Ron Sexsmith - March/April 1999
Saturday, March 13th, 1999by Jeff MacKay and Lee Hewitt
You have to look outside Canada to see how much Ron Sexsmith has achieved since his May 1991 feature in Showcase. Despite public praise from international stars like Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and Elton John and receptive audiences overseas, the St. Catharines native had sold under 10,000 domestic copies of his two CDs (a self-titled debut in 1995 and Other Songs two years later) as of early ‘98. Critics however, have lavished praise on his folk-pop mix; he also won a 1998 Juno in the roots/traditional category.