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Clare Burson

Critically acclaimed indie songstress Clare Burson delivers evocative and original tunes, as heard on such albums as The In-Between, Idaho, and Silver and Ash. Of her musical objectives, indie songstress Clare Burson explains, “I’ve always leaned towards poetic simplicity and subtlety in my music— wanting to express as much as I can with the fewest possible words and musical flourishes.” Burson builds upon this aesthetic with SILVER & ASH, her most ambitious project yet.  Set for an mid-2010 release, SILVER & ASH is an album, performance piece, and songbook that imagines her grandmother's life in Germany, from her birth in 1919 to her escape in 1938. For this project, Burson visited her own childhood home in Memphis, where she conducted interviews with her grandmothers, and ventured to the childhood homes of her ancestors in Germany, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, and the Ukraine.

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Clare Burson 12/29/09: Clare Burson

The critically acclaimed indie songstress delivers evocative and original tunes, as heard on such albums as The In-Between, Idaho, and Silver and Ash.

Clare Burson

The critically acclaimed indie songstress delivers evocative and original tunes, as heard on such albums as The In-Between, Idaho, and Silver and Ash.

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