Sarah Motes Ashley is a classically trained singer/songwriter who loves to rock, a gifted lyricist who loves the “la las” and “whoa whoas,” and a genre-bender who writes outside the box (sometimes she can’t even find the box). Her songs and lyrics have won some awards, she’s gotten some cuts, and she’s made some friends… what a long strange trip it’s been.

Guitar, ukelele, piano, and I am dying to learn accordion.

Billy Joel, the Roches, Iggy Azalea, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elton John, the Beatles, Sam Hunt, Joni MItchell, Craig Carnelia, David Wilcox, Dixie Chicks, Brahms, the Carpenters, Eminem, the B-52s, Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Everclear, Kei$ha ...