# Sarah Jahn

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**Sarah Jahn** is an American [Christian pop](/source/Christian_pop) singer from [Wood River, Illinois](/source/Wood_River,_Illinois).

## Biography

Jahn sang in a [middle school](/source/Middle_school) choir, but did not consider a career in music until she switched to a major in Christian music as a student at [Greenville College](/source/Greenville_College) in the early 1990s.[1] In 1994, [Jars of Clay](/source/Jars_of_Clay), a band composed of Greenville students, won the [Gospel Music Association](/source/Gospel_Music_Association) Spotlight New Artist Competition[2] and subsequently signed to [Essential Records](/source/Essential_Records_(Christian)). Jahn herself won the same Spotlight Competition later that year.[3] She toured Japan and self-released an album in 1995; after sending a demo to [KPNT](/source/KPNT) 105.7FM in St. Louis, she received radio airplay and was included on one of the station's compilations of local artists.[2] In 1996, Jahn appeared on a [Petra](/source/Petra_(band)) tribute album called *[Never Say Dinosaur](/source/Never_Say_Dinosaur)*, covering the band's 1979 song "Yahweh Love".[4] Jahn signed with [Warner Alliance](/source/Warner_Alliance) and released the album *Sparkle* in 1997.[5] The album was produced by [Glenn Rosenstein](/source/Glenn_Rosenstein) and includes performance and songwriting contributions from members of Jars of Clay and the group [Plumb](/source/Plumb_(band)).[6] *Sparkle* received mixed reviews; *[Nashville Scene](/source/Nashville_Scene)* called it "among the freshest and most moving pop releases of the year"[7] and "one of the finest pop albums to come out of Nashville in 1997",[8] while [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) described it as "listenable, but unmemorable."[6] She supported the album with a tour as the opening act for Jars of Clay, and appeared at the Alliance Festival in the United Kingdom.[2] A song from *Sparkle*, "Drinking Water", was a hit on Christian radio in 1998.[3]

## Discography

- *Sarah Jahn* (self-released, 1995)
- *Sparkle* ([Warner Alliance](/source/Warner_Alliance), 1997)

## References

1. [Feature: Sarah Jahn](http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/artists/sarah-jahn/features/sarah-jahn/). *[CCM](/source/CCM_(magazine))*, 1997.

1. [Sarah Jahn: American singer/songwriter creates a buzz at Alliance](http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Sarah_Jahn_American_singersongwriter_creates_a_buzz_at_Alliance/32945/p1/). *[Cross Rhythms](/source/Cross_Rhythms)* 41, October 1997.

1. Mark Allan Powell, *The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music*. Hendrickson Publishers, 2002, pp. 441-442.

1. [Review of *Never Say Dinosaur*](http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Various/Never_Say_Dinosaur/2775/). *Cross Rhythms* 35, October 1996.

1. [Review](http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Sarah_Jahn/Sparkle/3726/). *Cross Rhythms* 41, October 1997.

1. [Review of *Sparkle*](http://www.allmusic.com/album/sparkle-mw0000597540). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)

1. [Rocking God's House](http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/article/13001463/rocking-gods-house). *[Nashville Scene](/source/Nashville_Scene)*, June 5, 1997.

1. Review of *Sparkle* in *Nashville Scene*, quoted in Powell, p. 442.

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