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Jamie McClennan

About Me


New Zealand born musician Jamie McClennan has many strings to his bow – performer, composer, producer, graphic designer and is a bit of a coffee fanatic. (flat whites apparently)
He has over ten years experience as a touring musician, primarily with award winning Scottish singer Emily Smith.2009 sees the release of his long awaited first solo recording ‘In Transit’, a collection of tunes Jamie has written over the years travelling and touring around the world. Jamie became well known on the Glasgow music scene playing sessions and ceilidhs and as a founder member of ‘Quarter Mile’ with whom he won a Danny Award at Celtic Connections festival in 2002. Also in 2002 he met Emily Smith.
Emily had recently won the ‘BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award’ and was putting a band together. Jamie joined Emily’s band initially on fiddle and whistle but through the years has become her lead guitarist and an integral part of Emily’s sound. With Emily he has toured worldwide, performed on all three of her albums as well as co-producing her latest ‘Too Long Away’. Performing on stage with the like of The Waifs, Beth Neilson Chapman, Phil Cunningham, Brian Finnigan and John McCusker, Jamie’s style is a melting pot drawing on influences from his ancestral roots of traditional Scottish and Irish fiddle music, but also from a love of bluegrass and blues.His versatility and passion for music comes across in his infectious energy on stage and it’s clear that every part of him is affected by his performance.
“He puts one in mind of the sort who'd at least contemplate selling his soul for fancy fiddle licks”. SING OUT!
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www.jamiemcclennan.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/09/2007
Band Website: jamiemcclennan.com
Band Members: On new album:
Fiddle/Whistle - Jamie McClennan
Guitar - Gerry Paul
Percussion - Fraser Stone
Flute/Whistle - Alan Doherty
Mandolin - Andrew Collins
Double Bass - Duncan Lyall

Influences: Currently: Darrell Scott, Tim O'Brien, John Doyle, Liz Carroll, Stuart Duncan, Casey Driesson, Union Station, Iris Dement, Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, Tenacious D, Flight of the Conchords.
Sounds Like: You could just take a listen :)
Record Label: White Fall Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Album In Store Today

Hi Folks, I'm totally stoked that my album is officially in stores today (Monday 2nd Nov) Hurrah!It's  available on Play.com and Amazon.co.uk and in the US on CDbaby.comIt's also still availabl...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:36:00 GMT

First radio play

Was a pleasant surprise to hear the title track from my album played on Iain Andersons show on BBC Radio Scotland last night as I was drifting off to sleep. Am going to put another track up from my ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:20:00 GMT

Another new album track on Myspace...

I've put another track up onto myspace from my album - this time a 7/8 tune called Little Red.  Bit vibey this one :) You can Click Here to listen.On another positive note, Emily and I have fina...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:59:00 GMT

Tracks on Myspace

Well, happy to finally announce that my album is off to the printers and should be back in time for the album launch concert which as of yesterday is sold out!I'll be doing a wee instore appearance i...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:10:00 GMT

Album Launch

Hi folks,It's been a while in the making but my first solo album has reached completion and I'll be launching it with a concert on the 24th September at New Cample Farm which is located just outside...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:08:00 GMT

Burns Humanitarian Awards

Hi everyone!I've got a lot in my head to blog about this week so I’ll just plough right ahead.Emily and I were asked to perform at the Burns Humanitarian Awards in Ayr last Saturday night as s...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 02:49:00 GMT

Shetland Folk Festival

Hi Folks, Thought it was again time to do a blog.  I'm just back from a fantastic Shetland Folk Festival where i was playing with Emily and the guys.  We had some lovely gigs with great m...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 10:19:00 GMT

Post Celtic Connections

Hi folks,Thought i'd get outta my hibernation zone and write a wee blog!Celtic Connections is in full swing in Glasgow, but for me it's over.  I had a busy week last week performing with Emily Smith f...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:26:00 GMT

Austria Tour, Part 3, LEDERHOSEN

Hey Everyone!As i mentioned in my last blog i'm getting a bit backlogged with the Video diaries so here's another one, it's probably one of my favourites and features Callum MacCrimmon and James MacKe...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:01:00 GMT

Austria Tour, Part 2..

Well, we're up to the second tour diary blog, it's been kinda difficult to find internet access regularly so have a couple more ready to go up too. We're having a total blast here on tour and getting...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:29:00 GMT