Sarah Dougher

Sarah Dougher
Dougher performing in Seattle, 2009
Born	Sarah Eugenie Dougher (1967-09-15) September 15, 1967 (age 49) Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Alma mater	Reed College University of Texas at Austin
Musical career
Also known as	Dusty (while in Cadallaca), The Doog, Doogs
Genres	Indie, folk, alternative
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, composer, educator, author, artist
Instruments	Guitar, Farfisa organ
Years active	ca. early 1990s - present
Labels	K Records, Kill Rock Stars, Mr. Lady
Associated acts	Cadallaca, The Crabs, The Lookers

Sarah Dougher /duɡər/ (born September 15, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and teacher. Dougher began her musical career playing the Farfisa organ in the Portland, Oregon based band The Crabs, and later joined Cadallaca with Sleater-Kinney frontwoman Corin Tucker. She has also released multiple solo albums.

Dougher received a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997, and teaches in the women's studies department at Portland State University.

Dougher has released eight albums, a combination of work with bands as well as solo releases. Since 2007, she has co-directed Portland's Flash Choir with Pat Janowski. The Flash Choir is free, no-audition choir that specializes in collaborative, audience-inclusive work. In January 2010 she debuted a 10-song composition called "Strangers Together," with a libretto from Oregon poet and pacifist William Stafford's book, Passwords. Portland's Regional Arts and Culture Council supported the creation and production of this work through a project grant. In 2009, she composed a choral work called Caesar's Gatebased on the collaborative work of poet Robert Duncan and collage artist, Jess, commissioned by the Cooley Gallery at Reed College.

The first of her solo albums, Day One, was released on indie label K Records in 1999; the latter two, 2000's Walls Ablaze and 2001's The Bluff, were released on Mr. Lady records. In June 2005, Dougher released Harper's Arrow on the Cherchez La Femme label. Beginning with "Day One", Sarah began a long-lasting collaboration with Jon Nikki (Prima Donnas, Gene Defcon, Mocket, Sir, Sarah Dougher, Puce Moment). Jon Nikki contributed guitar, keyboards and piano, bass and drums on many of Sarah's recordings as well as a songwriting credit on the album "Walls Ablaze" for the song "What's Good Is Better Than Gone".