Singer/Songwriter Sierra West

Currently gearing up to release Hold Your Fire, her infectious new EP featuring folk influenced songs with a pop rock edge, the Connecticut-born and raised (now Boston-based) singer/songwriter has built an impressive following in her native New England. She’s performed on the coffeehouse circuit and regularly at hotspots like Club Passim and the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, where she held the CD release party for her previous EP, Rocks, in 2009 at The Lizard Lounge. The celebration for the new EP is scheduled for August 14 at Club Passim. “Club Passim was once the famous Club 47, a historical Cambridge folk venue where Bob Dylan and Joan Baez started out,” Sierra says. “It’s the reason I wanted to move to Boston.”

Sierra’s approach to performing is to create an intimate environment in which to communicate with her audience.