Katie Gregson-MacLeod in session for BBC Scotland Introducing and recorded on January 12, 2023.
Katie Gregson-MacLeod has been playing music since an early age and started songwriting when she was about 16.
She performed at the Belladrum Music Festival, near Beauly, in 2019 and released her debut single Still a Sad Song in July 2020. Within a week of its release it was chosen as song of the week by BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal’s Rapal programme.
Katie was also one of BBC Radio Scotland’s 25 Artists to Watch in 2022.
She performed on the Hot House stage at this summer’s Belladrum festival.
On August 4, 2022, Katie Gregson-MacLeod posted a short video of part of her song “Complex” on TikTok. Overnight, the clip garnered over 100,000 views. The clip eventually amassed over 7.2 million views. She released a full version of the song later that month. She signed with Columbia Records and released the EP Songs Written for Piano on that label later that year. She was named one of BBC Radio Scotland’s 25 Artists to Watch in 2022.
“Complex” was nominated for Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 2023 Ivor Novello awards. In October 2023, she released her third EP, Big Red. Katie Gregson-MacLeod won the Vega Breakthrough Award at the 2023 Scottish Music Awards.
If you aren’t already familiar with her, you’ll be happy to know Katie Gregson-MacLeod will be heading to the U.S. for a short tour sometime this Spring.
In the meantime, dive in for a sample from this extraordinary new talent – further evidence there is something in Scotland’s water supply.
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