ARTIST

Sarah McLachlan

Whatever it is about Canada -- cold climate, spacious plains -- something has made it a haven for emerging songwriters. From Gordon Lightfoot to Leonard Cohen to Joni Mitchell to Neil Young to Bruce Cockburn to Ron Sexsmith to Sarah McLachlan, the land has given us more than its share of top flight singer-songwriters.

McLachlan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1968 but wasn't discovered by record executives until fronting a new wave band in Vancouver in 1985. She signed to Nettwerk Records in 1985 and lost the band, pronto! Her first album, Touch, was released in 1988 and went gold in Canada, establishing her as a sensitive young singer-songwriter with an affecting voice and a down-to-earth, shy genuineness that immediately struck a chord with her ever-expanding...
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