Maybe you know Sarah Potenza‘s name from Season 8 of NBC’s The Voice, where she wowed Blake Shelton with her bold vocals. Maybe you’ve seen her around the Nashville scene, showing off her brassy songwriting skills on stage. Whatever the case may be, you should take note: She’s coming back with a brand-new album called Road to Rome, which drops on March 8th, this year’s International Women’s Day. The album — produced at the studio of Jordan Brooke Hamlin (known for her work with the Indigo Girls) — takes inspiration from and pays homage to powerful female figures in music legend, such as Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, and Bette Midler. It’s an album for all artists, but particularly for those who identify as women, and it comes on a day for celebrating their achievements as loud and as raucously as possible.
If you want to hear tracks from Road to Rome before the album’s release, Potenza will perform the new record cover-to-cover — along with some old tracks — at The 5 Spot on January 15th. And if you want to refamiliarize yourself with her music now, check out her music video for her 2016 single "Monster" below. – Will Sisskind