Clare Burson

Clare Burson

Clare Burson performing in 2007
Background information
Genres Indie folk
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2003 - present
Labels Rounder Records
Website http://www.clareburson.com

Clare Burson is an American singer-songwriter.[1] She has released four albums. Her 2010 release Silver and Ash is a concept album about her ancestors' lives in Nazi Germany.[2][3]

Early life

Burson was born in Memphis, Tennessee.[4] She is a classically trained violinist. After graduating from Brown University, she studied Identity Politics and The Holocaust in Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship.[3][5]

Music career

Silver and Ash

Burson's 2010 release Silver and Ash was released by Rounder Records, and produced by Tucker Martine.[3] The content of album is based on Burson's research on her family's life in Nazi Germany.[6] She won a grant from Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artist to write an album with Jewish themes.[6]

Discography

Year Title Label
2003 The In-Between
2005 Idaho
2007 Thieves Criterion
2010 Silver and Ash Rounder Records

References

  1. Reges, Margaret. "Clare Burson". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. Ruhlmann, William. "Silver and Ash". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dominus, Susan. "Channeling a Family’s Silence Into Songs About the Holocaust". nytimes.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  4. Lunden, Jeff. "Clare Burson: Songs Of A Haunted Past". NPR.org. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  5. Sullivan, Robert. "An ancient piece of cheese from Lithuania". The New Yorker. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Puckett, Jeffrey Lee. "Family story redefined what's important for Clare Burson". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

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