Waterbaby invites us on a personal and global journey exploring our fragile and intrinsic relationships with water. Combining her soulful poetry, mesmerising vocals and live-looped cello soundscapes, Sarah captivates and tugs at the heart. With stories from her voyages by boat to Iceland, Shetland, the Faroes and the Uists, and over land to waters around her northern UK home, Sarah shares personal experiences of how water has shaped her life. Waterbaby is a plea for the future of the planet by returning to the ocean that cradled us all as we were waiting to breathe; humming with atmosphere, carrying the voices of people, places and beings who need to be heard, encapsulating the urgency for connection, healing, and experience with nature.

Sarah Smout is an environmental artist whose work transcends traditional boundaries, weaving together nature, creativity, and activism to provoke thought and inspire change. Combining her unique use of live-looped cello soundscapes, ethereal vocals and soulful poetry, she creates a transportive and mesmerising world leaving audiences captivated and spell-bound, ready to take action for the planet. Her music has been played on the BBC’s Radio 2, Introducing and Look North programmes, and she has worked with Greenpeace, COP26 and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, with many ongoing cross-arts, science and community projects.

Reviews

“Deeply lovely” - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

“Simply beautiful” – Greenpeace

“Imaginative, creative, innovative and deeply sensitive, but above all, brave” - Sir John Lister Kaye, author and naturalist

Audience reviews

Sarah keeps an audience journal for people to write in at her gigs. Here are some of the comments from her solo tour:

“Beautiful, evocative and compelling. I’m transported and a little changed”

“Went to Iceland and didn’t want to leave”

“Completely captivated and mesmerised by your wonderful music and words – the journey has come to life for me. Thanks for the magic!"

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