Clare Burson

Clare Burson
Clare Burson performing in 2007
Background information
Genres	Indie folk
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2003 - present
Labels	Rounder Records
Website	http://www.clareburson.com

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 Nazi Germany.

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.

Burson's 2010 release Silver and Ash was released by Rounder Records, and produced by Tucker Martine. The content of 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.