Sarah McLachlan
There will always be female artists who sing to a guitar, play the piano, or perhaps just provide vocals for a band. There is seldom a female that has a voice so pure and so beautifully wondrous that you can listen to it without any instrumental accompaniment without fading interest. Sarah McLachlan is one of those artists.
I’m not discrediting her instrumental ability because that too, is stellar. Her acoustic work with just her voice and a piano is my favorite. Something about her unique voice that captures a listener and throws them into whatever emotion the song portrays.
Her first major successful album in her home country of Canada was Fumbling Towards Ecstasy in 1993, which I advise you get the free music download for. Yet it would be the 1997 album titled Surfacing that would catapult her career and fame in America. It was that same year that her endeared touring festival Lilith Fair would reach success. Lilith Fair was an all-female festival that raised millions of dollars for charities. After a long hiatus since 1999, Lilith Fair was brought back into production this year.
With the release of Surfacing came many hits such as Building A Mystery, Sweet Surrender, Adia, Angel, and I Love You. Angel was featured on the soundtrack for the blockbuster “City of Angels”.
Watch the video of Sarah performing Angel live:
She recently released her seventh studio album titled Laws of Illusion, much to the anticipation of her fans. It has been seven years since her last release, Afterglow. Many songs on the new album are sad love songs, and many give light to the pain she had suffered involving her failed marriage. Perhaps the genuine emotion behind her songs is why we love her so much.
Here is an acoustic video of Sarah McLachlan performing Forgiveness, off her latest album:
Her voice has also been used by electronic dance music producers and DJs such as Delerium and Dutch superstar Tiesto, who made a memorable track using Sarah to sing Silence. Other dance remixes include Sweet Surrender, I Love You, Black, Possession, and many others.
Tags: acoustic music, City of Angels, Lilith Fair, Sarah McLachlan, Surfacing, Tiesto