Who is Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles?
Sarah Borges is a rock and roll musician based in the Boston, Massachusetts, area, formerly signed to Sugar Hill Records. Her music has been described as "walking that fine line between punk and country". Borges' wide variety of influences are often noted. They range from Dolly Parton, Mahalia Jackson, X, Sid Vicious, Merle Haggard, to bubblegum pop. Borges grew up in Taunton, Massachusetts, a city south of Boston, in the third generation of a Portuguese (hence the hard "g" in her name) family. She was interested in musical theatre as a youth and majored in the subject while a student at Emerson College. Borges was married to Boston-area guitar player Lyle Brewer. Circa 2010-2013, Borges gave birth to a son. Borges has long called her band The Broken Singles, with the only other constant member being Binky, the bassist and her longtime friend. Over the years, various different lead guitarists and drummers have performed with the band. On the strength of a performance at the South ...