Martin Sexton
Martin Sexton (1966) 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" (2010), "Fall Like Rain" (2012). and "Mixtape of the Open Road" (2015). In 2017, Martin joined Chris Anderson (upright and electric  bass) and Boo Reiners (multi-string instruments) to make The Martin Sexton Trio. Sexton's latest recording, "2020 Vision" was released on September 1, 2021.