Creating a truly unique, original sound and a new musical vocabulary is a lofty goal for most bands. \With their second album, The Sondheim Project, Sara Shiloh Rae & Bluebird Junction have done just that and more.

This is Stephen Sondheim as he has never been heard before. With five truly original arrangements of classics like “Send in the Clowns” and “Ladies who Lunch” the pandemic-formed band has roared its...

Creating a truly unique, original sound and a new musical vocabulary is a lofty goal for most bands. \With their second album, The Sondheim Project, Sara Shiloh Rae & Bluebird Junction have done just that and more.

This is Stephen Sondheim as he has never been heard before. With five truly original arrangements of classics like “Send in the Clowns” and “Ladies who Lunch” the pandemic-formed band has roared its...

Sara Shiloh Rae thinks the world would be better if everyone to listened to more James McMurtry . “If you don’t already know him you are in for a treat.” she says. “ He’s probably my favorite living songwriter. When he says ‘ cashing in on 30 year crush, you can’t be young and do that’ it just hits you in the gut.”

For Ms. Rae, McMurtry is the sound...