(Self-released, CD, digital, vinyl) When it comes to playing music, Sarah King is a lifer. The gritty Americana singer, songwriter and musician moved from Maine to the Deep South to pursue her career. She became an active livestreamer when the pandemic decimated live music events. In her bio, she even cites her commitment to music as a factor in the dissolution of a key relationship. Now based in Ripton, King keeps on trucking with her debut solo EP, The Hour, to be released on March 19. Those familiar with King's 2019 blues-rock LP What Happened Last Night, made with her old band the Guilty Henchmen, will recognize her bold feminist voice and dark storytelling. Characters both sinister and spurned commit sinful deeds in these five new songs — but not without reason. On the single "Not Worth the Whisky," for example, King reminds a misbehaving man that she "can only be good for so long."