BOSTON- BASED FOLK SINGER/SONGWRITER SIERRA WEST
CELEBRATES RELEASE OF HER NEW EP
‘HOLD YOUR FIRE’ WITH A SPECIAL RELEASE SHOW
AT CLUB PASSIM ON AUGUST 14

Those Who Give Donations to Non-Profit Organizations 
Helping Hands and Right Turn That Night Will Receive Free EP

Emerging folk-rock singer/songwriter Sierra West (www.sierrarocks.com ^[1]) is gearing up for the official release of her second EP, Hold Your Fire, and celebrating with a show at one of Boston’smost respected music venues, Club Passim (formerly Club 47), on August 14, 2012 at 8 p.m.  Lloyd Thayer, who also featured on Sierra’s previous EP ‘Rocks,’ will open the evening.

Sierra’s approach to performing is to create an intimate environment in which to communicate with her audience. Her performing history includes a month-long tour in the Midwest, playing restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, colleges, and two tours in Northern California, including a ten-gig trip through the Santa Cruz-Monterey region that grew out of a single house concert.

Hold Your Fire, produced by drummer/producer Lorne Entress at Signature Sounds studio in Connecticut, includes the plaintive and heartfelt “It’s About Time,” which is currently playing on the Massachusetts R&R charts.  Three of the five songs on the EP were penned by Sierra at one of the “Writing It Up In The Garden” artist retreats hosted several times a year by Nerissa Nields, a member of the folk band The Nields.

Shakefire ^[2] recently reviewed the EP with high marks, noting that “Sierra has a very melodic voice; she rides the track easily with what sounds like little to no effort.  With the acoustic guitar as Sierra’s choice of instrument, it gives the album a live in concert feel…Her voice comes through crystal clear on all the tracks.”

The singer performs regularly to raise money for Right Turn (www.right-turn.org), an innovative,Arlington, Mass. based program that offers intensive outpatient and residential treatment services in a uniquely creative environment and Helping Hands (www.monkeyhelpers.org), the only non-profit organization in the world that raises and trains capuchin monkeys to provide in home assistance to people living with spinal cord injury or other mobility impairments, inspiring the name of Sierra’s publishing company, 21 Monkeys Music.

Representatives from both Right Turn and Helping Hands will be present at the show, and guests who make donations to the organizations will receive a free download card of Hold Your Fire.

For the latest news and music from Sierra, visit www.sierrarocks.com ^[1].

Event Recap:

Tuesday, August 14, 2012
8 p.m.
Club Passim
47 Palmer Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tickets: $12
Ages 18+
http://passim.org/club/sierra-west-cd-release-lloyd-thayer ^[3]

**Media will receive a copy of Sierra’s new CD ‘Hold Your Fire’. Please RSVP toashley@luckmedia.com ^[4]