Katie Mackie, Scotland On Sunday, 22 November 2020
Katie Mackie | Un-Convention Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 22 November 2020
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Aberdeen songwriter Katie Mackie has supported a range of former Under The Radar artists, including superstar Lewis Capaldi and Zoe Graham as well as the likes of Heather Small from M People.
A member of Glasgow band American Clay, Mackie also writes her own solo material too, releasing her debut album Kick It in the Head in 2018. Her brand new single Glow was released on Friday, and although it was written during a period of loss, it is a surprisingly uplifting slice of brilliant electro-pop.
Mackie has performed at festivals like True North, for BBC Introducing, and most recently a virtual gig for University of the Highlands and Islands. She also donated 50% of the income from her song Glass of Wine to youth mental health charity Tiny Changes set up by Frightened Rabbit in memory of Scott Hutchison (his birthday was on Friday). Visit https://www.facebook.com/katiemackiemusic/
Facebook: @katiemackiemusic | BandCamp: @KatieMackie | Instagram: @katieemackie | Spotify: HERE
Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music industry seminar and social night Born To Be Wide visit www.borntobewide.co.uk
Un-Convention sponsors Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday
Un-Convention is a community interest company creating conferences, gigs and events for the makers and champions of independent music. Over the past 12 years, Un-Convention has hosted 105 events in 10 countries helping to develop artists, establish co-operatives, labels and launch revolutionary live music touring model Off Axis. Un-Convention is the UK partner for JUMP, a pan-European network of conferences and festivals visit https://www.unconventionhub.org/
* For consideration as our Artist of the Week please visit https://www.newfoundsound.co.uk/scotland-on-sunday and review the checklist of what we NEED in order to feature bands / artists in Scotland On Sunday. Then email Derick Mackinnon with all of the information required (derick@newfoundsound.co.uk ) Scotland On Sunday