Sable Island Pony, August 22
Pay it Forward 2026
Sable Island Pony
Howling vocals, poetry, and unexpected arrangements that oscillate between fragile and explosive, the project has built a devoted following through a huge catalog of unreleased songs shared in an intense live performance that travels around the country. Distorted guitar, warm tones, tape hiss, and a devotional focus on language, the sound is somewhere between lo-fi folk and indie rock, in a place she refers to as Fear Country. Inspired by artists like Songs: Ohia, Big Thief, and The Microphones, the songs explore intergenerational grief, identity, memory, obsession, ecological collapse, and survival in a way that is direct and true to a degree that would be unsettling if not protected by the warmth with which each song is delivered. A multidisciplinary artist, she is also a painter and tattoo artist. Characters, and symbols span across paintings, lyrics, skin, and recordings, creating a cohesive body of work where visual art and songs are interwoven to become storytelling devices to one another. Originally from a small reserve town in Northern Manitoba, and with roots that connect Halifax to Vancouver to New Orleans, centered for the past decade in the river valleys of Western Massachusetts, in the fall of 2026, she leaves her home to live on the road in a converted sprinter van with her dog Katie to fully commit to the project of reaching people with her songs.
Sable Island Pony, August 22
Pay it Forward 2026
Sable Island Pony
Howling vocals, poetry, and unexpected arrangements that oscillate between fragile and explosive, the project has built a devoted following through a huge catalog of unreleased songs shared in an intense live performance that travels around the country. Distorted guitar, warm tones, tape hiss, and a devotional focus on language, the sound is somewhere between lo-fi folk and indie rock, in a place she refers to as Fear Country. Inspired by artists like Songs: Ohia, Big Thief, and The Microphones, the songs explore intergenerational grief, identity, memory, obsession, ecological collapse, and survival in a way that is direct and true to a degree that would be unsettling if not protected by the warmth with which each song is delivered. A multidisciplinary artist, she is also a painter and tattoo artist. Characters, and symbols span across paintings, lyrics, skin, and recordings, creating a cohesive body of work where visual art and songs are interwoven to become storytelling devices to one another. Originally from a small reserve town in Northern Manitoba, and with roots that connect Halifax to Vancouver to New Orleans, centered for the past decade in the river valleys of Western Massachusetts, in the fall of 2026, she leaves her home to live on the road in a converted sprinter van with her dog Katie to fully commit to the project of reaching people with her songs.
The Pay it Forward program is generously made possible by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Greenfield Savings Bank, Greenfield Northampton Cooperative Bank, Never Give Up, Tandem Bagel Company, Waugh Agency, and Tom Schiff Consulting,
