catherine maclellan

Catherine MacLellan (from the album Coyote available as a self-release)
Recording at her home studio on Prince Edward Island, Canada, Catherine MacLellan channels the mighty sea, borrowing its melody for “The Tempest”, while a Country twang bounces in the guitar notes flickering like stars above “Night Crossing” as the playing hushes before generating a confident rhythm to support the heart opening in “Waiting on My Love”. Recording in her living space was a natural extension for Catherine MacLellan and she recalls that ‘it’s a dream home, a big old farm house with a long history of music. In the early days, there were big kitchen parties, with someone always rocking the piano and people square dancing. When I moved here, I really got the sense the house wanted things to be happening, and music to be played’.
 
Traditional East Coast Canadian instrumentation such as accordions, fiddles and bouzouki make musical appearances on Coyote, the self-produced album showcasing the songs of Catherine MacLellan on cascading soundscapes that become a nearly-physical current for Coyote in its title track. An electric guitar snarls as Catherine MacLellan stiches a patchwork quilt of memories to make sense of “Too Many Hearts” as she offers advice and gratitude in “Emmet’s Song” while simple strums are the foundation for the confessions coming from “Out of Nowhere”. In Coyote, Catherine MacLellan creates windows to the world with her songs, her words a travelogue of the passing humans juggling heartbreak, loss, and the joy of life. Tentative notes sheepishly play a melody for “Breath of a Wind” as Coyote faces “The Road is Divided” with armor-coated love as Catherine MacLellan wraps a goodbye in a soft Country sway for “Roll with the Wind”.
 
Listen and buy the music of Catherine MacLellan from AMAZON
http://www.catherinemaclellan.com/
 

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