Martin Sexton

Martin Sexton (born March 2, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and music producer.

Early life Martin Sexton was born in 1966 in Syracuse, New York, as the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family. He grew up in the Strathmore neighborhood of Syracuse.

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. an album called The American in 1998, and another album called Wonder Bar in 2000. and whistling in his music and for other artists like Patty Larkin.

Discography

Albums In the Journey (Koch Entertainment, 1992) Black Sheep (Koch International, 1996) The American (Atlantic Records, 1998) Live at the Fillmore (Atlantic Records, 1999) Wonder Bar (Atlantic Records, 2000) Live Wide Open (Kitchen Table, 2001) Live at Newbury Comics (Kitchen Table, 2003) Camp Holiday (Kitchen Table, 2005) Seeds (Kitchen Table, 2007) Solo (Kitchen Table, 2008) Sugarcoating (Kitchen Table, 2010) Mixtape of the Open Road (Kitchen Table, 2015) Live at the Belly Up (2017) – download only

Extended plays Fall Like Rain (Kitchen Table, 2012) 2020 Vision (Kitchen Table, 2021)

Charted singles +List of charted singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album AUS "Love Keep Us Together" 1999 75 Black Sheep

Other contributions Live & Direct – Volume 1, WYEP-FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (1999) – "The American" Live at the World Café - Volume 9 (1999) – "The American"