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Released: Jan 1, 2009
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  • Genre: Acoustic / Americana / Roots Music

    Location Wakefield, Quebec, CA

    Profile Views: 8112

    Last Login: 2/17/2012

    Member Since 8/21/2009

    Website chrismaclean.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    ..2008 Colleen Peterson Song Writing Award - Ontario Arts Council.. .. 2008 Songs From the Heart Award - Ontario Council of Folk Festivals.. .. 2007 CHIN Radio Songwriting Award.. .. ....October 3, 2009: Ottawa Citizen gives ..FEET BE STILL ..4 stars.... Read ..Patrick Langston's review.. .. ..“One of the things I like best about Chris Maclean’s work is its levity; even when singing the most serious song there is still a sense of light in the work. It begins with her voice which is unmistakable, clear and ethereal all at the same time. There is something too in her melodies which always return to an uplifting theme even though the song may touch upon some sorrow. And then there are her lyrics which are more often than not redemptive and positive, particularly on her new CD Feet Be Still. All in all Chris’ work seems to be about a lightness of being and grace while walking through a very complicated life. Feet Be Still.” ....Ian Tamblyn, Singer Songwriter/Producer ...... It all started with being the youngest in the family… always sent to bed earliest and not allowed to do the things that the older ones could do. This feeling of being excluded burgeoned into a need for independence, a voice, a way to belong. At thirteen, I bought a cheap guitar and became a picker and a campfire, dining hall and closet songstress. Fast forward through the years as the misfit daughter, more than one internal revolution and many other disquieting events I once again found solace and sense in words, images and sounds. Eventually an album called ..Learn to be Loved ..emerged and won some great reviews. Not ready to stand alone, the next seven years were spent playing in a band but a persistent inner voice said “Try again”. So, inspired by the spirit of a rugged landscape - granite, sky, water, fields, cliffs, snow - and the landscape of the interior, a new collection of images carved into songs has surfaced.” She writes with a need for kindness and caution in a mad world. She writes to quiet the thundering wheels of change, to soothe the ache of struggle and to simply make meaning out of chaos. .. Chris MacLean is an award winning songwriter living in the hills of West Quebec. She has been recognized by the Ontario Arts Council as recipient of the 2008 Colleen Peterson Award for Songwriting; by the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals with the 2008 Songs from the Heart Award for Best Historical Song; by CHIN Radio in 2007 with Second prize in their annual World Music Songwriting Contest; and with an Honorable Mention in the International Songwriting Contest. Chris performs solo or with accompaniment of bass, guitars/fiddle/mandolin and percussion. She has two solo recordings, ..Learn to Be Loved.. (2000) and ....Feet Be Still...., which will be officially released in October 2009. From 2001 until July 2009 Chris was a core member of world music ensemble ..Galitcha... Her work with the group included composing, arranging, performing, creating all of the promotional collateral for the group (web and print), grant application writing and much of the tour management. She recorded two albums with Galitcha. From 2005 until 2008 Chris was a member of ..Frida’s Brow.., a roots/folk trio who were nominated as ..Best Vocal Group ..in the 2008 Canadian Folk Music Awards for their self titled debut CD. Most recently, Chris has performed with ..The Pomelos.., a collective of female performing songwriters; ..TLC (Tannis Slimmon, Laura Bird and Chris).. and as backup vocalist with renowned Canadian songwriter, ..Ian Tamblyn... .. ..Sweet Love...... .. .. .. .. .. .... ..Live at Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival.., August 8th, 2009.. With ..TLC.. - ..T..annis Slimmon, ..L..aura Bird and ..C..hris MacLean.. and accompanied on guitar by Darren Arsenault

  • Members

    ..TRIO..: Chris (guitar, vocals, dulcimer), Stuart Watkins (bass), Fred Guignion (guitars and dobro).. ..FOUR PIECE..: add Olivier Fairfield (percussion/kit).. ..On the New Recording..: ..Ian Tamblyn co-producer, high string guitar, harmonium, bowls, hammered dulcimer, broken auto harp.. James Stephens - fiddle, mandolin, bkgd vocals, bass.. Stuart Watkins - bass.. Fred Guignion - guitars.. Olivier Fairfield - drums and percussion.. Don Cummings - organ.. Brian Sanderson - shanai.. ..Buy the new disc online at.... ............ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Influences

    Love, Loss, Landscape, Mood, Scenery, Struggle, Time, Hope, the Spiritual in Everything, Disappointment, Expectation, Empathy, Friends, Family, Longing, Travel, Memory, Colour, Texture, Weather, Nature, Experience

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Bio:

2008 Colleen Peterson Song Writing Award - Ontario Arts Council
2008 Songs From the Heart Award - Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
2007 CHIN Radio Songwriting Award

October 3, 2009: Ottawa Citizen gives FEET BE STILL 4 stars Read Patrick Langston's review

“One of the things I like best about Chris Maclean’s work is its levity; even when singing the most serious song there is still a sense of light in the work. It begins with her voice which is unmistakable, clear and ethereal all at the same time. There is something too in her melodies which always return to an uplifting theme even though the song may touch upon some sorrow. And then there are her lyrics which are more often than not redemptive and positive, particularly on her new CD Feet Be Still. All in all Chris’ work seems to be about a lightness of being and grace while walking through a very complicated life. Feet Be Still.” Ian Tamblyn, Singer Songwriter/Producer

It all started with being the youngest in the family… always sent to bed earliest and not allowed to do the things that the older ones could do. This feeling of being excluded burgeoned into a need for independence, a voice, a way to belong. At thirteen, I bought a cheap guitar and became a picker and a campfire, dining hall and closet songstress. Fast forward through the years as the misfit daughter, more than one internal revolution and many other disquieting events I once again found solace and sense in words, images and sounds. Eventually an album called Learn to be Loved emerged and won some great reviews. Not ready to stand alone, the next seven years were spent playing in a band but a persistent inner voice said “Try again”. So, inspired by the spirit of a rugged landscape - granite, sky, water, fields, cliffs, snow - and the landscape of the interior, a new collection of images carved into songs has surfaced.” She writes with a need for kindness and caution in a mad world. She writes to quiet the thundering wheels of change, to soothe the ache of struggle and to simply make meaning out of chaos.

Chris MacLean is an award winning songwriter living in the hills of West Quebec. She has been recognized by the Ontario Arts Council as recipient of the 2008 Colleen Peterson Award for Songwriting; by the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals with the 2008 Songs from the Heart Award for Best Historical Song; by CHIN Radio in 2007 with Second prize in their annual World Music Songwriting Contest; and with an Honorable Mention in the International Songwriting Contest. Chris performs solo or with accompaniment of bass, guitars/fiddle/mandolin and percussion. She has two solo recordings, Learn to Be Loved (2000) and Feet Be Still

, which will be officially released in October 2009. From 2001 until July 2009 Chris was a core member of world music ensemble Galitcha. Her work with the group included composing, arranging, performing, creating all of the promotional collateral for the group (web and print), grant application writing and much of the tour management. She recorded two albums with Galitcha. From 2005 until 2008 Chris was a member of Frida’s Brow, a roots/folk trio who were nominated as Best Vocal Group in the 2008 Canadian Folk Music Awards for their self titled debut CD. Most recently, Chris has performed with The Pomelos, a collective of female performing songwriters; TLC (Tannis Slimmon, Laura Bird and Chris) and as backup vocalist with renowned Canadian songwriter, Ian Tamblyn.

Sweet Love

Live at Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, August 8th, 2009
With TLC - Tannis Slimmon, Laura Bird and Chris MacLean
and accompanied on guitar by Darren Arsenault

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August 21, 2009

Members:

TRIO: Chris (guitar, vocals, dulcimer), Stuart Watkins (bass), Fred Guignion (guitars and dobro)

FOUR PIECE: add Olivier Fairfield (percussion/kit)

On the New Recording:
Ian Tamblyn co-producer, high string guitar, harmonium, bowls, hammered dulcimer, broken auto harp
James Stephens - fiddle, mandolin, bkgd vocals, bass
Stuart Watkins - bass
Fred Guignion - guitars
Olivier Fairfield - drums and percussion
Don Cummings - organ
Brian Sanderson - shanai

Buy the new disc online at

Chris MacLean: Feet Be Still

Influences:

Love, Loss, Landscape, Mood, Scenery, Struggle, Time, Hope, the Spiritual in Everything, Disappointment, Expectation, Empathy, Friends, Family, Longing, Travel, Memory, Colour, Texture, Weather, Nature, Experience

Sounds Like:

Sounds like Chris MacLean. Style and content similar to Nancy Griffith, Eliza Gilkyson, Annie Gallup, Susan Crowe, Iris Dement

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