Ahead of her performance
at London's Hard Rock Cafe, Sasha McVeigh unveils cover of Caitlyn Smith's
Tacoma
Sasha McVeigh is
the Hereford born and raised singer/songwriter currently taking the States by
storm.
Sasha share: “Caitlyn Smith always performs 'Tacoma' flawlessly, so I'm really hoping
I've done this beautiful song justice”! x
Having been the only
British act to appear on the main stage of no less than 5 of the US' most
prominent country festivals, Sasha unveiled her debut album I STAND ALONE to critical acclaim last
year.
Declared 'a ray of
sunshine' by Taste of Country and championed by radio icon Bob Harris, Sasha is
currently building to the release of new material.
During her recent tour with American Young and Loveless Effect, Sasha's
unveiled new single When I'm Over You.
Of the single, Sasha said 'When I'm Over You' is a song that wasn’t
meant to be written because, by writing it, I had to admit what I’d spent so
long trying to hide. I wasn’t over him. But letting myself be vulnerable and
writing this song made me realise it’s okay not to have moved on. It’s okay to
be sad sometimes because that proves what I felt was real. One day I will let
him go but until then I’ll keep that unnamed number in my phone.'
While she returns to the States later this year for a series of shows, Sasha is
thrilled to announce that she will be joining Simple Minds' Mel Gaynor for his forthcoming album
launch show at London's Hard Rock Cafe on September 14 for a special set.
Ahead of a summer on the Country Festival circuit in the States,
Sasha McVeigh honours musical icon Dierks
Bentley + BBC Radio London Live session
(Expanded
Press Release)
Sasha
McVeigh exclusively covers Dierks Bentley's track, 'I'll Be The Moon', from his
latest album, 'Black', as part of Essentially Pop's Essential Covers feature.
Lovely
22-year old Sasha McVeigh is the
Hereford born and raised singer/songwriter currently taking the States by
storm. Having been the only British act to appear on the main stage of no less
than 5 of the US' most prominent country festivals, Sasha unveiled her debut
album I STAND ALONE to critical
acclaim last year.
Declared
“a ray of sunshine” by Taste of
Country, Sasha is excited to be debuting new material upon her return to the
States this summer, where she is once again the most prominently placed British
Country artist.
Ahead of the tour, Sasha's has unveiled new
single When I'm Over You, which has proved a runaway success - with approaching
120,000 streams on Spotify already - having
garnered heavy praise from Bob Harris,
who has played it several times on his BBC Radio 2 show.
“Sasha
McVeigh UK Americana/ Country artist, again I love her music….it's a song that
means a lot to Sasha it’s called "When I'm Over You" and YES indeed
she does bear an amazingly strong resemblance to Lady Gaga, there's no doubt about
that" - Bob Harris (OBE) BBC Page
Of
the single, Sasha said 'When I'm Over You' is a song that wasn’t meant to be
written because, by writing it, I had to admit what I’d spent so long trying to
hide. I wasn’t over him. But letting myself be vulnerable and writing this song
made me realise it’s okay not to have moved on. It’s okay to be sad sometimes
because that proves what I felt was real. One day I will let him go but until
then I’ll keep that unnamed number in my phone.'
She
has also been heavily supported by Bauer, Chris Country, Amazing and BBC
Regional - with Gaby Roslin inviting
her in for a session and declaring her 'amazing'.
Sasha
McVeigh joined Gaby Roslin on BBC Radio
London on her Sunday 22 May 2016 show (BBC Page) Not only has she new
fans in Blue's Antony Costa and Chesney Hawkes, but she performed a stunning
First Aid Kit (SE) OFFICIAL cover.
ICYMI:
Listen to her interview and live studio session (songs: “When I'm Over You”, “I
Stand Alone” and First Aid Kit’s “My Silver Lining”) here, Click Play twice:
Sasha
tweeted this pic (below) with Chesney Hawkes saying: If I time-travelled to tell my 8
year-old self I was on Gaby Roslin w/ these two yesterday, I wouldn't believe
me!
(Release Date: 8
June 2015) Sasha McVeigh - I Stand
Alone (Hot Stuff Management)
12 Tracks (Country
Music People June 2015; 4 Stars) CD - UK iTunes | SPOTIFY
'I Stand Alone'
has 10 tracks, along with 2 bonus tracks including 'Stupid Girl (Acoustic
Version)' which was chosen as "Best of the Best" by BBC Introducing. It also features a 16-page, full colour booklet - Image
Sasha explained to her fans on social media
that the album title is not a statement of her solitude, but rather signifying
that she intends to stand out from the crowd. She explained. 'Nobody should be afraid to be who they are.'
Reviews
… Bottom
line is this is a very good debut well worth a listen and it fills me with joy
that a young British writer and singer is producing country music of this
calibre - Chris Smith (Country Music People; 4 STARS out of 5)
Overall ‘I Stand Alone’ is an incredibly accomplished piece of music.
One of the things that really impressed me was the variety within the album,
from the sassy ‘No Strings Attached Romance’, to ‘Hot Mess’, which brings out
an almost Miranda-esque, rock chick vibe to it. Depending on your mood ‘I Stand
Alone’ has a little bit for everyone. ‘You Only Live Once’ is another of the
songs that gets you in the feels. With her unique vocals and song-writing
ability to match many a well established act, Sasha McVeigh is going place and
I look forward to tracking her career with interest. (Andrew MacBride,
For The Country Record)
About Sasha McVeigh
Genre: Country / Pop / Americana
Sasha McVeigh repertoire of
instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Banjo
Home Town: Hereford
Affiliation: SESAC
From singing in the shopping
trolley when she was 2, to singing all over the United States and UK, British
Country singer/songwriter Sasha McVeigh says music is her life.
Born in a small, rural city in
England, Sasha garnered a love of Country music from her father who used to
dance her around the living room to CMT when she was just 18 months old.
She began playing keyboard at age
10 and writing songs in the years that followed.
Her professional music journey
started in July 2012 when she took a two week trip to Nashville, with a plan to
perform just a handful of shows. What resulted was two weeks of solid bookings
at venues such as Tootsies Orchid Lounge, The Rutledge, The Bluebird and
various others up and down Broadway. The reception she received meant Sasha,
subsequently, returned to Nashville numerous times for extended periods in 2012
and 2013.
Upon completion of her UK tour at
the end of October 2014, Sasha headed back to Nashville to record her
highly anticipated, first full length, full band album - a sample track from
which was played by Mark Forrest across every local BBC Radio station in Great
Britain and was subsequently chosen as "Best of the Best of BBC
Introducing".
As the daughter of a retired special forces Major in the UK in 2014 she was asked and >> sang the US National Anthem
(Star Spangled-Banner) at the Taste of Country Festival in Hunter
Mountain/ Bear Creek New York with 20,000+ people singing along with her.
Sasha performed at the 2015 C2C
Country To Country Festival at The O2 in London and has opening for
Canadian country singer/songwriter Lindsay Ell, on her European tour.
The British country singer has
opened for Billboard chart topper Dustin Lynch and CMA award winning duo
Thompson Square.
Released her first UK single
on April 13, 2015 titled "Someone To Break My Heart" (Hot Stuff
Management)
In April 2015 she undertook an
extensive co-headline tour of the UK and Ireland, also select dates in
Europe, with American singer/songwriter, Sonia Leigh.
I LOVE YOU COLORADO!! Sasha
performed, for the first time, on the Main Stage at Country Jam Colorado
alongside The Band Perry, Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, Colt Ford and many more
during the weekend June 18 -21, 2015!
Performed alongside some of the
biggest names on the circuit in America (inc. Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton and
Keith Urban)
Booked six main stage slots at US
summer Country Music Festivals in 2015.
In August 2015 she joined Billboard #1 chart topper and CMA nominee Kelsea
Ballerini at her #1 party.
Opened the ACM awards kick-off
concert in Las Vegas with Hunter Hayes.
Anti-bullying clothing label Amour
Propre announced McVeigh as an advocate.
In September 2015 the British
Skin Foundationannouncedher as their new ambassador.
She was votedUK Female Country Singer Of The Year byUKCountryRadio.com's
presenters and UKCountryRadio.com's Gold, Silver and Bronze subscribers.
She was nominated for Female
Vocalist Of The Year at the 2015 BCMAward (British Country Music Awards).
Sasha (who signedup for CMA membership in March 2015) signed with William Morris
Endeavour Entertainment (WME), the biggest booking agency in the world and
was the first British country singer to do so out of the Nashville office.
In March/ April 2016 embarked on a European
Tour with American Young and Loveless Effect.
Her album I STAND ALONE is
nominated as a finalistfor UK Country Album of The Year
for the 2016 UK Country Music Awards (presented by UKCountryRadio.com)
Sasha had to pull out of Country
Fest (June 17) & Country Stampede (June 23) because her visa/green card is
still not ready. Someone in the US government office inadvertently (in their
words) sent her paperwork to the wrong place. So Sasha is stuck in the UK,
devastated not to be there. Sasha received wonderful comments of encouragement
and support, especially from her Wisconsin & Minnesota fans who were
supposed to be seeing her perform. They brought tears to her eyes - the good
kind - with their sweet words. Many were wearing their Sasha McVeigh wristbands
and t-shirts! Sasha’s band, who are Loveless
Effect, read out a letter to the Country Stampede crowd on her behalf who took
her place on the main stage. “Country Stampede, you are like family to me and I
am absolutely heartbroken!....Read more Facebook Post
The music video for “When I’m Over
You” is now finished. The track has received over 120,000 Spotify Streams and
it is now available digitally WORLDWIDE on iTunes.
US Festival Dates:
17th June 2016 - Country
Fest, Cadott Wisconsin Cancelled :( ☹
(w/ Kenny Chesney, Jerrod Niemann
and Old Dominion)
23rd June - Country Stampede,
Manhattan Kansas (w/ Dierks Bentley and Sam Hunt) Cancelled
2nd July - Jam in the
Valley, Varysburg NY (w/ Jake Owen and Jana Kramer)
3rd July - Pianos, Manhattan NY
(headline show)
20th July - Elbo Room, Chicago IL
(headline show)
23rd July - Country Jam USA, Eau
Claire Wisconsin (w/ Jason Aldean and Thomas Rhett)
24th July - Country Thunder, Twin
Lakes Wisconsin (side stage)
2nd August - WE Fest, Detroit Lakes
Minnesota (pre-party)
Sasha McVeigh unveils new single "When I'm Over You"
Release
Date: April 22, 2016
On tour with American Young and Loveless Effect
in March
'a lush, emotionally charged ballad that sets
the heart fluttering' - Music News
Sasha
McVeigh
is the Hereford born and raised singer/songwriter currently taking the States
by storm. Having been the only British act to appear on the main stage of no
less than 5 of the US' most prominent country festivals, Sasha unveiled her
debut album I Stand Alone to critical acclaim last year. Declared 'a ray of
sunshine' by Taste of Country, Sasha is excited to be debuting new material on
her upcoming tour, where she will be joined by American Young and Loveless
Effect.
Ahead of the tour, Sasha's has unveiled her gorgeous new
single “When I'm Over You” (written
by: Sasha McVeigh & David Evans)
Lyric Video:
Of the single, Sasha said 'When I'm Over You'
is a song that wasn’t meant to be written because, by writing it, I had to
admit what I’d spent so long trying to hide. I wasn’t over him. But letting
myself be vulnerable and writing this song made me realise it’s okay not to
have moved on. It’s okay to be sad sometimes because that proves what I felt
was real. One day I will let him go but until then I’ll keep that unnamed
number in my phone.'
"Lovely
home grown talent" - Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire (March 5, 2016 BBC
Playlist)
Goin' Gaga for "When I'm Over You" The new single got the thumbs up from Bob Harris (OBE) from what might of
been Sasha's BBC Radio 2 debut on Sunday March 6, 2016!
Bob Harris Sunday Listening Booth:
“Sasha
McVeigh UK Americana/ Country artist, again I love her music..it's a song that
means a lot to Sasha it’s called "When I'm Over You" and YES indeed
she does bear an amazingly strong resemblance to Lady Gaga, there's no doubt
about that"
