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how Good you Are (feat. Sarah Burton, Andre Skinner, Matt Blackie, Olesh Maksymiw, Grady Kelneck)
Album: Mayflower
Released: Apr 1, 2010
Label: INDEPENDENT

General Info

  • Genre: Americana / Folk Rock / Pop

    Location Toronto, Ontario, Ca

    Profile Views: 83001

    Last Login: 8/19/2011

    Member Since 4/23/2006

    Website sarahburton.ca

    Record Label none

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    After years of hammering on a Hasbro xylophone revealed a precocious musical talent, Sarah's parents enrolled her in piano lessons. Perhaps if they had known that piano lessons would lead to a torrid life of debaucherous rock and roll, they would never have made her practice those sonatas. By the age of thirteen, Sarah grew tired of those sonatas, and turned her affections to the old guitar under the piano. The guitar -- a weathered but beautiful classical guitar from Spain -- had spent most of Sarah's life living under the piano in a beat up case. Her father had stopped playing the instrument years ago, but kept it as a link to his teenage years in Madrid. Feeling compassion for the lonely instrument, Sarah picked up the guitar and started lessons. It didn't take long before she had written her first song on the guitar, "Dirty Man," a feminist protest against sexual harassment. Since then, Sarah has continued to write songs with various sounds and feels, ranging from soft and mellow to lurid and rough. In 2003 she took her songs to the stage and has since been rocking the house in and around Toronto. Sarah plays solo or with band, and loves collaborating with all sorts. In late 2007 she released her debut EP, Love is for Pussies, with Juno award-winning producer, John Switzer. Featured on this disk are Gary Craig (on drums), Steve Briggs (on guitar) and Switzer himself (on bass). Since then Sarah has kept up a steady touring schedule and continues to work with many talented musicians across the country. She has just released her first full-length album, Mayflower, with producer, Andre Skinner (of Canteen Knockout). With Matt Blackie (on drums and back-ups), Grady Kelneck (on mandolin and miniature pump organ), Olesh Maksimiy (on lead guitar and pedal steel), Skinner (on bass and various treats) and other special guests, the new release boasts a fresh sound that is sweet but rough around the edges, diverse, but cohesive. Buy the new album, Mayflower, here! click here: .. BUY NOW ..

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  • Influences

    ............Free Music.... Elvis Costello, Morissey, Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, CSNY, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, Flaming Lips, Evan Dando, Nina Simone, Wilco, Gram Parsons, Roseanne Cash, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Polyphonic Spree, Janice Joplin, The Guess Who, The Who, The French Kicks, Postal Service, The Shins, Mazzy Star, Lisa Loeb, Black Sabbath, Belle and Sebastien, Neko Case, The New Pornographers, Weezer, Pixies, Bic Runga, The Finn Brothers, Sloan, Moxy Fruvous, Common, Billy Bragg, Broken Social Scene, Massive Attack, Portishead, Everything but the girl, Lucious Jackson, Olive, Kiss, Spinal Tap, Sharon, Lois and Bram ..........

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