A little more mature (something she would deny!), a lot more confident, but as fresh and perceptive as ever, Sara has a way with words, stories and characters matched only in
Australia by John Williamson - but told, of course, from a woman's point of view.
 
Indeed, Williamson was so taken by Sara when he first heard her that he praised her talents to anyone who'd listen, then took her on tour with him, much to the delight of his many fans.
 
Now Williamson has performed a duet with Sara on Beautiful Circle. The words to the    celebratory and upbeat Raining On The Plains were supplied by Sara's older brother Doug (a surprise to Sara who had no idea of the extent of his talents!) and with music from Sara along with some percussive harmonica from John, this is truley a stand-out track!
 
In reflecting on the first time he saw Sara perform Williamson recently enthused - "I have enjoyed the singing talents of many Australians. But none have made me cry until I heard Sara Storer. Here is a young lady who has no intention of "putting on a style" by hiding her Australianess, or her bush upbringing.  Her sheer honesty of lyric and voice is disarming, and something I have been waiting to hear all my life."
 
Beautiful Circle marks a shift in direction for Sara, with songs about the outback being replaced by stories of rural families and farming life - something that comes from personal experience of growing up as a farmer's daughter.
 
"I may not live in the bush anymore, but I get back to visit friends and family as often as I can - and my heart will always be in the outback. Fortunately, my music often takes me to the places I love, which is fantastic," Sara said.
 
These days, Sara is one of the most talked-about and original young stars in Australian music, appearing on two major high-rating television shows - the ABC TV documentary series Heart of Country and a 60 Minutes special along side one of the countries biggest names, Kasey Chambers.
 
Six Top 10 singles were released from Chasing Buffalo - an extraordinary achievement for a new artist - and the album picked up the 2001 New Talent of the Year Golden Guitar.
 
Sara's rise to prominence was due in no small part to talented producer, Garth Porter who discovered her while she was attending the CMAA College of Country Music in 2000.

After producing her critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut, Chasing Buffalo, Garth has once again taken Sara into the studio and recorded an album that truly reflects the artistic maturity that this remarkable singer / songwriter has reached in the past 2 years.
 
The instrumentation and production style do not intrude but rather wrap around Sara's voice and songs to create an effect that leaves you feeling as if you have been swept into Sara's world. You are taken on a journey – similar to the experience of reading a great novel!

"I've learnt so much over the past couple of years, so with this album I've been much more confident, much more aware about the sound I'm trying to achieve," Sara said.

But it is the songs that are the heart and soul of Beautiful Circle.

From the gentle, yet powerful and sometimes Celtic inspired songs like Old Piece Of Tin and Back On The Grader to heartfelt and more personal ones such as Tell These Hands and Sweet Dreams, through to the cheeky and whimsical Back Out Back and Kiss A Cowboy, Sara’s strength as a songwriter is more evident than ever before.

Beautiful Circle is a masterpiece! It captures Sara Storer as she is right now – honest, and incredibly refreshing.  What more can you ask for?