Clare Burson


Clare Burson is an American singer-songwriter. She has released four albums. Her 2010 release Silver and Ash is a concept album about her ancestors' lives in Germany.

Early life

Burson was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a classically trained violinist. After graduating from Brown University, she studied Identity Politics and The Holocaust in Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship.

Music career

Silver and Ash

Burson's 2010 release Silver and Ash was released by Rounder Records, and produced by Tucker Martine. The content of the album is based on Burson's research on her family's life in Nazi Germany. She won a grant from Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artist to write an album with Jewish themes.

Discography