Martin Sexton


Martin Sexton is an American singer-songwriter and music producer.

Early life

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.

Career

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.

Discography

Albums

  • In the Journey
  • Black Sheep
  • The American
  • Live at the Fillmore
  • Wonder Bar
  • Live Wide Open
  • Live at Newbury Comics
  • Camp Holiday
  • Seeds
  • Solo
  • Sugarcoating
  • Mixtape of the Open Road
  • Live at the Belly Up – download only

    Extended plays

  • Fall Like Rain
  • ''2020 Vision''

    Charted singles

Other contributions