Traditional folk hymns and songs emerge with Burton's sweet rich vocals rising and falling in these spare, bare, achingly beautiful arrangements.

10 MP3 Songs
SPIRITUAL: Inspirational, FOLK: Celtic Folk

Show all album songs: Amazing Grace: Songs of Faith and Folk Songs


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âIn singing ballads, spirituals and the sacred folk hymns of her Celtic and American ancestors, Marta Burton demonstrates her incredible ability to mesmerize audiences with the pure beauty of her voice and person. The moment she walks on stage and begins to sing, a hush falls over the listeners, as if none within the sound of her voice even dares to breathe. Not until the last note fades do those listeners realize that they have been spellbound, transported into another world from which they are reluctant to return.ââMarilyn Arnold

About Marta Burton:
Marta Burtonâs exceptional gifts as a concert artist have brought her into concert halls and theatres throughout the US and abroad. She has starred with dozens of major orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. Her symphonic performances in A Celtic Celebration: Music of the Emerald Isle and A Celtic Fair have been described as âhauntingly beautiful, spellbinding and soaring.â She is a leading interpreter of the poetry and songs of Robert Burns and is a frequent guest of the Moab Music Festival. She lives in Denver, Colorado, where she both produces and performs in a wide variety of concerts including A Celtic Midwinter, Southern Journey, Amazing Grace: Songs of Faith and Folk and A Celtic Fair, a symphonic pops concert. Her dedication to using music to unite people has led her to create and perform on behalf of the Interfaith Alliance. She will be directing the 2008 Interfaith Music Festival. She also leads The Sojourners, an ensemble of The Spirituals Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of the sacred songs called spirituals. She recently produced the album, âThey Slice The Airâ on behalf of The Spirituals Project. She trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, earned her BA from the University of Wyoming, and is a long time member of Actors Equity and Phi Beta Kappa.