Sarah McLachlan
Birthday: 1968-01-28 Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Synopsis
Sarah Ann McLachlan OC OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range.
Acting
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
From the song he refuses to perform to his admiration for Drake, a songwriting legend reflects on his lyrics and longevity with candour and humour. At 80 years young (and currently recording another album), Gordon Lightfoot continues to entertain and enlighten. Personal archive materials and studio sessions paint an intimate picture of an artist in his element, candidly revisiting his idealistic years in Yorkville's coffeehouses, up through stadium tours and the hedonistic '70s.
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
A musical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Christmas classic. Hosted by Kristen Bell.
Sarah McLachlan : Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was the first home video package from Sarah McLachlan, and is being re-issed in DVD format for the first time. This package is the complete uncut 90 minute Pay Per View TV Special that was aired across Canada and now includes a bonus photo gallery (featuring archival shots, some not widely circulated, as well as collected artwork from the Fumbling era (1994.) The DVD consists of live concert footage filmed in Spring'94 at L'Olympic Theatre in Montreal plus live-in-the studio sessions at Wild Sky Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec where Sarah recorded the Fumbling CD
Santana: Supernatural Live
Like the hit album that inspires its name, Supernatural Live brings journeyman guitarist Carlos Santana back into the mainstream by surrounding him with younger superstars eager to bask in his formidable musical presence. Resuscitating stardom through sheer proximity can translate to forced pairings or superfluous music making, but credit Santana himself with minimizing such missteps. A fusion artist before the term was coined, the erstwhile Mexican street musician long ago extended his technical reach and broadened his stylistic palette by hungrily assimilating different styles of music. Accordingly, he shifts gears easily, whether soloing behind Dave Matthews, trading lines with legendary saxophonist Wayne Shorter, or spicing up a hip-hop excursion with Lauryn Hill.
Sarah McLachlan: Mirrorball
This video companion to the Canadian singer-songwriter's triumphant live album confirms in sight what that recording advanced in sound--Sarah McLachlan and her fine, flexible stage band have evolved into a superb live performing unit, breathing added fire and nuance into McLachlan songs that were already stunning in their original studio versions. Always a strong, charismatic singer, McLachlan now conjures a rare balance of delicacy and power, measured here in performances of signature songs that add a new, more muscular edge matching her band's rock firepower. Thus, "Possession" expands beyond its already sensual promise to touch on truly erotic abandon, while "Building a Mystery" focuses its portrait of a narcissistic poseur with a harder edge and a newly amended, R-rated lyric that's entirely appropriate.
