Folk Bands and Artists
Smith and McClennan
Multi award winning Scottish singer Emily Smith and New Zealand born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jamie McClennan have been making music together for over fifteen years. Having spent much of 2016 off the road (with Emily on maternity leave) the couple took time to focus on writing new material. The fruits of their labour are two albums, the first of which ‘Unplugged’ was released on in April 2018.
The duo’s new sound features original reworked traditional material from Scotland and New Zealand drawing on influences from the folk tradition, Americana and beyond. With rich vocal harmonies, accordion, fiddle and sublime guitar backing they are one of the most vibrant duos on the UK folk scene today.
“One of Scotland’s most distinctive voices….simply entrancing” R2 *****
“Beautiful country-folk” Americana UK
Genre: Americana,Folk revival
