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Little Fire (born 5 December 1985, in Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Scotland Country in Europe, part of the United Kingdom

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Sharing a border with England to the southeast, Scotland is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast, the Irish Sea to the south, and the North Channel to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, situated on the northern third of the island of Great Britain, Scotland has over 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

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Musician Jamie McGeechan aka Little Fire was born in Falkirk in 1985. Raised in Ayrshire from the age of 5 he began performing at a young age.

Falkirk town in Scotland

Falkirk is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, 23.3 miles (37.5 km) north-west of Edinburgh and 20.5 miles (33.0 km) north-east of Glasgow.

Ayrshire Historic county in Scotland

Ayrshire is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire to the north-east, Dumfriesshire to the south-east, and Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire to the south. Like many other counties of Scotland it currently has no administrative function, instead being sub-divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 366,800.

Little Fire has released one album High Hopes and one EP Roots. He has previously worked with artists including Damien Rice, Joan Armatrading, Dougie MacLean, Eddi Reader, Justin Currie, Andrew Roachford and others.

Damien Rice Irish singer

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Joan Armatrading British singer-songwriter

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In October 2014, Little Fire made history as the first person to record an album of Burns songs within Burns Cottage itself. [1] The album entitled 'Roots' was featured on BBC Reporting Scotland in January 2015. His debut album High Hopes was released on 5 December 2014.

Burns Cottage

Burns Cottage, the first home of Robert Burns is located in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was built by his father, William Burness in 1757. Burns, Scotland's national poet, was born there on 25 January 1759. It is a simple two-roomed clay and thatch cottage and has been fully restored to become part of Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

Little Fire performed in New York City for the American Scottish Foundation's 21st Annual Burns Supper on 19 January 2015. [2]

New York City Largest city in the United States

The City of New York, usually called either New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 19,979,477 people in its 2018 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 22,679,948 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy.

'Fire me Up' from the debut album High Hopes is featured on the as yet to be released Hollywood film 'The Drama Club' directed by Joe McClean. [3]

Jamie was made an ambassador for World Peace Tartan by Arun Gandhi in June 2016.

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References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Stuart (2014-11-13). "Singer Jamie McGeechan goes inside Burns Cottage to make world-first recording Daily Record" . Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Mikey (2015-01-14). "Ayrshire musician set to take New York by storm Daily Record" . Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  3. ↑ "thedramaclubmovie". thedramaclubmovie. Retrieved 2016-07-01.

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