Sandy McLelland

Sandy McLelland backed by his band The River featuring top quality session musicians 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. Backed by his band The River featuring top quality session musicians

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.

Over many years Sandy has also quietly built a reputation as a significant composer and music producer in the world of film. He spent some time working in Hollywood, on the score for the Davinci Code and he has contributed significantly to some outstanding world cinema, notably Francis Ford Coppola’s far eastern epic Suryothai, winning a Thai Oscar for his music in the film Prom Piram, he also wrote and produced the score of the best ever selling British independent DVD, Rise of the Footsoldier.

His latest album ‘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.

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