by Rod Christie

Since his May/June entry into Showcase in 1991, St. Catharines-born songwriter Ron Sexsmith has become one of the most acclaimed Canadian musicians in the world. Elvis Costello called Sexsmith’s self-titled major label debut the best album of 1995 and has also received similar praise from some of rock’s greatest icons including Paul McCartney and Elton John. Now, with six albums to his credit, Sexsmith has further heightened his profile by going out on tour to support Richard Thompson, Coldplay and The Wallflowers, as well as lending his voice to such eclectic acts as Shonen Knife and Fountains Of Wayne. With all that said, in spite of the name Sexsmith gave his band in 1991, Sexsmith has indeed become very cool 13 years on.

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2004 at 9:53 am and is filed under Showcase. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.