LAURA McGHEE - Celticana

From Tayside, LAURA McGHEE's album , “Celticana” has been getting some rave reviews.
As the album title suggests, like David Ferrard’s album, this is a mix of Celtic and Americana music. The young Taysider, who is a superb fiddler, travelled to Nashville to record the album, although most of the material is self penned.
The stand out track for Country fans, has to be “Memphis Crawl” which she co-composed with Jim Lauderdale. She came up with the tune, and Jim provided the words.
The fiddle also comes out strong on “Ain’t Convincing Me” and “Radio Love”, whilst “Careless” is a raunchy Country rock number which is really catchy.
Laura has a very individual vocal style, the closest comparison I can think of, being Carlene Carter. But add her vocals to her fiddling prowess and her songs, and Laura is certainly someone we should be proud of.