Martin Sexton

American musician (born 1966)

Americana
rock
blue-eyed soul
folk

Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producerInstrument(s)Vocals, guitarYears active1991–presentLabelsKitchen Table Records (KTR), AtlanticWebsitemartinsexton.com

Musical artist

Martin Sexton Born March 2, 1966 is an American singer-songwriter and music producer.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[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.^[2]

He was given the National Academy of Songwriters Artist of the Year Award in 1994.^[2] He released Black Sheep in 1996 (season 6 episode 11 of the TV sitcom Scrubs featured track #3, "Diner"),^[4] an album called The American in 1998, and another album called Wonder Bar in 2000.^[2] He launched his independent record label, Kitchen Table Records, in 2001 and released a concert album called Live Wide Open.^[2] His album, Seeds, was released in 2007.^[2]

In 2008, he released a second live album called Solo.^[2] Subsequent albums included Sugarcoating (2010), Fall Like Rain (2012).^[2] and Mixtape of the Open Road (2015).^[2]

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
Title	Year	AUS ^[5]	Album
"Love Keep Us Together"	1999	75	Black Sheep

Other contributions

Live & Direct – Volume 1, WYEP-FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (1999) – "The American"^[6]
Live & Direct – Volume 3, WYEP-FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (2001) – "Where Did I Go Wrong"^[6]
Live at the World Café - Volume 9 (1999) – "The American"

References

^ St. Leger, Marie Elsie (9 November 2000). "Martin Sexton Finds Joy, Hope and Wonder". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Martin Sexton - Biography | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
^ "Career Development: Martin Sexton". ASCAP. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
^ "My Night to Remember". IMDb.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 248.
^ ^a ^b "Live & Direct CDs". WYEP-FM. Retrieved 2009-05-19.