Chapter 1 : Sarah McLachlan - Wikipedia The album "surfacing" by sarah mclachlan is a masterpiece to begin with. And nobody could have listened to the cd more than I have through the years. After all the. She played music from a very young age, beginning with the ukulele at age four. She would go on to study classical guitar, classical piano, and voice [4] at the Maritime Conservatory of Music [5] through the curriculum of The Royal Conservatory of Music. It has yet to be released elsewhere. Her high school yearbook predicted that she was "destined to become a famous rock star". She finally signed to Nettwerk two years later before having written a single song. A mutual acquaintance introduced her to her birth mother when she was nineteen. McLachlan did not seek her out and was ambivalent about meeting her. The lawsuit was also challenging for the Canadian legal system: Vandrei was an admitted stalker whose acknowledged goal in filing the lawsuit was to be near McLachlan. Before the trial began however, Vandrei was found dead in an apparent suicide. While she was pregnant with her first child, her mother died from cancer in December McLachlan announced her separation from Ashwin Sood in September [9] and they divorced the same year. There she recorded her first album, Touch, in, which received both critical and commercial success and included the song "Vox". Solace also marked the beginning of her partnership with Pierre Marchand. From her Nettwerk connection, her piano version of the song " Possession " was included on the first Due South soundtrack in Following the success from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, McLachlan returned in with Surfacing, her best-selling and best-known album to date. The album has since sold over 16 million copies worldwide and brought her much international success. Still in the spotlight from the album, McLachlan launched the highly popular Lilith Fair tour. Her song " Angel "â inspired by the fatal overdose of Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin [ citation needed ]â made sales skyrocket. Fellow adoptee Darryl McDaniels was so touched by "Angel" that it inspired him to reassess his life and career. He credits McLachlan and her album, Surfacing, on which "Angel" appeared with saving his life. It became the No. More than five months after the movie disappeared from the theatres, City of Angels: This soundtrack earned quadruple-platinum status. Afterglow[ edit ] McLachlan returned to public life and touring with her album release, Afterglow, which contained the singles " Fallen ", "Stupid", and " World On Fire ". Another live album, Afterglow Live, was released in late The CD consisted of several tracks from a full-length concert, which was included in its entirety on a DVD, as well as the three music videos from Afterglow. In, Darryl "D. Although the album was not released until early, remixes of the song "Just Like Me" were included on a number of compilations in Wintersong debuted at No. It peaked at No. Worldwide the album has sold over 1. This release contains two discs that were compiled from two concerts performed on consecutive nights in April at the Rose Garden arena in Portland, Oregon. On August 5,, the 15th anniversary three-disc edition of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was released. The set includes the original re-mastered album, The Freedom Sessions and a DVD that includes live performances, music videos and more. The album was released by Legacy Recordings. McLachlan released a greatest hits album, Closer: On August 12,, she released a new song from the album, " U Want Me 2 ", a mid-tempo contemplative love song, as a digital single in the itunes Store ; also accompanied with a video performance. Both singles were subsequently included on her next album, Laws of Illusion. A single, "One Dream", was released on September 29, and was the official theme song of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. McLachlan has long used to conjure passion and empathy laced with melancholy. But now it encompasses a new anguish, deeper and sharper than what she hinted at with Afterglow in Previews of the tracks and bonus materials were made available in the itunes Store and on Amazon. During the wide-ranging interview, McLachlan discussed with host John Schaefer the last eleven years of her life and how she has changed, especially as a working mother of two. Shine On[ edit ] In late January, McLachlan announced the release of her next studio album, Shine On, which was inspired by the death of her father. The Canadian leg of the tour was to include 25 shows in 21 cities. Wonderland[ edit ] This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be Page 1
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Chapter 2 : Sarah McLachlan: Surfacing g Double Gatefold Vinyl auf PledgeMusic I have a smile Stretched from ear to ear To see you walking down the road We meet at the lights I stare for a while The world around us disappears. The Canadian-born, Grammy and Juno Award winning artist has sold over 40 million albums. McLachlan was instantly drawn to music as a child and honed her skill by studying voice, classical piano and guitar. With her reluctant parents asking her to focus on school, McLachlan waited two years before signing with Nettwerk. With a deal in place, McLachlan packed her bags, moved to Vancouver and began writing music for her first album Touch. McLachlan followed up her first gold album with Solace, solidifying her as a rising star in Canada. With two successful albums under her belt, McLachlan began penning the lyrics for Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. Along with her critically-acclaimed Surfacing release, McLachlan helped organize Lilith Fair which brought over 2 million people together during its three-year run. The festival was the most successful all-female music event and was the top-grossing touring festival of that year. Her prominent role in Lilith Fair also led to several highly-regarded recognitions for McLachlan. McLachlan was then awarded the highest honor a Canadian citizen can receive by being appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in In the summer of McLachlan released Mirrorball featuring live performances of hit songs from her previous two albums. While taking a break from recording, McLachlan continued her philanthropic efforts by laying the groundwork for the Sarah McLachlan School of Music which officially opened in The School of Music is an outreach program that provides free after-school musical education, something McLachlan cherished in her own youth, for school-aged children in Vancouver. Returning to the studio, McLachlan burst back into the spotlight with Afterglow. McLachlan promoted her album for eight months and followed its release with a year and a half of touring. That extensive tour provided her with the tracks for her release of Afterglow Live which also included a DVD of concert footage and three music videos from Afterglow. Changing directions in, McLachlan released her first Christmas album Wintersong. In, McLachlan released her first studio album of all original material for the first time in nearly seven years titled Laws of Illusion. Produced by her longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand, the album featured 12 new songs and debuted at 3 on the Billboard Getting back in the studio in, McLachlan began to put together her much anticipated album Shine On. Today Sarah continues to call Vancouver home where she resides with her two daughters, India and Taja. Page 3
Chapter 3 : SARAH MCLACHLAN - SURFACING ALBUM LYRICS Surfacing is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. Released in, it was produced by McLachlan's frequent collaborator, Pierre Marchand. McLachlan set about writing Surfacing in, after two and a half years touring for her previous album, 's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. McLachlan was born on January 28,, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she began taking lessons for voice, classical piano, and guitar as a child. Following a year of art training at the Nova Scotia School of Design, McLachlan who had also been fronting a new wave band named October Game was approached by Nettwerk Records and offered a solo deal. She initially turned it down in favor of continued studies; however, she reconsidered and accepted the offer in late, relocating to Vancouver soon after. The album eventually reached gold status in Canada and was reissued worldwide in In, she followed up with Solace, an impressive collection that showed a great leap in songcraft and began to build a strong cult following in the U. In September, following a month promotional tour, McLachlan traveled to Cambodia and Thailand to work on World Vision, a Canadian-sponsored documentary on poverty and child prostitution. Inspired by her experiences, she retreated to a secluded house outside of Montreal to write material for her next album. The album peaked in the U. The Freedom Sessions, consisting mainly of alternate versions of tracks from Fumbling, arrived in ; that same year also saw the release of "I Will Remember You," which McLachlan wrote as the theme for Brothers McMullen. In, McLachlan began work on her fourth album, the enormously successful Surfacing, which debuted at number two on the pop albums chart. In, after a short hiatus from the business, she put out the successful Afterglow, followed by another concert release, Afterglow Live. Both releases eventually went multi-platinum, and McLachlan continued to tour through In June of that year, she performed on the Philadelphia stage of Live 8, the multi-city anniversary celebration of Live Aid and G8 summit protest coordinated by Live Aid founder Bob Geldof. She released Bloom, her second remix collection, several months later. McLachlan released two albums in The Complete Concert, which captured the entirety of the last date on her tour, and Wintersong, a collection of traditional and modern Christmas covers plus one new song, the title cut. McLachlan spent the next couple of years focusing on her charitable endeavor The Sarah McLachlan School of Music, which provided free music lessons to at-risk kids in Vancouver. She returned to the studio in to record a new album with longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand, inspired by the recent death of her father. Parting ways with Arista, her label home for more than 20 years, she signed to Verve. She released Shine On, her first album for the label and another collaboration with Pierre Marchand, in May of Shine On debuted at number one on the Canadian charts and number four in the U. The following year, she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Chapter 4 : An Evening with Sarah McLachlan DPAC Official Site This short film explores the passions of acclaimed musician and songwriter Sarah McLachlan, using her own words and drawings to guide us through her rich creative world, the founding of the. Chapter 5 : Surfacing by Sarah McLachlan on Spotify Surfacing was released as the first Lilith Fair tour hit the road, and Sarah McLachlan benefited enormously from the timing. As the organizer of Lilith Fair, McLachlan was on the cover of magazines across America and Canada, which helped Surfacing debut at number two on the U.S. charts -- a particularly remarkable feat since its predecessor, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, peaked at number Chapter 6 : Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic Sarah McLachlan "Surfacing" ( Music On Vinyl / Sony Music Entertainment U.K) reissue of her classic. Incredible album Page 4
made better by the folks at MOV. Even the packaging is top notch. Chapter 7 : Sarah Mclachlan Surfacing Records, LPs, Vinyl and CDs - MusicStack Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan debuted in with her piano-based folk-pop, which went on to gain her a devoted following, a number of Juno and Grammy Awards, and placement in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. She also founded Lilith Fair, a concert tour that helped usher other female. Chapter 8 : Surfacing by Sarah McLachlan on Amazon Music Unlimited Surfacing is Sarah McLachlan's 4th studio album, released July 15, It was produced by Pierre Marchand. It was McLachlan's bestselling album, debuting at number one or number two on the Top 40 charts in many countries, and officially confirming her star status in many countries (most notably the United States) where her album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy had been a steady seller but didn. Chapter 9 : Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing - theinnatdunvilla.com Music Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28,, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and placed with the McLachlan family who later legally adopted her. She played music from a very young age, beginning with the ukulele at age four. Page 5