Dec 27, 2025
We’ve all been in the right place at the right time.
For me, one of those times was to be hosting and producing
MuchWest in Vancouver when Sarah McLachlan moved from Halifax to
Vancouver to begin what would become an amazing career.
Sarah ended up on the West Coast because in Halifax, her
home, she had opened for a band from Nettwerk Records in
Kitsilano.
They wanted to sign her immediately, but Sarah’s parents
insisted she finish her schooling.
It felt like she came to Vancouver with songs already written
and ready to go. It wasn’t long before Sarah released her
debut album Touch.
That’s when I first met and interviewed her. The
gift she gave the world was songs cutting deep into memory and
self-awareness.
Since 1989, the gift she’s given me was to tell part of the
story through our interviews.
That’s one of the reasons why I asked Sarah to come to
Thailand and Cambodia with me in 1991 to tell the story of World
Vision’s battle with the aids epidemic.
Sarah is on record as saying the journey changed her life. It
helped her understand the power of giving back. It also leads
directly to her involvement with the Sarah McLachlan School of
Music.
Some of our interviews showed up in the Lilith Fair
Documentary.
It’s been 11 years since Sarah recorded and released new
music.
Her new album is called Better
Broken.We’ll talk about a lot of things. Better Broken,
Motherhood, today’s music world and her place in it, the legacy of
Lilith, the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th anniversary Tour
and Canada – O Canada.