5/24/12 7pm Le Quai'son (Nancy, France)

4 quai Claude le Lorrain, 54000 NANCY

JULIA KLEE + AMI SARAIYA + MUSIKANTO 

C'est vrai! Ami Saraiya & Shirley Rogiers (of the Outcome) will be touring for a week near Strasbourg, France as part of the Trans-Atlantic Nights Festival.

5/27/12 Medienfestival (Tubingen, Germany)

Medienfestival (Tubingen, Germany)

C'est vrai! Ami Saraiya & Shirley Rogiers (of the Outcome) will be touring for a week near Strasbourg, France as part of the Trans-Atlantic Nights Festival.

5/29/12 9pm Cafe des Agnes (Strasbourg, France)

5, Rue Sainte catherine, 67000 Strasbourg

CHAPEL HILL (FR) & AMI SARAIYA (USA)

C'est vrai! Ami Saraiya & Shirley Rogiers (of the Outcome) will be touring for a week near Strasbourg, France as part of the Trans-Atlantic Nights Festival.

6/1/12 8pm La Laiterie (Strasbourg, France)

13 Rue du Hohwald, 67000 Strasbourg, France

JULIA KLEE + AMI SARAIYA + MUSIKANTO 

 

C'est vrai! Ami Saraiya & Shirley Rogiers (of the Outcome) will be touring for a week near Strasbourg, France as part of the Trans-Atlantic Nights Festival.

6/27/12 8pm Ace Bar (Chicago, IL)

1505 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL

As part of the Get Off The Couch Series

Ami Saraiya Receives the 3Arts Award 2011!

Ami Saraiya has been named as one of the 12 recipients of the 3Arts award for 2011!!  Check out Ami's 3arts profile/video here:  Ami Saraiya.  Many great things to come with the award.  Driven by the belief that the vitality and creative spirit of Chicago is reliant upon a diverse spectrum of artistic voices, 3Arts advocates for women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. Through the program, twelve artists receive a large cash reward to put to use according to their individual needs and priorities—no strings attached.

Ami & The Outcome on Tour!

Ami & The Outcome are in the process of booking their eastern and southeastern Tours for the fall/winter 2011.  Full U.S. tour with the realease of their new upcoming album in spring 2012

If you'd like Ami Saraiya & The Outcome to play at your venue, send a message to booking@amisaraiya.com 

EP release scheduled for March 10, 2011 at Schubas

Yes, it's finally true - Ami Saraiya & The Outcome's EP release is set for March 10th, 2011 at Schubas.  We've been working hard with our friends at Maestro-matic studios and are in the process of mixing. (Press contact for EP release: JP at Little Priest PR / jp@littlepriest.com  

Full album set to be released Summer/Fall 2011.

National Radio Promotions Deal with Team Clermont!

It's official! Just signed a national radio promotion deal with the fabulous Team Clermont. So you should be hearing alot more tunes from "Archaeologist" on the airwaves starting August and September 2010!!

The good folks at Team Clermont have worked hard at promoting some fabulous indie artists like Ane Brun, Larkin Grimm, and the Heligoats (just to name a few of my favorites).  I'm honored to be joining their roster.

Original tune "Sweet Chariot" by Ami Saraiya/Anna Soltys benefits pilgrimage to US Social Forum

April 30. Chicago for the People Concert & CD Release  

On a blistering winter morning Ami Saraiya and Anna Soltys, two local singer-songwriters, visited a Northwest side street corner where hundreds of immigrant workers seek employment as day laborers for contractors who arrive and negotiate from their trucks. From the experience of meeting with workers from Ecuador, Honduras, Poland, and Eastern Europe, the singers wrote the new single, Sweet Chariot, to be released April 30th. (see Chicago Sun-times Article by David Hoekstra 'That's the Sound of Working' about the project) 

LIsten to the "Sweet Chariot" on music page or here

The visit and song are part of a larger cultural project of bringing together artists and musicians with community organizations striving for better conditions under the banner “Chicago for the People.” Local bands such as Judson Claiborne, Rebel Diaz, Detholz, Mucca Pazza and others donate tracks for a CD whose sales will raise funds for grassroots groups to attend the US Social Forum in Detroit this June.  

“The forum for us is an opportunity to gather with others who live on the margins and place ourselves at the center. We have to stop letting others speak for us and speak for ourselves. We are in the struggle because we are the struggle, its up to us,” explains analía rodriguez who’s organizing a delegation from Little Village and Pilsen. “Through combining cultural work and organizing, we’re building a movement. We want to take the city that works and make it the city that works for everyone,” B. Loewe, Social Forum organizer, states.  

What: Chicago for the People Concert & CD Release: Performances by Bagwis, Black Bear Combo, and Los Vicios de Papa

Where: Logan Square Audtorium. 2539 N. Kedzie

When: April 30th 8:00pm to 2:00am

*Ticket Give-aways available for radio stations promoting the event

Tickets may be purchased at http://bit.ly/chgoppl. Buy the CD ½ price with advanced purchase of ticket.

Songstress Ami Saraiya is Named Among Top 10 Indie Artists to Watch in 2010

CD Baby, the largest online distributor of independent music, names Ami Saraiya and her acclaimed debut album Archaeologist as “10 to watch in 2010.” Music editors select artists that stand out from the pack as an exciting way to share great new music.  The title track from the album is currently featured in CD Baby Folk Podcast, (http://www.cdbaby.com/Playlist/314) streaming tracks from the best folk & folk-related music. 

"With a sound that’s equal parts Feist, Billie Holiday, post-modern folk, Rufus Wainwright, and 60‘s pop, this album is wildly delightful and full of surprises. With a strong and nuanced voice, Saraiya is able to bring emotion and personality to every phrase, even when the lyrics involve time machines, judgment day, or kisses. Its warm production is heightened by layers of delicate aural pleasures, like subtle background vocals, surf guitars, or ethereal violins or pedal steel guitar. It's all very beautiful, well-crafted, and excellently mixed. Good stuff all around," declares CD Baby.com.

Jan 5th podcast features "Archaeologist"

 "Archaeologist"  will be one of the featured tunes on the January 5th CD Baby Folk Podcast and the CD will be available for half price download during that week through CD baby and itunes

Archaeologist on the Radio!

here's a list of college and non-college stations that may have Ami Saraiya's album Archaeologist... on rotation. Please call in and request a song from the album! if you have a local college or community station that you listen to that's not on the list, please call them and request a song from Archaeologist anyway. they should have the record at the station.

 

Archaeologist

Ami Saraiya's latest album, Archaeologist, is now available.

MORE INFORMATION...

New full length album "Soundproof Box" scheduled to release nationally June 19th, 2012! Click here to join our e-mailing list and get a free exclusive downlaod of the single "I'm Pregnant"  from the new album

Exclusive pre-release 4/21 at Chicago CD Release show.  See left for CD Release show details and discount tickets.

 

CD artwork & design by Cassandra Mazur

7" vinyl EP "Purging" (2011) available through Grape Juice Records!

EP artwork & design by Cassandra Mazur

Get it Now

 

 

Full Length Album, Archaeologist (2009),  is available for purchase online at CD Baby.  Preview tunes from the album at our music page

CD artwork & design by Nathan Poetzscher