debut book, Are You My Uber?, a parody of P.D. Eastman's Are You My Mother?, was published on October 29, 2019, by Running Press. [6]
Her sophomore record, “Is This Heartbreak?”, released on October 23, 2020, to moderate acclaim. [7] American Songwriter praised it, claiming, “Much like the unforeseen of heartbreak itself, Dooley keeps the musicality of her new songs fresh and unpredictable all the way through.” [8]