Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Surfacing, City of Angels Soundtrack, and Lilith Fair
1994's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was an immediate smash hit in Canada. From her Nettwerk connection, her piano version of the song "Possession" was included on the first Due South soundtrack in 1996. Over the next two years, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy quietly became McLachlan's international breakthrough as well, scaling the charts in a number of countries.
In 1994, she was sued by Uwe Vandrei, an obsessed fan from Ottawa, Ontario, who alleged that his letters to her had been the basis of the single "Possession". The lawsuit was also challenging for the Canadian legal system — Vandrei was a self-admitted stalker whose self-acknowledged goal in filing the lawsuit was to be near McLachlan physically. Consequently, special precautions were planned to ensure McLachlan's safety if at any time she had to be in the same location as Vandrei. The lawsuit never came to trial, however, as Vandrei was found dead in an apparent suicide before the trial began. This topic was explored in leng
More about Sarah Mclachlan (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar. When she read more...
Touch And Solace
The signing prompted McLachlan to move to Vancouver, British Columbia. There she recorded the first of her albums, Touch, in 1988, which received both critical and commercial success read more...
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Surfacing, City Of Angels Soundtrack, And Lilith Fair
1994's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was an immediate smash hit in Canada. From her Nettwerk connection, her piano version of the song "Possession" was included on the first Due South read more...
Hiatus
On February 7, 1997, she married Ashwin Sood, her long-time drummer, in Negril, Jamaica. In 1998, in addition to performing her own set, she performed a cover of Sad Lisa with rock read more...
Afterglow And Associated Philanthropy
McLachlan returned to public life and touring with her 2003 album release, Afterglow, which contained the singles "Fallen", "Stupid", and "World On Fire." Rather than shoot a conventional read more...
Wintersong
McLachlan hand-wrote a letter, copies of which were sent to members of her fan club in late March 2006, stating that she was beginning work on a holiday album due to be released read more...
Mirrorball: The Complete Concert
On October 3, 2006, the live album Mirrorball was re-released as Mirrorball: The Complete Concert. This release contains 2 discs that span over 2 hours of a concert performed in read more...
Ordinary Miracle
In November of 2006, McLachlan performed the song "Ordinary Miracle" for that year's feature film, Charlotte's Web. The song was written by Glen Ballard and David A. Stewart of Eurythmics. read more...
Currently
McLachlan has collaborated on two tracks since she retired from the spotlight after Wintersong. In early 2007, she added her voice to Dave Stewart's Go Green, alongside Nadirah X, read more...
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy-winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter.
She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads. Some read more...