About Martin Sexton
Martin Sexton is an American singer-songwriter and music producer.
Born in 1966, Sexton grew up in Syracuse, New York, the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family. He acquired his first guitar, a Sears & Roebuck acoustic model, at age 14.
In 1988, Sexton moved to Boston, and began playing on street corners and at open mic nights around the city. 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.
He was given the National Academy of Songwriters Artist of the Year Award in 1994. He released Black Sheep in 1996 , an album called The American in 1998, and another album called Wonder Bar in 2000. He launched his independent record label, Kitchen Table Records, in 2001 and released a concert album called Live Wide Open. His album, Seeds, was released in 2007.
In 2008, he released a second live album called Solo. Subsequent albums included Sugarcoating , Fall Like Rain . and Mixtape of the Open Road .
In 2017, Martin joined Chris Anderson and Boo Reiners to make The Martin Sexton Trio.
Sexton's latest recording, "2020 Vision" was released on September 1, 2021.
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