One of the band's songs, 'Grind', credited as a group composition, can be found on the independent Flamingo Records release Out of the Fog and the CD Out of the Fog Too. At 17, while she was still a student at Queen Elizabeth High School, in Halifax, she fronted a short-lived rock band called The October Game. She studied classical guitar, classical piano, and voice at the Maritime Conservatory of Music through the curriculum of The Royal Conservatory of Music.

She played music from a very young age, beginning with the ukulele when she was four. She was placed with the McLachlan family, which later legally adopted her.Īs a child, she was a member of Girl Guides of Canada, participating in Guiding programs. McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards (out of four nominations) and four Juno Awards. As of 2015, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Sarah Ann McLachlan OC OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

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