Intimate Portrait

Sarah McLachlan (11x10)

Data di messa in onda: Nov 26, 2003

Sarah McLachlan: Feminist Music Maven Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her love of singing was apparent early on: By age four, she was performing at her mother's tea parties, and by age eight she was enrolled at the Nova Scotia Royal Conservatory of Music. During McLachlan's awkward teen years, music proved to be a refuge, and she decided to further her passion by attending college at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. After just two years there, she was recruited by Nettwerk Records. The 18-year-old struggled to write lyrics for her debut album; writer's block would be a challenge throughout her career. Her first CD, ""Touch,"" and its 1991 follow-up, ""Solace,"" found a small hard-core fan base, but it was her third album, ""Fumbling Towards Ecstasy,"" that went platinum and launched her into superstardom. Amid her growing fame, McLachlan fell for Ashwin Wood, her drummer. In 1997, the couple eloped. Later that year, she released the chart-bus