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This article is about the American country music singer. For the actress, see Sarah Buxton (actress).
Sarah Buxton

Sarah Buxton (born July 3, 1980, in Lawrence, Kansas) is an American country music artist, signed to the independent Lyric Street Records. She has charted four singles on the Billboard country charts: "Innocence" at #31, "That Kind of Day" at #26 and "Space" at #38, as well as "Outside My Window." In addition, she co-wrote Keith Urban's 2007 single "Stupid Boy," and released an EP in 2007 entitled Almost My Record.

Biography

Sarah Buxton was born July 3, 1980 in Lawrence, Kansas. She became actively involved in music as a child by learning piano, playing flute and joining a children's choir. She sang Patty Loveless' "Blame It On Your Heart" at a talent show as a junior in high school. [2] As she learned more about music, she became interested in songwriters and began writing poetry. After graduation, she met one of her musical idols, Stevie Nicks, who encouraged her to pursue music and move to Nashville, Tennessee.

Buxton enrolled at Nashville's Belmont University[1] and started a Southern rock band called Stoik Oak, which toured the region for three years. After an 18-month engagement, she married Christopher Robin of the Christopher Robin Band when she was 22. However, they divorced shortly afterwards. She also felt discouraged about finding a place for her voice in the music business but found further encouragement from one of her friends, John Rich of Big & Rich. She asked her publisher to set up some co-writing sessions, and she became more confident in her approach to singing and songwriting. In the meantime, she sang background vocals for Kenny Rogers and John Corbett,[1] in addition to singing duet vocals on Cowboy Troy's "If You Don't Wanna Love Me."[3]

2006-present: Lyric Street Records

Buxton signed to Lyric Street Records in 2006.[1] Her first solo single, "Innocence", was released to country radio that same year, peaking at #31 on the U.S. country charts. It was followed by "That Kind of Day" at #26. Both were included on a five-song digital EP entitled Almost My Record, released only to digital retailers in mid-2007. One of the album's tracks, "Love Is a Trip", was used by ABC to promote its Men in Trees drama series.

Keith Urban recorded "Stupid Boy," which Buxton co-wrote, on his 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing,[4] taking his version to #3 on the country charts in 2007. In 2008, Buxton recorded a duet with Dierks Bentley called "Sweet & Wild" on his greatest hits album Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008. Buxton then released "Space," which she wrote with Lari White and Chuck Cannon, in October 2008.[5] It peaked at #38 in early 2009 and was added to Almost My Record. A fourth single, "Outside My Window," was released in June 2009, and has since become her second Top 30 hit on country radio. According to GAC, Lyric Street Records will release her debut album sometime in Spring 2010.

Musical styles

Stewart Mason of Allmusic wrote that Buxton has "an appealingly hoarse singing voice akin to Melissa Etheridge and a no-nonsense lyrical persona somewhat along the lines of Gretchen Wilson."[1] Almost My Record received a positive review from Country Standard Time critic Michael Sudhalter, saying that "Stupid Boy" worked better from a female's perspective, and that "Innocence" was "one of the best songs about reminiscing of young love since Deana Carter's 'Strawberry Wine'."[6]

Discography

Almost My Record (2007)

Untitled

Track listing

  1. "Space" (Sarah Buxton, Chuck Cannon, Lari White) – 3:15
  2. "American Daughters" (Buxton, Bob DiPiero) – 3:47
  3. "That Kind of Day" (Buxton, Greg Barnhill, Jeremy Stover) – 3:25
  4. "Innocence" (Buxton, Stover, Dave Berg, Georgia Middleman) – 3:42
  5. "Love Is a Trip" (Lee Thomas Miller, Craig Wiseman) – 3:46
  6. "Stupid Boy" (Berg, Bryant, Buxton) – 5:32

Singles

Year Single US Country Album
2006 "Innocence" 31 Almost My Record
2007 "That Kind of Day" 26
2008 "Space" 38
2009 "Outside My Window"A 28 Sarah Buxton
  • A Current single.

Guest singles

Year Single Artist US Country Album
2005 "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" Cowboy Troy — Loco Motive

Music videos

Year Video Director
2006 "Innocence" Deaton-Flanigen
2009 "Outside My Window" Mark Hudson

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Mason, Stewart. "Sarah Buxton biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  2. ^ Lawrence High School Choral Department (1997-04-25) Program for Showtime
  3. ^ Loco Motive (Media notes). Warner Bros. Records Nashville. 2005. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |publisherid= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (Media notes). Capitol Nashville. 2006. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |publisherid= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Sarah Buxton offers new single". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  6. ^ a b Sudhalter, Michael. "Almost My Record review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
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