We’ve all been in the right place at the right time.
For me, one of those times was to be hosting and producing MuchWest in Vancouver when Sarah McLachlan moved from Halifax to Vancouver to begin what would become an amazing career.
Sarah ended up on the West Coast because in Halifax, her home, she had opened for a band from Nettwerk Records in Kitsilano.
They wanted to sign her immediately, but Sarah’s parents insisted she finish her schooling.
It felt like she came to Vancouver with songs already written and ready to go. It wasn’t long before Sarah released her debut album Touch.
That’s when I first met and interviewed her. The gift she gave the world were songs cutting deep into memory and self-awareness.
Since 1989, the gift she’s given me was to tell part of the story through our interviews.
That’s one of the reasons why I asked Sarah to come to Thailand and Cambodia with me in 1991 to tell the story of World Vision’s battle with the aids epidemic.
Sarah is on record as saying the journey changed her life. It helped her understand the power of giving back. It also leads directly to her involvement with the Sarah McLachlan School of Music.
Some of our interviews showed up in the Lilith Fair Documentary.
It’s been 11 years since Sarah recorded and released new music.
Her new album is called Better Broken.
We’ll talk about a lot of things. Better Broken, Motherhood, today’s music world and her place in it, the legacy of Lilith, the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th anniversary Tour and Canada – O Canada.
We’ve all been in the right place at the right time.
For me, one of those times was to be hosting and producing MuchWest in Vancouver when Sarah McLachlan moved from Halifax to Vancouver to begin what would become an amazing career.
Sarah ended up on the West Coast because in Halifax, her home, she had opened for a band from Nettwerk Records in Kitsilano.
They wanted to sign her immediately, but Sarah’s parents insisted she finish her schooling.
It felt like she came to Vancouver with songs already written and ready to go. It wasn’t long before Sarah released her debut album Touch.
That’s when I first met and interviewed her. The gift she gave the world were songs cutting deep into memory and self-awareness.
Since 1989, the gift she’s given me was to tell part of the story through our interviews.
That’s one of the reasons why I asked Sarah to come to Thailand and Cambodia with me in 1991 to tell the story of World Vision’s battle with the aids epidemic.
Sarah is on record as saying the journey changed her life. It helped her understand the power of giving back. It also leads directly to her involvement with the Sarah McLachlan School of Music.
Some of our interviews showed up in the Lilith Fair Documentary.
It’s been 11 years since Sarah recorded and released new music.
Her new album is called Better Broken.
We’ll talk about a lot of things. Better Broken, Motherhood, today’s music world and her place in it, the legacy of Lilith, the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th anniversary Tour and Canada – O Canada.
The complete interview can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and seen on the
Not all the interviews we present on the Stew Podcast are brand new.
I’ve been at this interview thing since 1964 so there are always the possibilities of archival interviews.
Many are tied up in legal issues. Some were never kept or lost to time.
However, occasionally they just get “discovered”
The Sarah McLachlan interviews we present this week are the discovered type.
The first was in 1988. Sarah with her late 80’s Halifax Hair. Me, holding her new album on Solace on cassette.
Then a large jump to 1992.
The year before Sarah had released Solace and was touring hard, working on the songs for ‘93’s Fumbling towards Ecstasy.
Everything changed right there. She had the songs, the voice, and the drive to become – what she became – a 40 Million album selling, Lilith Faire producing, and Grammy/Juno winning music star.
Sarah and I would later tour Thailand and Cambodia for World Vision. That’s another interview.
