Ally MacLeod - Astor Place 2011

Thanks to B. here another excellent album. Ally has been singing and writing songs since her childhood but became captivated by the theatre in her teenage years and decided on a career as an actor, writer and director for both film and theatre. Her theatre work took her to many places on the globe, finally settling in New York for a number of years. On her return to Scotland at the end of the '90's she began concentrating more on music and in the spring of 2010, through a happy happenstance, she met Martin Stephenson and began working with him on her first album - Astor Place - which was released in November 2011. During the summer of 2010 she teamed up with singer-songwriter Donald Forbes, touring with him under the name Red Hook Rapids. Their quick rise to prominence confirms the talent within and the past year has seen them support, among others, Michael Weston King, the Lush Rollers, Martin Stephenson, Christine Collister, Viper Central and Suzette Lawrence. Within just over a year of working together they were supporting Martin Stephenson at the Jazz Cafe in London and performing on two different stages at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.
Red Hook Rapids first album will be released at the end of June, in plenty of time for their North of England tour in July and the plethora of festivals they're lined up to play this summer.
Ally's second solo album will be released in September.

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