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SARAH CLANTON\u2019S SPEAKEASY POP\u2019ICANA SHOW IS A CELLO-BRATION OF THE UNEXPECTED.\xa0This Nashville based singer-songwriter blends flashes of the classically-trained pop sensibility of Regina Spektor and the sultry jazzitude of Amy Winehouse together in what Clanton calls a \u201ccello-bration\u201d in a one-of-kind musical approach.\xa0Sarah Clanton is bringing people together and building a feel-good machine. The Nashville singer-songwriter, who has brought the classical and pop worlds together with her use of a cello, rather than a guitar, to front one of Music City\u2019s most unique bands, has been on a feel-good mission since long before she plucked her way into town. But it\u2019s never been more apparent than on her new album, Here We Are.\n\n\xa0\n\nHere We Are may be a solo album, but Clanton says it could not have been made without others \u2014 from co-producer Eric Loomis, to a group of top Nashville session musicians and many more. But mostly, she says, the album was made for others. She jokes that the uplifting, \u201cbig and awesome\u201d pop album is a \u201cfeel-good machine,\u201d built to bring people together in these difficult and divisive times. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to make any progress being divided,\u201d she says. \u201cIf I can get some of that mindfulness out there to negate some of the hate, that would be so great.\u201d