SCOTTISH COUNTRY ALBUM REVIEW
From Tayside, LAURA McGHEE's album , "Celticana" has been getting some rave reviews.
As the album title suggests, like David Ferrard's album, this is a mix of Celtic and Americana music. The young Taysider, who is a superb fiddler, travelled to Nashville to record the album, although most of the material is self penned.
The stand out track for Country fans, has to be "Memphis Crawl" which she c More...
Laura McGhee
The List issue 599
New Scottish singer-songwriter sensation who has already cut her chops providing vocals for Runrig and counts Tom Waits, Jim Lauderdale and Shane McGowan among her fans. Here she performs the Scottish premiere of her own "Arbroath Suite, which traces the history of Scotland through music and words, as part of the Tartan Day Scotland celebrations.
London Times
LONDON TIMES (SUNDAY EDITION
Sunday Times, 1st April
A Scots singersongwriter and violinist
Relatively unknown in Scotland, Laura McGhee, 25, has began create waves in America, where she has played to sellout crowds.
The Monifieth-born folk/rock artist has attracted the attention of Jim Lauderdale, who has penned some of the bestselling tracks by the Dixie Chicks, America's biggest selling More...
Chart Attack -Toronto Canada
Comment:McGhee and her band seemed to be involved in a bit of a genre disagreement -- she a little more celtic, and them, a little more rock 'n' roll -- but the audience let it slide. For most of the men in the crowd, the songs were just filler between bantering sessions, where they got to hear her tell stories in that delightful Scottish brogue.
around an acoustic guitar. Her choice of instrumen More...
Country stars online review
Laura McGhee - Green Eyes
By George Peden
Glaswegian Laura McGheee describes her music as "Crossover Celtic Folk Rock with a hook", and she's right. It describes her debut release, Green Eyes, to a T. The likely newcomer, who's well credentialed after attending the Royal Academy Of Music, has hit the music shelves with10 mostly co-written tracks.
McGhee in a literal sense has many bows t More...
Scotland On Sunday
Scotland on Sunday - June 2006
Last month the Scottish Fashion Awards played host to Laura McGhee and Sandi Thom. Thom's rags-to-riches story, the internet viewing figures of her online performances and No1 success have all made great copy for the first of the inevitable post-KT Tunstall flood of female singer-songwriters. Not one for bandwagons, however, Angus-born Laura McGhee has built up a re More...
Music News Scotland - issue 34
Whats Hot this Month
Laura McGhee's debut album, her sassy vocals mixed with fiddle playing - that's accompanied Shane MacGowan - show a mix of styles from her Gaelic roots to Dylan through to rock. We like it.
Her Green Eyes Are Still Smiling-Irish News
Irish News 20th May 2006
"I fufilled a lifetime ambition and actually pefor...
"I fufilled a lifetime ambition and actually peformed Fairytale Of New York with Shane MacGowan at the Barrowland Ballroom last year"
Laura McGhee - Green Eyes -Skinny Mag
Laura McGhee - Green Eye
The Skinny Mag
Pitched somewhere between The Proclaimers and Sinead Lohan
Taysider Laura McGhee makes her debut with this hugely endearing collection of mainly co-penned songs and nearly always underpinned by plenty of spirited, if occasionally overwrought, fiddle playing. She admirably makes no attempt to hide her accent, a decision that works better on some tracks th More...
bunnygirl cutting her teeth -Echo&Bunnymen news
Echo & The Bunnymen News..
LAURA McGhee is spreading the word on folk music's journey from Arbroath to America.
Bunny girl: Laura McGhee cut her teeth doing session work for Ian McCulloch.
New Folk Rock Star-Irish Post
Irish Post, 17th Feb 2006
LAURA MCGHEE
Laura McGhee has the confidence and talent to hold any crowd, the Scots/Irish songbird first emerged on the traditional folk scene over a year ago when she accompanied Shane MacGowan on Fairytale of New York at the Barrowlands proving not only could she sing but was also a mean fiddle player into the bargain. Just don't expect Laura to be sporting an Arran More...
Road to Paradise/Shane & Laura: Irish American
Irish American Magazine nov 2005
Road to Paradise" was originally due for release in May
Despite no industry support, the track went in at number eight in the independent UK Charts,Shane is also accompanied by Scotland's latest Celtic country star Laura McGhee on backing vocals and fiddle, while The Rolling Stones brass section, The Kick Horns, provide the backbone to MacGowan's most rousing ant More...