SOFA SUNDAY July 21: Alanna Matty + Sarah Segal-Lazar

Alanna Matty is a Musician, Producer and Partnered Twitch Streamer from Toronto, Canada currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. With her perfect blend of indie-folk and dream-pop, Alanna's music and laid back vibes create meaningful connections to her audience and community, earning her over 500,000 plays on Spotify and a regular audience of over 1000 viewers on her live streams. Alanna has just returned from her first North American tour, playing shows across Canada and the US. Her music has earned spots in video games, TV shows and viral videos, with her recent single “End Up Alone” being described as a “Slow-burn beauty that curls around you like a haze of cigarette smoke” (Shannon Linton, Dominionated). Alanna is a professional video game sound designer and music producer. While not working on her own music she can be found walking her corgi, building furniture or taking on any other projects she can get her hands on. 

Sarah Segal-Lazar has been making music since before she could talk. Folks say she took her first steps in 3/4 time. By the time she was nine, she was sending songs into the local radio station. At nineteen, she moved to the City That Never Sleeps. She started playing in dive bars in the Lower East Side and jazz bars in Greenwich Village. She would have stayed forever if Uncle Sam hadn’t come knocking when her visa expired. Not wanting to be an actual outlaw, she packed her bags and headed north. Since crossing back over the 49th parallel, Sarah's gone on to release her own music, as well as compose for others. Dancing at the crossroads where folk and country meet, reviewers have called her songs “so gorgeous, they made the air go still.“ Her latest album VALLEYS, produced by Canadian folk luminary Matthew Barber, is out now.