Sarah Kirkland Snider is part of the so-called classical indie scene, resourceful musicians with a do-it-yourself aesthetic. When she's not composing, Sarah Kirkland Snider runs New Amsterdam Records, out of Brooklyn, which she co-founded in 2008.
Her new album on her label in conjunction with Nonesuch Records, released in late September, is Mass for the Endangered, "a 21st century twist on the Catholic mass."
She joined my phone to talk about her music:
