Clare Burson

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Clare Burson
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Clare Burson performing in 2007
Background information
Genres Indie folk
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2003–present
Labels Rounder Records
Website www.clareburson.com

Clare Burson is an American indie folk singer-songwriter. [1] She has released four albums. Since 2003, Burson has released four studio albums. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

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

Burson's 2010 release Silver and Ash was released by Rounder Records, and produced by Tucker Martine. [3] The content of the 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

YearTitleLabel
2003The In-Between
2005Idaho
2007ThievesCriterion
2010Silver and Ash Rounder Records

References

  1. ↑ Reges, Margaret. "Clare Burson". Allmusic . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Silver and Ash". Allmusic . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Dominus, Susan (September 21, 2010). "Channeling a Family's Silence into Songs About the Holocaust". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ Lunden, Jeff (October 15, 2010). "Clare Burson: Songs Of A Haunted Past". NPR. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Robert. "An ancient piece of cheese from Lithuania". The New Yorker . Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  6. 1 2 Puckett, Jeffrey Lee. "Family story redefined what's important for Clare Burson". The Courier-Journal . Retrieved June 26, 2011.


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