Artist InformationBiography
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A girl
A cello with a strap
Music that moves
Fresh Emotional Dynamic
Lindsay Mac plays the cello and sings. If you are reading this because you are contemplating booking Lindsay, we encourage you to listen...that's right, you guessed it...to the MUSIC as it is the thing we care to hang our hats on.
If you are one who cares to know about industry hoopla or Lindsay's life story, read on. Though we think that stuff can be pretty silly sometimes.
For fans of:
Feist, Damien Rice, Joni Mitchell, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spektor, Ani DiFranco, Liz Phair, Beck (Sea Change)
INDUSTRY HOOPLA:
Lindsay's sophomore album, "Stop Thinking", will begin air on all American Airlines' flights starting Jan 2009 and has also been named #2 in Music Connection Magazine's TOP 25 OF 2008.
This just in:
Radio station WUMB in Boston named "Stop Thinking" the #2 in their Top Albums of 2008.
"Cry, Cry, Cry" has been selected as a winner in the 16th Annual Billboard Song Contest. It snagged #3 in the Pop category.
WFUV picks Lindsay Mac as Artists You Need To Know 2009 (w/ Bell X1, Bon Iver, Duffy, Fleet Foxes, Ra Ra Riot, and more).
Lindsay Mac has been on the front cover of the Boston Globe and the cover of Strings magazine. She has also been on the cover of the Globe's Weekend section and featured in other publications such as The New York Times’ About.com, Northeast Performer, and the largest Spanish-language music magazine, Musico Pro.
Radio and TV:
"Stop Thinking", and her debut, "Small Revolution", have received very nice support from stations around the globe. If you'd like a full list, please visit www.lindsaymac.com/radio.html
Here are a few (*in-studios):
WERS, Boston*
WUMB, Boston*
WFUV, New York*
WXPN, Philadelphia*
XM Satellite Radio
WDST, Woodstock, NY*
Danish National Radio
Minnesota Public Radio, KCMP The Current*
WDET, Detroit Public Radio*
KPIG, Santa Cruz*
KVMR, Nevada City, CA*
ABC KLVY News, Fargo, ND*
Fox 25 News, Boston, MA*
2009 WFUV Artists You Need To Know 2009
2009 "Stop Thinking" to be on all American Airlines flights
2009 "Stop Thinking" ranks #2 on WUMB's Top Albums Of 2008
2009 "Stop Thinking" named #2 in Music Connection's TOP 25 New Music Critiques Of 2008
2009 Lindsay Mac named to Top 100 Unsigned Acts by Music Connection
2008 Music Connection gives highest score for "Stop Thinking" review, Nov issue.
2008 Sophomore album Stop Thinking released in October
2008 NERFA Showcasing Artist
2008 Falcon Ridge Featured Artist
2008 Falcon Ridge Preview Tour
2007 Kerrville New Folk Finalist
2007 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist - Voted "Most Wanted" To Return for 2008
2007 New Year's Eve Concert for Peace @ Catherdral of St. John The Divine, NYC (also feat. Judy Collins)
2007 Club Passim's Cutting Edge of the Campfire Festival
2007 North by Northeast Artist
2007 FolkWest's IndieFest Artist
2007 Starbucks Music Makers Competition Finalist
LIFE STORY:
Lindsay Mac was born in Iowa to bohemian, party-hungry parents who likely fed her pork tenderloin and Midwest microbrews for breakfast.
This explains a lot.
She was classically trained starting at the age of six in church choir and formal training in piano and cello came shortly thereafter. After attending a public high school and, in the summer, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Lindsay enrolled in Dartmouth College to study what else but medicine.
She took advantage of the College's foreign study opportunities and moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music and then briefly left Dartmouth to study at The San Francisco Conservatory as well as to be a professional ski patroller in Utah and bike messenger.
She returned to Dartmouth, graduated, and starting experimenting with her music while living in a cabin heated by a wood stove. It is there that she found her voice and her unique style was born. Fearing the cello might be used for kindling, she enrolled in Berklee College of Music and shortly thereafter began touring full-time. The rest is yet to come.
Instrumentation
Jason Petrin - guitars, keys
Mona Tavakoli - cajon, percussion, backup vox
(or) Jesse Magnuson - drums
Discography
Stop Thinking (2008) - LP
Small Revolution (2007) - Re-mastered, re-released.
Small Revolution (2005) - LP
Airplay on 100-plus AAA and NPR-affiliate stations.
Links
| http://www.lindsaymac.com |
| MySpace Page |
| Official Website |