- Clare Burson
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Clare Burson 
Clare Burson performing in 2007Background 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]
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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
- ^ Reges, Margaret. "Clare Burson". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/clare-burson-p640647. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Silver and Ash". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/silver-and-ash-r1940305/review. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ a b c Dominus, Susan. "Channeling a Family’s Silence Into Songs About the Holocaust". nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/nyregion/21bigcity.html. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Lunden, Jeff. "Clare Burson: Songs Of A Haunted Past". NPR.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130568495. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert. "An ancient piece of cheese from Lithuania". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/09/13/100913ta_talk_sullivan. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ a b Puckett, Jeffrey Lee. "Family story redefined what's important for Clare Burson". The Courier-Journal. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110617/SCENE04/306170029/Family-story-redefined-what-s-important-for-Clare-Burson?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
External links
Categories:- Living people
- American singer-songwriters
- People from Memphis, Tennessee
- People from Brooklyn
- Brown University alumni
- People from Nashville, Tennessee
- American alternative country singers
- American singer-songwriter stubs
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