Artist: Martina Sorbara
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Cure For Bad Deeds
Year: 2002
Tracks: 15
Canada has long been known for nurture awesome female singer-songwriters. All the way from Joni Mitchell, k.d. lang, and Sarah McLachlan, to Alanis Morissette and Jann Arden, and now comes Martina Sorbara. Hailing from Toronto, Sorbara emphatically tips her chapeau of influences toward some of these pioneers, along with John Prine, Sarah Vaughn, Cyndi Lauper, and her musical heron Tom Waits. Though in a certain way, she is more than remindful of Ben Harper. You date, care Harper, Sorbara makes her possess guitars, her have clothes, also. And, too care Harper, her music spans a spacious range of genres, yet settles neatly back into a pop vein in the ending. A plash of jazz, a dah of ethnic music, a pinch of rock - these ar the ingredients she uses to blend her artistic potions. First picking up the guitar at age 11, Sorbara erudite the basics and took her possess trajectory from there, creating a unequalled playing style that suits her needs. By 15, she was writing her have songs and performing for audiences, playing both pianoforte and guitar. Over the years, Sorbara has been spotted at high profile events such as Austin's South by Southwest and The Edmonton Folk Festival, and opening move tours for Billy Bragg and Bryan Ferry. When she's not focused on her euphony, Sorbara spends fourth dimension with her former passion of Christ, sketching and creating other ocular humanistic discipline. Her debut album, The Cure for Bad Deeds hit the streets in early 2002 via Canada's possess Nettwerk Records. Like a pocketbook of gelatin beans, each birdsong is a melodic treat on its have, with a different savor than the old.
