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About Me

After years of hammering on a Hasbro xylophone revealed a precocious musical talent, Sarah's parents enrolled her in piano lessons. Perhaps if they had known that piano lessons would lead to a torrid life of debaucherous rock and roll, they would never have made her practice those sonatas.By the age of thirteen, Sarah grew tired of those sonatas, and turned her affections to the old guitar under the piano. The guitar -- a weathered but beautiful classical guitar from Spain -- had spent most of Sarah's life living under the piano in a beat up case. Her father had stopped playing the instrument years ago, but kept it as a link to his teenage years in Madrid.Feeling compassion for the lonely instrument, Sarah picked up the guitar and started lessons. It didn't take long before she had written her first song on the guitar, "Dirty Man," a feminist protest against sexual harassment.Since then, Sarah has continued to write songs with various sounds and feels, ranging from soft and mellow to lurid and rough. In 2003 she took her songs to the stage and has since been rocking the house in and around Toronto.Sarah plays solo or with band, and loves collaborating with all sorts. She has just finished working with producer, John Switzer, to record her debut EP, Love is for Pussies. Featured on this disk are Gary Craig (on drums), Steve Briggs (on guitar) and Switzer himself (on bass). Love is for Pussies is available now!Buy the new EP, Love is for Pussies, now! click here:BUY NOW

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Member Since: 4/23/2006
Band Website: sarahburton.ca
Band Members: Sarah Burton Matt Blackie and sometimes friends
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Influences: Elvis Costello, Morissey, Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, CSNY, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, Flaming Lips, Evan Dando, Nina Simone, Wilco, Gram Parsons, Roseanne Cash, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Polyphonic Spree, Janice Joplin, The Guess Who, The Who, The French Kicks, Postal Service, The Shins, Mazzy Star, Lisa Loeb, Black Sabbath, Belle and Sebastien, Neko Case, The New Pornographers, Weezer, Pixies, Bic Runga, The Finn Brothers, Sloan, Moxy Fruvous, Common, Billy Bragg, Broken Social Scene, Massive Attack, Portishead, Everything but the girl, Lucious Jackson, Olive, Kiss, Spinal Tap, Sharon, Lois and Bram
Sounds Like: teen spirit
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The end of an era

For the first time since I was 2 years old, I didn't get dressed up for Halloween. Does this mean I've grown up -- or have I lost some of my youthful spark?This may not seem like a big deal to most, b...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:43:00 PST

global warming and the obesity epidemic among squirrels

Has anyone else noticed that the squirrels this year are fatter than ever? I've never seen such round, robust and blubbery little furry rats. Although the extra baggage does indeed make these vermon l...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:10:00 PST

No!!! Not my mittens!!

Ok, they were gloves. On thursday I bought these great new gloves... brown leather with fur on the inside, only ten dollars, from my favorite little shop on Roncy. They were the perfect fit and pretty...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:54:00 PST

I want a puppy

I saw a younger version of my parents' dog the other day and I got really jealous. I want a puppy of my own. A really crazy hyper one too -- the kind that never really mellows out. Dogs never used to ...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:57:00 PST

strange days

Here are just a few of the sights I've seen in the city this week:A girl with a skateboard sitting next to a dead squirrel.A woman asleep in a glass box outside the museum of contemporary art. Kids pl...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:47:00 PST

DIY DIE

Time is money, and DIY isnt really all that cheap anyway. The night before I left for tour, I Oh-so-classically learned something the hard-way, probably for the one millionth time in my life. Worried ...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:23:00 PST

sweaty dude ranch roadrunner

I've been offered everything from "larger penises" to "barely legal asian sluts," but this (although far less offensive) is by far the strangest piece of spam I've ever encountered:pal compilation th...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:14:00 PST

no babes, just sluts

That's what College St. was like today after Italy won the world cup. It's not like my friend and I sat there for 2 hours eating popsicles and judging every person that walked by or anything. It only ...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:27:00 PST

never trust a man who brings pyjamas

"It's like I always say -- never trust a man who brings pyjamas." - Gene Shannon (debonaire editor extraordinaire).Words to live by, Gene. "We had a deal there, we nearly signed it with our blood, an ...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:12:00 PST

wish I never met you, wish I never saw your stinkin ugly face

Even if you don't recognize this subject line as a Romi Mayes lyric ("Styx and BTO", from the album, The Living Room Sessions), you can probably identify with its sentiment. I certainly can. I'm think...
Posted by Sarah Burton on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:27:00 PST