Singer/Songwriter Brings Hope through Music

Sarah Goldbloom says she prefers to write songs, because it’s sometimes easier than talking.

“Every time I sing a song, it means something to me,” Goldbloom said. “And to be able to share that, it makes me so fulfilled inside.”

By day Goldbloom works as a victims assistance administrator at the Whitemarsh Township Police Department. By night, and for most of her other waking hours, she follows her passion in playing and writing music.

Goldbloom, who recently turned 29, said that she started writing her own songs at 16, although she’s been singing since elementary school. Through her original songs, such as “Anymore,” which ponders the futility of lamenting over unrequited love, she openly tackles the ubiquitous, but not often shared, quiet moments of one’s life. She shares these moments through deep and deliberately paced melodies and lyrics.

She said this approach to creating music allows her to connect with an audience at an emotional level.

“I just love connecting to people. For me, music has been such a healthy outlet,” Goldbloom said. “Creating something from nothing is beautiful.”

In an interview with Plymouth Whitemarsh Patch, Goldbloom discussed growing up in a musical home, where her mother and father both played guitar and sang, and her sister is an “amazing piano player.” Goldbloom herself plays guitar, piano and the drums, and has used her talents to help perform at her father’s church, where he is a pastor, as well as at other local church events, when she was growing up.

She attributes her faith-based upbringing as influencing her to create music that also provides a sense of hope and perseverance, as could be heard in her original "Refuel Me."

“I think music is healing,” Goldbloom said.

In keeping with her desire to use her music to connect with people, Goldbloom is also a volunteer musician and counselor at Camp Can Do, a camp sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Last year, Goldbloom has also volunteered with WXPN’s Musicians On Call program, where she travels to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities throughout the Delaware Valley.

By 2006, Goldbloom had started performing at open mic events at area coffee shops and restaurants, where she expands her repertoire of 20 original songs to feature covers from some of her favorite musicians, including Coldplay, Jewel and Adele.

Goldbloom has performed in such venues as Stella Blu in West Conshohocken, Brittingham’s Irish Pub in Lafayette Hill and at the 2011 Whitemarsh Township’s Summer Concert Series at Miles Park.

Her most recent performance took place at the new Southern Cross Kitchen in Conshohocken, March 8, which featured fellow local musicians. She said she was happy with the large attending audience. According to Goldbloom, another show is expected at the Southern Cross Kitchen in April.

Although, she has experience performing in front of audiences, Goldbloom said that she still feels nervous whenever she goes before the mic, which both humbles her and fuels her to keep playing her music.

“I’m happy no matter what, as long as I have the opportunity to play music,” Goldbloom said. “I don’t know what I would do without music in my life.”

For more information, visit Sarah Goldbloom’s Facebook page or the SarahGoldbloomMusic Youtube page.