{"title":"Holly Macve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolly Macve is an Irish country music singer and songwriter. Her soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics have captivated audiences around the world. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Lillie Mae, Dori Freeman, and Whitney Rose, Holly's music has a timeless quality that resonates with listeners of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith her unique blend of traditional country sounds and modern storytelling, Holly has carved out a niche for herself in the music industry. Her songs are filled with raw emotion and vulnerability, painting vivid pictures of love, loss, and longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether she's performing on stage or recording in the studio, Holly brings an authenticity to her music that is truly captivating. With each song she writes and every note she sings, *Holly Macve* invites us into her world - a world filled with passion, honesty, and undeniable talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"golden-eagle","title":"Golden Eagle","description":"\u003cp\u003eRough Trade Album of the Month: March 2017 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolly Macve releases her much-anticipated debut album, \u003ci\u003eGolden Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e, on Bella Union. With its spellbinding country and western ballads and devastating emotional delivery, the album is one of the most remarkably assured debuts of this or any other year, especially given she’s though only 21 years old. Born in Galway in western Ireland, Macve and her sister were whisked away “in the night” by her mother from their errant father, to live with her grandparents in Yorkshire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce in their own house, Holly quickly responded to music: “My Grandad was a classical composer, and my mum sang, and she said I was singing before I was talking,” she recalls. Her mother’s record collection - lots of old blues and Bob Dylan – shaped Holly’s impressionable mind, before she herself discovered the likes of Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash and Gillian Welch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHiding away in Yorkshire, “isolated, surrounded by countryside”, her imagination took flight. \u003ci\u003eAll Of Its Glory\u003c\/i\u003e evokes her great-grandad, serving in WWI, writing impassioned letters (which the family still own, bound in a book) to his wife at home. Other songs describe ‘blood red fields’ and ‘burning skies’, and ‘a man standing by the river bank \/ His eyes were blue and his hair was jet black….’ The bulk of Golden Eagle was recorded in Newcastle at the home studio of producer Paul Gregory (of Bella Union label-mates Lanterns On The Lake), with extra recording in Brighton and London with her first touring band and Macve performing on acoustic guitar and piano. Yet Golden Eagle remains beautifully spare and delicate, putting Holly’s goosebump-raising voice centre stage, beautifully controlled yet riven with feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead our interview with Holly in issue 12 of the Rough Trade Magazine \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/roughtrade.com\/magazines\/magazine-issue-12\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Union","offers":[{"title":"LP.","offer_id":50416712155467,"sku":"1003388","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50416713072971,"sku":"1003389","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50416714678603,"sku":"1003387","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/117776e5-988d-43c5-a7e1-29c82f18921c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726708890"},{"product_id":"not-the-girl","title":"Not The Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e“My vision was big,” says Brighton-based singer Macve of the road to her second album. “I knew I wanted to do something more expansive than my first record.” With reach, feeling, storytelling power and a stop-you-dead voice, Macve sizes up to that mission boldly on \u003ci\u003eNot The Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Following on from the rootsy saloon-noir conviction of her 2017 debut, Golden Eagle, Holly sets out for deeper, often darker territory with a firm, unhurried sense of direction on her second record: on all fronts, it’s an album that looks its upscaled ambitions in the eye fearlessly. For Macve, the combination of influences such as Nancy \u0026amp; Lee with time spent touring helped widen her horizons. “I wasn’t afraid of trying new things, and I wanted to explore sounds and develop my skills in production, composing and engineering. When I wrote the songs on Golden Eagle I had never toured, it was just me in my bedroom playing acoustic guitar. I then got the chance to tour the world with a band and sing with a symphony orchestra [with Mercury Rev in 2017]. My little world grew and I realised there was so much for me to learn about how I can use my skills as a singer - songwriter\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Sky","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50421042807115,"sku":"1112015","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50421045559627,"sku":"1112013","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/146469ba-cda9-4656-a94a-d21e2de7696c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726755348"},{"product_id":"wonderland-21","title":"Wonderland","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving been declared by Lana Del Rey as \"one of the most beautiful singing voices in the world,\" Holly Macve returns with her 3rd album \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased on her own imprint 'Loving Memory Records' \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e is Macve's most opulent, cinematic, luxurious album yet and confirms Macve's status as one of the UK's most exciting songwriters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When singer-songwriter Holly Macve wrote her third album \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, it coincided with a period of profound transformation - but not in any way she could have imagined. \"It's been a time of real change in my life,\" she shares. \"Moments of extreme highs and extreme lows, it's just kind of been chaos.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow taking ownership of her journey in every possible way, optimistic that the future is finally looking a lot brighter. \"I think that \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e is meant to represent the next chapter in my life, which is me being unashamedly myself,\" she says,\"and just appreciating being alive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loving Memory Records","offers":[{"title":"Red LP","offer_id":50448029024587,"sku":"2211964","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448025747787,"sku":"2211962","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9f2f6e6a-1588-4d82-b48a-28a95ff38275_43c555c2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727085322"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_a76b527e_thumbnail_4096_f730a29d-cdcc-44d8-8fde-a7108500a923.jpg?v=1726708851","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/holly-macve.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}