“Burton’s effortless charm and honest storytelling are bound to capture the hearts of listeners”.

- Planet Singer

“Each song is a small masterpiece in itself, brought to life by Burton's unmistakable voice and the perfect interplay between the musicians.”

- Sonic Realms

“It is hard not to love Swoonville USA, and the album clearly proves Sarah Burton to be a triple threat—someone who can write great songs, deliver them to perfection, and also make a home in all manner of different genres.”

- Dancing About Architechture

“Sarah Burton creates an impeccable world of her own.”

- Skope Magazine

“Burton proves once again that she is a visionary artist capable of navigating multiple genres without losing her authenticity.”

- Jamsphere

The adage is home is where you hang your hat. And for singer-songwriter Sarah Burton -- who has moved from Toronto to Terlingua, Texas, and now resides in Austin -- that idea is at her core. Now with her latest stellar batch of songs, Burton is tossing another dart on the map: Swoonville USA, the title of her superb sixth full-length effort.

"Some of the songs came before the pandemic when I was breaking myself trying to do as much as possible and get ahead," Burton says. "Then most of the album came after the pandemic when I was settling back in after returning to the States. I was falling in love, and I used to say, 'I'm just here in Swoonville USA,' no matter where I was.”

The album, the followup to 2023's 64 Magic Queens, is a finely-tuned, dynamic, and genre-defying collection that recalls Sheryl Crow's The Globe Sessions for its high quality lyrically and musically. It's an album, produced by Jane Aurora, that should also make many critics' year-end lists judging from the poppy, bubbly "Might As Well Be Loved," gems like "Montana" and "Oklahoma" and the gorgeous lead single "Worth Sticking Around For."

Swoonville USA is another standout effort for Burton who was passionate about music from an early age, spending most of her youth in Toronto. Influenced by a myriad of genres, Burton issued her 2008 debut EP Love Is For Pussies and debut album Mayflower in 2010. After releasing Make Your Own Bed in 2015, the singer relocated in 2016 from Toronto to Terlingua, Texas, a small rural area in West Texas. From there, she was Austin-bound. "I'm a nomad at heart," Burton says. "I feel connected to a lot of places."

Burton, who released her fourth album Give Me What I Want in 2019, says her songwriting process comes from a somewhat chaotic mode of inspiration including "scraps of paper" and "piles of notebooks" accumulated over time. "Sometimes they pour out and fall from the sky," she says. "Sometimes I have to puzzle them together with all these shards from over the years."
Having played festivals such as Mile of Music, Merlefest, North By Northeast and Canadian Music Week and shared the stage with Jim Lauderdale, Big Sugar's Gordie Johnson, Susan Gibson and Mary Gauthier among others, Burton is eager to take Swoonville USA to the masses. — Jason Macneil

Some Press:

“Sarah Burton is the real deal…she embodies the modern troubadour and 64 Magic Queens is a shockingly good album.”

- Dave Franklin, Dancing about Architechture

“Sarah Burton's "64 Magic Queens" is more than an album; it's an experience – a harmonious odyssey that celebrates the triumphs, the heartaches, and the magic that binds us all. It is a beacon of raw and unfiltered creativity, heralding Sarah Burton not just as a musician, but as a maestro of human emotion, orchestrating a symphony that resonates in the hearts of listeners long after the last note has faded away.”

- Wolf Georgia, Music Farmer

“…this smart set of songs offers an example of Sarah Burton getting everything right”

- Dan MacIntosh, Skope Magazine

“‘Give Me What I Want’ has gentle melodic moments, and Burton is possessed of a voice that can soothe and embrace, but she is not averse to accelerating to rocker velocity to match tracks orchestrated with feedback and corrosive guitars...An authentic, inspired artist, Burton has clearly paid her proverbial dues.”

– Dan Kimpel, Music Connection, May 2019

“Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Burton’s decision to travel from Toronto to Texas was the inspirational fuel she needed to craft the genre-blurring collection of stellar songs on her fifth studio effort Give Me What I Want, available now. Trying to pinpoint what so-called ‘category’ of music Burton’s sonic portraits fall under is as futile an attempt as trying to tame her yearning to live life untethered from conventional societal and creative norms. Not unlike most, Burton has had her share of good times and bad. But unlike most, she has the uncanny ability to shake off the chains that bind by sketching song lyrics that both amaze and inspire.”

– Jim Villanueva, All Access Music, 3/1/19

“This album from Sarah Burton is fresh and relevant as she tackles many of the social issues of the day…it’s Sarah’s versatility that drives the music, as she moves seamlessly from Americana, folk, rock and country. The songs tell stories in a modern age language that interprets into a unique mix.”

– Jan Sikes, Buddy Magazine, April 2019

“Folk-rock starlet Sarah Burton, whose aesthetic clicks and flicks between glitter-pop and earthy Americana, clinks her emotional currency together and watches as the discs bounce from her chest and down a chute of potential rediscovery in self-worth.”

– Jason Scott, B-Sides & Badlands, 4/17/19

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