Tara MacLean

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Tara MacLean
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MacLean in 2004
Background information
Birth nameTara Margaret Charity MacLean
Born (1973-10-25) October 25, 1973 (age 50)
Origin Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • composer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active1995–present
Labels
Website www.taramacleanmusic.com

Tara Margaret Charity MacLean (born October 25, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer, and composer. Her songs as a solo artist include "Evidence", "If I Fall", and a cover of the Christmas song "Light of the Stable". She was a member of Atlantic Canadian regional group, Shaye with Kim Stockwood and Damhnait Doyle from 2002 to 2007.

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Early life and education

MacLean is the daughter of Sharlene MacLean, an actress, and Danny Costain, a singer and dancer from British Columbia. She was influenced by her stepfather Marty Reno, a songwriter and guitarist with Canadian recording star Gene MacLellan. [1] She was born and raised in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on the east coast of Canada, and is the eldest of four children. All four were pulled from their burning home in May 1987 by Constable David Cheverie, who was awarded for bravery and received the Cross of Valour for saving their lives. She moved to British Columbia when she was 13 years old.

MacLean lived in Victoria, British Columbia, and graduated from Mount Douglas Secondary School in 1991.

Career

Nettwerk Records discovered MacLean singing on a ferry between Victoria, British Columbia and Salt Spring Island. She signed to Nettwerk Records in April 1995 after moving to Vancouver to record her song "Let Her Feel the Rain" for Lit from Within , a Nettwerk Records benefit compilation for rape crisis centers. That song was also placed on a Nettwerk compilation titled Slowbrew , and it received some radio airplay. Her representing agents are S.L. Feldman's in Canada and Little Big Man in the U.S. She is signed to Sony Music Publishing Canada.

Her first live appearance in Vancouver was at Nettwerk Record's 10 Year Anniversary Show at the Vogue Theater. MacLean made an impact opening for the Dave Matthews Band and she appeared at the East Coast Music Awards where she sang with Marty Reno and Lennie Gallant as a tribute to Gene McLellan.

Silence

In October 1995, MacLean went to San Francisco to record her debut album Silence at Brilliant Studios with producer Norm Kerner with additional recording in Vancouver.

MacLean toured to promote Silence for over two years, including opening slots for Ashley MacIsaac, Barenaked Ladies, Dave Matthews Band, Paula Cole, Ron Sexsmith and Tom Cochrane, and The Cure as well as eight dates on the Lilith Fair tour. The album sold over 20,000 copies in the United States. [2]

In 1997 MacLean released a five-song EP of live, remixed and re-recorded songs called "If You See Me". MacLean embarked on a national club tour to promote the EP, performing as a duo with guitarist Bill Bell. She was named Best New Solo Artist in the Contemporary Hit Radio category at the Canadian Radio Music Awards in 1997. [3] She joined Capitol Records for her major label release.

Her version of the folk song Rattlesnake Mountain, also known as "On Springfield Mountain", was featured during the closing credits of the 1997 movie Inventing the Abbotts .

Passenger

MacLean's second full-length album was called Passenger . It was recorded in New Orleans and produced by Malcolm Burn (Daniel Lanois) and then husband Bill Bell (Tom Cochrane, Danko Jones). It was released in October 1999 by Nettwerk Records in Canada and Capitol Records in America. MacLean promoted Passenger in Canada, America and Asia for 18 months. "If I Fall" and "Divided" were both released as singles. Live from Austin and Live from Roots Lodge were released as two special live EPs. "Settling" was also released in Taiwan as the album's third single. She toured extensively, opening for Dido on her first U.S. tour.

To support Passenger, MacLean joined Kendall Payne, Shannon McNally and Amy Correia for a 21-stop Capitol Records sponsored The Girls Room Tour across America. Admission to The Girls Room shows were free, and the tour donated $1,000 to a women's charity in each city the tour visits. Passenger sold over 50,000 copies. She also appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and had a Cameo in the Jerry Bruckheimer film Coyote Ugly , and USA Network's Good vs Evil .

MacLean left Capitol Records in 2001.

MacLean gave birth to her first child Sophia Madrien Soleil Bell in 2001 in Oakville, Ontario. [4]

Shaye

MaLean collaborated with fellow artists Kim Stockwood and Damhnait Doyle. The resulting group was named Shaye. The name was a tribute to Maclean's sister who died in a car accident in 2002. [5]

Their debut album The Bridge was released in October 2003 on EMI Canada. "Happy Baby" the lead single, was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards and won the Canadian Radio music award. [6] This was followed up by "Beauty" in January 2005. They represented Canada at the World Expo in Nagoya, Japan that Spring.

In 2006, she gave birth to her second child Stella Heather Sky Grand in Toronto, where she was residing with her partner Ted Grand (director and co-founder of Modo Yoga.)

Their 2006 follow up Lake of Fire was released on EMI Canada. It was exclusively available on iTunes in November 2006, then released physically in February 2007.

Wake

MacLean's third full-length release Wake was released on April 22, 2008, and is available to purchase as CD or MP3 from Nettwerk.

On October 8, 2007, MacLean announced that she was leaving Shaye due to parental commitments and the desire to pursue a solo career. [7]

She had her third child, Flora Samadhi Shaye Grand in April 2008.

Atlantic Blue

MacLean's fourth studio album Atlantic Blue was released on 22 May 2017 to project supporters on PledgeMusic on digital, CD and vinyl. As part of the promotion of the project, an EP called Evidence [8] was released on NoiseTrade as a free download, which featured a mix of released and previously unreleased tracks.

Atlantic Blue is a show and an album celebrating of Canadian east coast songwriters and contains covers of songs by Gene MacLellan, Gordie Sampson, Lennie Gallant, The Rankin Family, Rita MacNeil, Ron Hynes, Sarah McLachlan, Shaye, Stompin' Tom Connors, and others.

Discography

Solo

YearTitleLabelTypeNotes
1996 Silence Nettwerk Studio AlbumDebut Album.
1996Evidence Nettwerk Single
1997If You See Me Nettwerk EP
2000 Passenger Nettwerk/Capitol Records Studio AlbumProduced by Malcolm Burn.
2000 If I Fall Nettwerk Single
2000Divided Nettwerk Single
2000Live from Austin Capitol Records Live EPLimited Edition, sold with Passenger
2000Live from Roots Lodge Capitol Records Live EPLimited Edition, sold with Passenger
2007Signs of Life Nettwerk EPDigital only.
2008Wake Nettwerk Studio AlbumReleased on a digital and CD.
2017EvidenceIndependentEPDigital only. Released on NoiseTrade.
2017 Atlantic Blue IndependentStudio AlbumReleased on digital, CD and vinyl (some formats may be exclusive to her PledgeMusic project supporters).
2020Deeper IndependentStudio AlbumReleased on digital and CD.
2023Sparrow IndependentStudio AlbumReleased on digital and CD.

Shaye

Soundtracks

Compilations

Guest appearances

Backing vocals

Videos

From her albums

Shaye

Other appearances

Awards and nominations

Solo

1997 – Won Best New Solo Artist for Canadian Radio Music Awards

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