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‘’’Meg Mac’’’ (born July 6th, 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician based in Sydney, Australia. She is signed to 300 Entertainment.^[1]

Meg started developing her instrument as soon as she could speak. “My mother used to teach me everything in song,” she recalls. “My last name is really hard to spell, so I learned how to spell it because my mum made up a tune. That’s when I began singing.”^[2]

Growing up with four siblings and a father who would blast Ray Charles and Van Morrison at full volume, Meg started taking formal vocal lessons at the age of nine. In between playing piano, she was always singing and she started writing songs as a teen.^[3]

Her first recording “Known Better” received heavy airplay on Australia’s Triple J after Meg submitted it to Triple J Unearthed in 2013. She sold out her first headline tour. Triple J named her “Unearthed Artist of 2014,”^[4] while Marie Claire Australia chose her as an “Artist To Watch” for 2015^[5] and she received a nomination for Rolling Stone Australia’s “Best New Talent” Award.^[6]

The Sydney, Australia singer and songwriter has drawn buzz from the likes of The New York Times, BuzzFeed^[7], Daytrotter and enjoyed a veritable breakout moment stateside at SXSW as well as a United States tour with Clean Bandit.^[8]

The Meg Mac EP is the culmination of her tireless work over the past few years, capturing both raw emotion and searing soul. EP opener “Roll Up Your Sleeves” begins with a soft piano melody before blossoming into a heavenly hook of, “Everything is gonna be alright.”^[9] She explains, “It’s as if I wrote a letter talking to myself. That’s how it started. It’s hard to do the right thing sometimes. It can be scary. It’s easier to pretend you don’t care, but I’m assuring myself that if I do the right thing, it will work out.” The jazz-y beat and smoky energy of “Turning” would feel right at home in a film noir, while Meg takes blues luminary Bill Withers’ “Grandma’s Hands” and brings a modern panache down to the Delta. “I really started to appreciate Bill Withers a few years ago. There is something about this song that made me want to sing it the first time I heard it. I love putting my own spin on the song and performing it live!”^[10] “Known Better” pensively ponders regret, while “Every Lie” walks the line between gospel bombast and blissful alternative soul.^[11] It’s another confessional from Meg who adds, “It’s probably obvious that was the first time I felt a bit burned by someone and had a breakup. I was in shock because I’d never had these feelings before. If there is one lie and you found it - you can drive yourself crazy thinking about all the lies that you didn’t find.”

Headlining Australian tour - 2014^[12] SXSW^[13] - 2015 Support for Clean Bandit’s US tour^[14] - 2015 Groovin’ the Moo Festival^[15] - 2015 Support for D’Angelo US tour - 2015^[16]

MEGMAC EP

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