Ambre McLean is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter based in
Smiths Falls
Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, southwest of Ottawa. As of the 2021 census it has a population of 9,254. It is in the Census division for Lanark County, but is administratively separated from the county. The Rideau Canal ...
, Ontario. McLean is known for her live performances, versatile and distinct singing voice, cross-genre songwriting style and use of
live looping
Live looping is the recording and playback of a piece of music in real-time using either dedicated hardware devices, called loopers or phrase samplers, or software running on a computer with an audio interface. Musicians can loop with either loo ...
technology. McLean's debut album ''Just Passing Through'' was released independently in 2005. Since then she has released three additional albums, two on respected indie label
Busted Flat Records and her latest album "Me" on Northwood Records.
Canadian radio personality
Alan Cross
Alan Krawec (Alan Cross) is a Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music. said of McLean in 2013 "I find her voice fantastically expressive" She was in the final eight competitors in the CBC competition for "Canada's Best New Artist".
Songs
*"Missing You" spent 5 weeks on the FMQB Top 200 AC charts, peaking at No. 38.
*"Me, My Heart and The Moon" was the winner of the 2010 Ontario Council of Folk Festival's "Songs from the Heart" Award
*"So Over" reached the Top 8 in CBC's 2013 "Searchlight: The Hunt for Canada's Best New Artist" competition
*"Summon Me" featured in the feature film ''Neverlost''
*"I'll Be Home In Spring" featured on CBC's ''
The Vinyl Cafe
The Vinyl Cafe was an hour-long radio variety show hosted by Stuart McLean that was broadcast on CBC Radio and was syndicated to approximately 80 U.S. public radio stations through Public Radio International. It aired on Sunday at noon ET and ...
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Discography
*2005 – ''Just Passing Through''
*2006 – ''Live at the Brasserie''
*2007 – ''I Wonder If...''
*2010 – ''Murder at the Smokehouse''
*2014 – ''Me''
*2017 - ''My Heart''
References
External links
Ambre McLean
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian women singer-songwriters
Canadian folk singer-songwriters
Musicians from Guelph
People from Smiths Falls