Throughout
a long and respected music career, Scottish singer songwriter, Sandy McLelland
has contributed to the artistic achievements of numerous artists and projects
all over the world
Release
Date: 17 Sept 2019
Label:
Sound It Out Music
13
Tracks
Time:
55:59
Genre:
Country
CROSS THE LINE is the new album by Scottish born singer songwriter Sandy McLelland which entered the iTunes Country Music Album Chart at No.9 on the first day of release (18 September), making him the only British artist currently in the Top 10 and rubbing shoulders with the cream of Country Music.
Five Day
Top 200 iTunes Chart Run
Overnight
the album advanced to No.2 and Sandy shared a graphic on Facebook that the
album was placed at No.1 on Sept 19th!
The album charted on UK Country iTunes Album Chart for 5 days No.4
(#284 UK iTunes all-genres) with all UK iTunes all-genre peak of #268
(#5 UK Country iTunes Album), on global release day Sept 20. It remained in the
top 10 placed at #7 (#409 UK iTunes all-genres), then #10 (Sat Sept 21), then
#19 (#935 UK iTunes all-genres) by Sun Sept 22 it had departed the top 200.
‘Cross
the Line’ is unashamedly rooted in the American country, blues, folk and soul
music he absorbed in his early days in Glasgow.
Often full and vibrant, sometimes achingly bare and personal, Sandy is capable and comfortable across many, diverse, musical styles, always with a highly personal core.
Often full and vibrant, sometimes achingly bare and personal, Sandy is capable and comfortable across many, diverse, musical styles, always with a highly personal core.
Sandy McLelland – ‘I’ve Ever Known’ (Radio)
New Single is currently being
promoted across Europe by Lee Williams (Django Promotions/ CMR Nashville) and
appears as a prime cut on the September Hotdisc #249.
The song debuted at No.24 on the Hotdisc Top 40 Chart (dated Sept 8, 2019) and has so far climbed
to No.11 and No.2 on The Hotdisc British &
Irish Top 10 chart (chart dated Sept 22, 2019)
New Video - Sandy McLelland – ‘I’ve Ever Known’ published on Sep 12, 2019 (1,080
views)
I Believe in You video published Apr 9, 2018 (1,501 views)
Throughout
a long and respected music career Sandy has contributed to the artistic
achievements off numerous artists and projects all over the world. His early
days saw him work with the humblest of new pop artists such as Massive Attack,
Neneh Cherry and Bros, through to established international stars like Paul
McCartney & Tears For Fears. He is a 3 times Grammy nominee and has won
awards around the world. He has written and produced music for Latin artists,
significantly Spanish legend Miguel Bose with whom he achieved a series of
chart topping albums, changing the landscape of contemporary Latin music along
the way.
'Cross
the Line' was entirely written, performed and produced by Sandy McLelland. A
set of songs as deeply personal, as they are universal, brought vividly to life
by one of the UK's finest singers.
Review: His new album, Cross the Line, has just been released and
it’s a beauty. Oh yes. The songs remind me of the Small Faces. Rod Stewart when
his voice was a phenomenon, not a disco pick up. Eric Clapton and the deep
strange blood of the South in Duane Allman when Derek and the Dominos found
everything good about heat and dense trees and pickup trucks. ….Sandy seems to
have imbibed this, just at the moment when politics is splitting us apart. It
hardly seems possible, with everything going on, that some soft touch on this
musical pulse would be so pleasurable. The first song reminds me it’s the
harmonies, the vibration, that get through to you. Cross the Line and its
steady beat, country rock with no nonsense”…..Read more Alice Severin.com
You can catch him live solo or with his band across the UK at venues and festivals this Autumn.1000 streams yesterday of the video 'I've Ever Known' from my album 'Cross The Line'. My thanks to everyone watching. Album Available from iTunes. https://t.co/JyrZ5wzxWJ pic.twitter.com/ybQz8YXH1I— Sandy McLelland (@Justsand2) September 23, 2019
LIVE
DATES
Tuesday 24 September 2019 - The Acoustic Couch, Bracknell
(The Acoustic Couch, The Ring, Bracknell RG12) Hosted by Graham Steel Music
Company and The Acoustic Couch
20:00-22:30
Wednesday
25 September 2019 - Windsor Fringe Festival Acoustic Showcase, Windsor
Arts Centre at The Old Court, Windsor (83 St. Leonards Rd, Windsor) 7:30
PM with Ajay Srivastav, Marc Woosnam,
George Wilding and local covers duo Soul Works Starts 8pm, admission FREE.
Saturday
28 September 2019 - Walton on Thames
Cricket, Walton-on-Thames (197 Ashley Park Ave, Walton-on-Thames KT12
1ET) playing at 11am at the Surrey Chilli Festival Event £8.61
Day Ticket
Sunday
29 September 2019 - Horsham AmeriCARna Festival, Horsham Town Centre, Horsham
Event 10am -
5pm 10:00 AM
Tuesday
1 October 2019 - 8:00 PM The Acoustic Couch Community Centre CIC, Bracknell
(The Ring, Bracknell RG12 1JG) supporting Shantell
Ogden from Nashville Starts 8pm, tickets £5.00 in advance and £7.00 on
the door. Event £5.50
Friday
11 October 2019 - 8:00 PM The Farnham Pottery, Farnham (The Farnham
Pottery, Pottery Ln, Wrecclesham, Farnham GU10 4SL) with The Mantic Muddlers, Nora
Anna & Will Looms, Dave Botting Event * SOLD
OUT *
Sandy
says,
“The aim
of my music is to be simple and direct. Some of it is inspired by half truths,
remembrances, and an imagination which keeps me awake most nights. Much of it
entirely rooted in personal circumstance.”
“I have
been fortunate, able to have carved a living from doing something I truly love,
something I would have done anyway. There’s no way out for me even if I wanted
it. My music inhabits me in the deepest way.”
“This
music’ represents the culmination of a lifetimes; work and living.”
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