sarah burton
Burton’s career started in 2006 with a broken heart, a broken down van, and a haphazard tour across Canada in a van named Lucky. This set the tone for an artist life driven by adventure, spontaneity, and a desire to connect with people from all walks of life. 3 Minivans, and several greyhound trips later, Sarah has played 200+ shows a year, released 4 albums and played many festivals across North America, finding and sharing the inspiration for hundreds of songs. Rooted in folk, and skirting pop, rock and country – Sarah’s music is a collage of her own adventures, and the people she meets along the way. Her songs have made their way to the big screen, earned college radio charting in US and Canada and commercial radio play in Canada and Europe.
'GIVE ME WHAT I WANT'
One bad breakup, two robberies, a few trips to the ER, and moving to the West Texas desert are just a few of the turns that led to the creation of SARAH’s fifth studio album, Give Me What I Want. It’s a vignette of a new age wild west with songs about internet dating, crazy exes, getting older, and that feeling you get when everyone around you is in love and you’re not. In it, Sarah delivers an unapologetic demand with a finger in the air, howling with the underdogs who are sick of getting scraps. It’s a raw and real album that skirts Americana, folk, rock and country; the songs tell classic stories in a modern age from love and lust, to enchantment and disenchantment, and that constant search for fulfillment.
Give Me What I Want was recorded in Austin at Jim Eno’s (Spoon) Public Hi-Fi studio, produced by Elijah Ford (who also plays guitars on the record) and engineered by Brad Bell (Spoon, Arcade Fire, The War On Drugs). Tracks feature Chris Konte on bass, Jason Baczynski on drums and percussion, as well as special guests: Tim Regan on keys/synth, Sam Kossler on pedal steel, Leigh Wallenhaupt on strings, Canadian folk trio Sweet Alibi on backing vocals, and Dave Quanbury on guitar and engineering in Canada
'GIVE ME WHAT I WANT'
One bad breakup, two robberies, a few trips to the ER, and moving to the West Texas desert are just a few of the turns that led to the creation of SARAH’s fifth studio album, Give Me What I Want. It’s a vignette of a new age wild west with songs about internet dating, crazy exes, getting older, and that feeling you get when everyone around you is in love and you’re not. In it, Sarah delivers an unapologetic demand with a finger in the air, howling with the underdogs who are sick of getting scraps. It’s a raw and real album that skirts Americana, folk, rock and country; the songs tell classic stories in a modern age from love and lust, to enchantment and disenchantment, and that constant search for fulfillment.
Give Me What I Want was recorded in Austin at Jim Eno’s (Spoon) Public Hi-Fi studio, produced by Elijah Ford (who also plays guitars on the record) and engineered by Brad Bell (Spoon, Arcade Fire, The War On Drugs). Tracks feature Chris Konte on bass, Jason Baczynski on drums and percussion, as well as special guests: Tim Regan on keys/synth, Sam Kossler on pedal steel, Leigh Wallenhaupt on strings, Canadian folk trio Sweet Alibi on backing vocals, and Dave Quanbury on guitar and engineering in Canada
PRESS
"'Give Me What I Want' has gentle melodic moments, and Burton is possessed of a voice that can soothe and embrace, but she is not averse to accelerating to rocker velocity to match tracks orchestrated with feedback and corrosive guitars...An authentic, inspired artist, Burton has clearly paid her proverbial dues." - Dan Kimpel, Music Connection, May 2019
"...a voice that draws you in to her compelling narratives, conveying equal amounts of yearning, vulnerability, innocence, and hard-earned wisdom...compare her to the likes of Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, and even rockers like Tom Petty." - John Montagna, Culture Sonar, 3/1/19
"Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Burton's decision to travel from Toronto to Texas was the inspirational fuel she needed to craft the genre-blurring collection of stellar songs on her fifth studio effort Give Me What I Want, available now. Trying to pinpoint what so-called 'category' of music Burton's sonic portraits fall under is as futile an attempt as trying to tame her yearning to live life untethered from conventional societal and creative norms. Not unlike most, Burton has had her share of good times and bad. But unlike most, she has the uncanny ability to shake off the chains that bind by sketching song lyrics that both amaze and inspire." - Jim Villanueva, All Access Music, 3/1/19
"This album from Sarah Burtonis fresh and relevant as she tackles many of the social issues of the day...it's Sarah's versatility that drives the music, as she moves seamlessly from Americana, folk, rock and country. The songs tell stories in a modern age language that interprets into a unique mix." - Jan Sikes, Buddy Magazine, April 2019
"Folk-rock starlet Sarah Burton, whose aesthetic clicks and flicks between glitter-pop and earthy Americana, clinks her emotional currency together and watches as the discs bounce from her chest and down a chute of potential rediscovery in self-worth." - Jason Scott, B-Sides & Badlands, 4/17/19
"'Give Me What I Want' has gentle melodic moments, and Burton is possessed of a voice that can soothe and embrace, but she is not averse to accelerating to rocker velocity to match tracks orchestrated with feedback and corrosive guitars...An authentic, inspired artist, Burton has clearly paid her proverbial dues." - Dan Kimpel, Music Connection, May 2019
"...a voice that draws you in to her compelling narratives, conveying equal amounts of yearning, vulnerability, innocence, and hard-earned wisdom...compare her to the likes of Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, and even rockers like Tom Petty." - John Montagna, Culture Sonar, 3/1/19
"Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Burton's decision to travel from Toronto to Texas was the inspirational fuel she needed to craft the genre-blurring collection of stellar songs on her fifth studio effort Give Me What I Want, available now. Trying to pinpoint what so-called 'category' of music Burton's sonic portraits fall under is as futile an attempt as trying to tame her yearning to live life untethered from conventional societal and creative norms. Not unlike most, Burton has had her share of good times and bad. But unlike most, she has the uncanny ability to shake off the chains that bind by sketching song lyrics that both amaze and inspire." - Jim Villanueva, All Access Music, 3/1/19
"This album from Sarah Burtonis fresh and relevant as she tackles many of the social issues of the day...it's Sarah's versatility that drives the music, as she moves seamlessly from Americana, folk, rock and country. The songs tell stories in a modern age language that interprets into a unique mix." - Jan Sikes, Buddy Magazine, April 2019
"Folk-rock starlet Sarah Burton, whose aesthetic clicks and flicks between glitter-pop and earthy Americana, clinks her emotional currency together and watches as the discs bounce from her chest and down a chute of potential rediscovery in self-worth." - Jason Scott, B-Sides & Badlands, 4/17/19