Catherine MacLellan

Catherine MacLellan is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter based in Prince Edward Island. The daughter of legendary Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan, Catherine was born in Burlington, Ontario, but raised in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Before beginning her solo recording career, she sang with The New Drifts, a four-piece band featuring Island musicians James Phillips (guitar, mandolin), Stéphane Bouchard (bass), and Dave Gould (drums & percussion). MacLellan released two albums, "Dark Dream Midnight" (2004) and "Church Bell Blues" (2006), independently before signing to True North Records, which rereleased "Church Bell Blues" in 2007. In 2014, MacLellan released her first independent record since signing with True North, "The Raven's Sun," recorded in Woodstock, New York at Hidden Quarry Studio, engineered by Danny Blume, and produced by MacLellan's long-time musical partner Chris Gauthier. Catherine MacLellan is a contemporary folk-roots singer-songwriter whose recordings have won multiple East Coast Music Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, Music PEI Awards, and a JUNO Award. A fine array of awards and nominations followed album releases: the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award (CFMA) for Solo Artist of the Year (her first national music award); 2010 ECMAs for Female Recording and Folk Recording of the Year; and Music PEI Awards for Songwriter, Album, Folk Recording, and Female Vocalist of the Year. Like its predecessors, one album earned numerous honours, including her first JUNO Award for Roots and Traditional Solo Album of the Year as well as a nomination for Songwriter of the Year.

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