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Margo Buchanan

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Margo Buchanan is one of the UKs key backroom vocal talents, the first-choice backing singer for megastars including David Gilmour, Tina Turner Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, and countless others. Margos vocal coaching skills were also responsible for turning familiar TV faces into spectacular musical voices on the recent hit BBC One show Just The Two Of Us.
Margo has been gigging from 15, turned down The Specials when asked to dye her hair blonde (the only job she regrets saying "no" to), refused MCA attempts to market her as the girl with the red guitar in the eighties and has subsequently played with some of the biggest and best in the business - including performances at the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations!
While Margo feels she "should've done this years ago", in many ways the timing for her debut solo record couldn't have been better. In a record industry where female singer-songwriters are forced to assume a "cool" or "kooky" veneer, Margo's music is a breath of fresh air - harking back to a time when the likes of Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac and Carole King proved that a well-produced, consummately arranged and painstakingly written song will endure far longer than the latest over-hyped new thing.
Her lifetime experiences of the record industry - both first and second hand - have given Margo the hard-earned wisdom to see beyond such limitations and inform the very core of their songwriting.
The single "Years Ago" is released on 03/04/2006.
The album "I Should've Done This Years Ago" is released on 15/05/2006.
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Member Since: 28/02/2006
Band Website: www.margobuchanan.com
Band Members: Margo Buchanan (lead vocals, guitar, co-producer)
Paul "Wix" Wickens (keys, string arrangements, co-producer)
Miles Waters (guitars, co-producer)
Robbie McIntosh (electric guitar)
Steve Balsamo (vocals)
Influences: Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, Sandy Denny, Chrissie Hynde, Little Richard, Prince, R.E.M., Antony & The Johnsons, countless others....
Sounds Like: I don't know. You decide.
Record Label: Bahookie Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I’m ranting again

So it's about 100 years since I posted my last blog. Why might that be, you could be asking? Hmmm....well.... It's because I find myspace BORING!!!!! I don't find other people's posts boring, and I lo...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:54:00 GMT

No Stone unturned................

Oh my God! I haven't posted a blog is AGES!!!!!!!!!!! That's because, frankly, I got bored with it. And we should never do anything that bores us, should we, eh?. Anyway, I got to thinking that it wou...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:35:00 GMT

New songs and good gigs

Well I've got some new songs starting to cook in my earthenware crock ( that's my head, duh!) That's nice, except I must remember not to sing as I walk down the street. You can get carted away for le...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:54:00 GMT

Knackered

Well I'm knackered! After the gigs, we went off to Paris for a bit. That was fab and then it was my daughter's 10th birthday, which was even fab-ber (I can't believe it though!) and then we went and p...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:16:00 GMT

Happy Girl

I'm very happy today because the gig at The jazz Cafe went REALLY well. Thank you to The Storeys who are my friends and champions. Your support means a lot to me. Steve, Rob, Dai xxx. Jodi Linscott pl...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:13:00 GMT

Long Time No Blog

I am sorry I have not blogged for a couple of weeks. Been very, very busy. I did a couple of gigs. The Sunflower Jam was very excellent. I got to sing loud with a Tina Turner number, "Nutbush City Lim...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:07:00 GMT

Getting busy......................

I've been invited to support The Purple Melons at the Troubador on the 11th. October. Thank you, Purple Ones. And Geoff Baker. That should be great. Hendrix used to play there. Maybe I'll pick up some...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:04:00 GMT

Choosing songs - help!

I am preparing for 2 gigs later on in September (20th and 24th). Both for charity and so I get to sing some of my favourite songs from other artists. Trouble is, I can't decide what to sing. Any ideas...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:08:00 GMT

More holidays

Hello. Just been to Dorset. It's beautiful. I even went and viewed a house there! It was right in this gorgeous village, very peaceful etc. BUT no Starbucks (actually I prefer Costa myself), no Whistl...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:03:00 GMT

Hello Hello

I'm feeling terrible because I haven't done a blog in AGES. Oh well. Never mind. I'm here now. What have I been doing? Well, I've been to Italy which was very cool. Umbria, it was. Fantastic, actuall...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:22:00 GMT