SARA MILONOVICH

Award-winning Upstate New York Alt-Country singer/songwriter/Fiddler

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The Bluegrass Situation, Americana UK, Americana Highways, Saving Country Music, AntiMusic and more…

2026 Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest - DC Bluegrass Union

Showcasing Songwriter, IBMA World of Bluegrass 2025 - International Bluegrass Music Association (Chattanooga, TN)

Winner, The Bluebird Golden Pick Contest, November 2023 - The Bluebird Cafe, Taylor Guitars (Nashville, TN)

Americana Artist of the Year 2022 - Capital District Thomas Edison Music Awards (The Eddies)

"...a thrilling, boot-scooter single... With honky-tonk dance hall vibes and plenty of twang, this perfect slice of Americana takes on the topic of gentrification and what it means for a town and its residents when the people who made it what it is get ousted or priced out. With a healthy dose of sassy fiddle, the song is a buoyant nod to change and time and place. It’s a rollicking, good-time listen..." Vents Magazine

“Northeast throws down the country gauntlet, representing a rural heartache to rival any Nashvillian, sad-luck troubadour...The pluck and twill of strings weave around the beat as it barrels into the tragic and beautiful crush of human frailty.” - Chronogram Magazine

“[A] cathartic song about last good-byes and the perplexities of the human condition…” - Americana Highways

“Milonovich grabbed and held the spotlight, a star with voice and fiddle…” - Hoke’s Jukebox (live concert review 7/19/26)

“Indie roots-rock with an edge” - Nippertown

VIDEO

FULL BAND (5 Piece)

QUARTET (BLUEGRASS)

DUO

Solo

TRIO

DUO

SOLO

Full Band (6 Piece)

Touring/Career Highlights

UK Tour (October/November 2026)
IBMA World of Bluegrass (Songwriter Showcase), Chattanooga, TN (2025)
West Coast Tours: California, Nevada, New Mexico (2010, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2023, 2024)
European Tours: Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany (2016, 2017, 2024)
Bluebird Cafe - Nashville, TN (November 2023)
Old Songs Festival - Altamont, NY (June 2023)
Bethel Woods Center For the Arts, Horizon Stage - Woodstock Festival site (July/August 2022)
Babes Ride Out - Narrowsburg NY (June 2017)
Cornstock Bluegrass Festival - Tunkannock, PA (September 2015)
Colorscape Chenango Festival - Norwich, NY (September 2013)
Sunset Sessions - San Diego, CA (February 2012)
Colorscape Chenango Festival - Norwich, NY (September 2011)
New Bedford Folk Festival - New Bedford, MA (July 2008)

IN ADDITION TO 300+ SHOWS OF ORIGINAL MUSIC OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN:

Several hundred (likely upward of a thousand) shows over two decades as a band member, featured soloist, or accompanist, with artists including The Gibson Brothers, Richard Shindell, Cathie Ryan, The McKrells, and many others.
5 years as a designated sub for the featured violin/fiddle chair of the hit Broadway musical, “Come From Away”, both on Broadway and with the national touring company.
~ 200 records as a studio session musician, including Grammy-winning and nominated albums.
2011 U.S. State Department/Jazz at Lincoln Center-sponsored “Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad” tour through Kosovo, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Turkey.

MUSIC

New Album: Last Resort Motor Inn

Northeast

Waiting For The Stars

BIO

Alt-country singer/songwriter/fiddler Sara Milonovich brings a wealth of experience and passion to her music, drawing from her upbringing on a working farm and decades of musical exploration. Her fiddling and singing have earned her numerous awards and collaborations with iconic artists, while her songwriting paints vivid pictures of resilience, hope, and the rugged beauty of the northeast.

Raised in upstate New York’s Mohawk Valley, Milonovich grew up surrounded by bluegrass, folk, old-school country, and the earthy sounds of an agrarian area that still relied on agriculture. By nine years old, she was turning that rural landscape into music of her own, leading her first band as a top-shelf fiddler. By her late teens, she was touring internationally as a member of the Celtic/bluegrass fusion band The McKrells. By the time she launched her solo career with 2009's ‘Daisycutter’, she'd earned attention from folk legends like Pete Seeger, appearing on his Grammy-winning album ‘At 89’.

Milonovich's storytelling may focus on the American northeast, but her travels — and her accolades — reach beyond New York. In 2011 she toured with the U.S. State Department-sponsored cultural program "Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad," performing across Kosovo, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Turkey. As the years progressed, she began playing other European countries too, matching her success back home in America with growing attention overseas. In the decades since, she has built her career across countless musical worlds: from bluegrass stages and Americana tours to collaborations with Seeger, Richard Shindell, and others, as well as work on Broadway's Tony-winning ‘Come From Away'; balancing her solo work with opportunities as a session player, instrumentalist, road warrior, and cultural ambassador. Her latest album, ‘Last Resort Motor Inn’, was released October 2026.