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Martin Sexton (1966)[1] is an American singer-songwriter and music producer.

Martin Sexton
Sexton in 2021
Background information
Born	March 2, 1966 (1966-03-02) (age 56) Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Genres	Americana rock blue-eyed soul folk
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Kitchen Table Records (KTR), Atlantic
Website	martinsexton.com

Early life

Born in 1966,^{[citation needed]} Sexton grew up in Syracuse, New York, the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family.[2] He acquired his first guitar, a Sears & Roebuck acoustic model, at age 14.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 1988, Sexton moved to Boston, and began playing on street corners and at open mic nights around the city.[1][3] Sexton released a collection of self-produced demo recordings in 1991 called In The Journey. The album was released on an 8-track cassette, and Sexton sold 15,000 copies to fans.[1]

He was given the National Academy of Songwriters Artist of the Year Award in 1994.[1] He released Black Sheep in 1996, an album called The American in 1998, and another album called Wonder Bar in 2000.[1] He launched his independent record label, Kitchen Table Records, in 2001 and released a concert album called Live Wide Open.[1] His album, Seeds, was released in 2007.[1]

In 2008, he released a second live album called Solo.[1] Subsequent albums included Sugarcoating (2010), Fall Like Rain (2012).[1] and Mixtape of the Open Road (2015).[1]

In 2017, Martin joined Chris Anderson (upright and electric bass) and Boo Reiners (multi-string instruments) to make The Martin Sexton Trio.

Sexton's latest recording, "2020 Vision" was released on September 1, 2021.

Discography

Albums

• In the Journey (Koch Entertainment, 1992)
• Black Sheep (Koch International, 1996)
• The American (Atlantic Records, 1998)
• Live at the Fillmore (Atlantic Records, 1999)
• Wonder Bar (Atlantic Records, 2000)
• Live Wide Open (Kitchen Table, 2001)
• Live at Newbury Comics (Kitchen Table, 2003)
• Camp Holiday (Kitchen Table, 2005)
• Seeds (Kitchen Table, 2007)
• Solo (Kitchen Table, 2008)
• Sugarcoating (Kitchen Table, 2010)
• Mixtape of the Open Road (Kitchen Table, 2015)
• Live at the Belly Up (2017) – download only

Extended plays

• Fall Like Rain (Kitchen Table, 2012)
• 2020 Vision (Kitchen Table, 2021)

Charted singles

List of charted singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		AUS [4]
"Love Keep Us Together"	1999	75	Black Sheep

Other contributions

• Live & Direct – Volume 1, WYEP-FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (1999) – "The American"[5]
• Live & Direct – Volume 3, WYEP-FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (2001) – "Where Did I Go Wrong"[5]
• Live at the World Café - Volume 9 (1999) – "The American"

References

External links

• Official site
• Audio recording of an NPR Interview
• 2012 Interview with American Songwriter

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