Sara Trunzo

Sara Trunzo is a Maine-based independent singer-songwriter, community organizer, and creator and host of “Country & Northeastern” on WERU Community Radio. Lonesome Highway said her last record, Cabin Fever Dream, was “loaded with truly touching lyrics and provide[s] a glimpse of an unquestionably talented artist.”

She has collaborated with songwriting legends Darrell Scott (Great Day to Be Alive; Long Time Gone; You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive) and Mary Gauthier (I Drink; Mercy Now). Adobe and Teardrops called “Taking My Power Back” her latest single “political country music at its finest” and it was featured by Gems on VHS. Trunzo has shared stages with the likes of Suzy Bogguss, Carlene Carter, and Malcolm Holcombe; and played venues such as The Bluebird, Rockwood Music Hall, Club Passim, and the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.

She has been a Joseph A. Fiore fellow, a Music to Life juried artist, and has received honors from Maine Songwriters Association, International Acoustic Music Awards, New England Songwriting Competition, Tennessee Songwriters’ Week, and the Hazel Dickens Songwriting Competition. Her debut EP, Thanks Birdie, was released in 2017, followed by the LP, Dirigo Attitude (2019), which reached #22 on the Folk Alliance International chart. The lead single “Food and Medicine” reached #3 on the FAI chart and won 1st prize at 2018 Maine Songwriters Association contest.

Her most recent release “Taking My Power Back,” produced by Rachael Moore (T Bone Burnett, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Showtime’s George & Tammy) came out as a single in Fall of 2023. As an organizer, she co-founded and led food security organizations Veggies For All and Waldo County Bounty, and has worked on energy democracy and social justice campaigns (Pine Tree Power, Maine Climate Action Now, etc.) in Maine.