Sarana VerLin
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Celticana - a blend of rock, pop, folk, Celtic and Americana |
| Instruments | violin, guitar, keyboards |
| Labels | Drum Dancer Records |
| Associated acts | R.U.R., Natasha, Dark Carnival, League of Nations, PhDs, Gutterpups, Amadon Crest, Billy Brandt and The Basement Band |
| Website | www |
Sarana VerLin (born September 19, 1953) is a violinist, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was the vocalist/violinist of the bands Natasha and Dark Carnival and violinist for numerous bands.
Sarana was classically trained on violin starting at age 10 and performed in The International Youth Symphony which was founded by Windsor Symphony Orchestra conductor Matti Holli. After high school, she played guitar and rock violin with other musicians for many years. In 1979 after a feature article about women in rock appeared in the Detroit News, she decided to front her own band called Natasha which won an award for Best New Talent. They were active until 1985 and during that time she also worked on projects with Grammy Award winner Don Was, Grammy Award winner Eminem producer Steve King and Marilyn Manson/Debbie Harry producer Ben Grosse. They toured extensively throughout the midwest and Canada.
She is in the Detroit Metro Times Hall of Fame (alongside Patti Smith, Iggy Pop and Aretha Franklin) after winning best instrumentalist 3 years running for the Detroit Metro Times Music Awards (a.k.a. the Detroit Music Awards). She has been featured in numerous articles in the Detroit Free Press, Goldmine (magazine), Trouser Press, Metro Times, and the Detroit News as well as television and radio appearances.
Sarana was one of the original members of the supergroup Dark Carnival, which was a rotating group of superstars from the Detroit Area...most notably Niagara, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys and poet Jim Carroll.
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