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Sarah McLachlan has emerged as one of Canada's leading recording artists and as a mover and shaker in the North American music industry. McLachlan has released five albums with Arista Records, beginning in 1988 with Touch, followed by Solace (1991), Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1994), The Freedom Sessions (1994) and Surfacing (1997). Surfacing, has sold six million copies (six times platinum status) in the U.S. and has has achieved "Diamond" status in Canada for selling more than one million copies. Surfacing has also won McLachlan two Grammy Awards, four Juno Awards and many other distinctions. McLachlan also conceived and launched the much-heralded Lilith Fair tour, a multi-artist bill showcasing the talents of women performers from around the world. Lilith Fair recently concluded its second year in operation which visited 52 cities in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., grossing over $28 million US Lilith Fair was the number one most successful multi-artist tour in North America. Lilith Fair also donated over 2 million dollars National and to local charities in each city the tour visited. Over her 10-year career, McLachlan has received numerous entertainment and achievement distinctions, including the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award, for advancing the careers of woman in music. The award, presented by New York Governor George E. Pataki, recognizes her work with Lilith Fair, which gives both established and aspiring women artists a chance to showcase their talents to a broad audience. "Mirrorball" Track Listing
"Mirrorball" was recorded during Sarah McLachlan's 1998 tour in support of "Surfacing" and it captures a period of time in the evolution of Sarah's musical career. So what does Sarah have to say about "Mirrorball": Question - One of the things that is a recognized commodity in the music business when someone puts out a live album, it's usually for a couple of reasons. One, to buy that artist some time; a break from the business. And in some cases it's also used to close one door and walk through another. So is it one or both for you? Sarah - I'd say it's all of the above and then some. Probably more the first one and more of something else. I definitely need some time in between records. I'm probably going to take a year off, if not more, over the next year and the year 2000. I'll be writing but I'm not going to really pursue anything. Because of this I might lose some of my band members that I have right now. I think I have a really incredible and tight band. The main reason is wanting to document that and capture some of that - that great energy - you know, the fun that we've been having over the past couple of years of playing together, and I think they're a really great band. That's the main reason...definitely. Question- Why these songs? Or did they choose themselves? Sarah - They chose themselves. Versions became clear although I have to give a huge amount of credit to my husband because he was the one who spent hours and hours and weeks and weeks musically to find the best tracks and I listened and said yeah, that's the best one. We set out to mix every single song...there are 23 songs and obviously you can't have that many on a CD so the strong ones definitely leapt out. Question - Out of all of these songs, which one gave you the most surprises, which one did you not think had the life that it ended up having? Sarah- "I Love You." I say that because I considered it not one of the strongest tracks live because it sounded like so much the record to me. I felt if you are going to do something live you should try to change it around a little bit. But when I heard it back, I really ... it's one of my favourite songs anyway and I think it's different enough, and the musicians - even though we are remaining quite close to the way it sounds on the record - everybody brings a different thing to it. That one really stood out to me ... this needs to go on the record even though it does sound similar to the original recorded version. It definitely moves away from it and emotionally I sing it quite differently as well. Question - I guess I better ask you why Mirror Ball? Sarah - I really don't know, you know. I guess I don't have a great answer for that except that I'm just addicted to mirror balls. I begged my lighting director to bring some on the road with us the last tour. He finally said, 'okay, okay, we'll do it.' There is something about singing under a mirror ball when it's going and the lights are down and that things moving on its axis, shining up the world in it's kind of coca-cola moment kind of way . I don't know, it's really romantic and it's rock 'n' roll, it's glam, it's all those amazing things that I think about when I think about music and the lifestyle. Question - Do you ever think that you reveal too much of yourself? Sarah - Sure I do...but at the same time I have to do what feels pure and honest to me when I'm writing and I can't hold anything back. Certainly there are times I have struggled with thinking that something is too obviously about somebody. I want to try to protect people if I'm writing about somebody else. I've lived always very instinctively, especially in writing, in my music and I need to follow that; it's served me very well so far. Question - The last ten years... the decade was just amazing for you. It's an amazing story. Sarah - It's been a wild ride. I have to say, in retrospect, I've loved every minute of it . Even the most painful moments ... I've learned great things from everything . Question- So what do you think the next ten will be like?
Sarah - Probably not as manic. I'm thirty-one now and I would like to have children fairly soon ... sooner than later I guess. And that is obviously going to be completely life-altering and so it's going to be hectic on a different level because I know kids bring on a whole new set of responsibilities and craziness and madness. It's something that I am so excited by and I'm excited by what I'm going to write because of it and how it's going to change my life and how it's going to make me grow as a human being.
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