Born on January 28th, 1968, Sarah McLachlan
has reached a level of artistic maturity that most artists take years to
attain. Since releasing Touch in the late 1980s, the Halifax, Nova
Scotia native has explored her own unique musical interests, indifferent
to current trends and fads. McLachlan's intimate vocals and moody,
evocative songs convey a passionate honesty rarely found in most of today's
music.
McLachlan studied classical guitar, piano
and voice as a child, and at the age of 17 was discovered by Nettwerk Records
at her first performance as part of a New Wave band. Reluctant parents kept
McLachlan from signing her first record deal for two years. After
relocating to Vancouver, McLachlan began writing music for her first
album, Touch.
After an extensive tour with her first band,
McLachlan returned to the studio to record Solace, which was
released in 1992. Solace succeeded both critically and commercially
and catapulted McLachlan to international prominence. The release
of Solace was followed by an exhaustive 16-month tour after which
McLachlan returned to Vancouver to begin writing songs for her album,
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.
The hit single from that album, "Hold On," was
inspired by the documentary, A Promise Kept, about a woman whose fiance
discovers he has AIDS. McLachlan also contributed the single "I Will
Remember You" to the soundtrack of the Brothers McMullen.
In 1997 McLachlan released her fourth album,
Surfacing, which contained the hits "Building a Mystery" and "Sweet
Surrender." She also took time out to organize and headline the acclaimed
Lilith Fair, which focused on emerging women singer-songwriters and became
the most successful tour of the summer of 1997. And McLachlan herself
shows little sign of slowing down.