Transatlantic is delighted to welcome internationally renowned and award winning Canadian singer songwriter Tara MacLean. Tara released her first album with the Nettwerk Music Group in 1996 and since then has been signed with Capitol Records, Sony Music/ATV Publishing and EMI Canada with her Juno nominated band Shaye. She has made four solo albums and two with Shaye.
Tara has recently received the Senate of Canada Medal for her work for Truth and Reconciliation, sits on the board of the Women’s Network of PEI, and just finished a run of three summer seasons with her hit theatre show that she wrote, produced and directed called, “Atlantic Blue- The Stories of Atlantic Canada’s Iconic Songwriters.” in Charlottetown. The summer of 2019 saw Atlantic Blue produced by the world famous Charlottetown Festival, directed by Mary Francis Moore, playing three nights a week to sold out crowds.
Tara just received the SOCAN songwriter of the year award for her single, Ghosting Me, as well as Solo Recording of the Year for her latest album, “Deeper” at the PEI Music Awards. Deeper was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at ECMA 2020. She will be performing “Songs from Atlantic Blue” in Concert with the PEI Symphony Orchestra this summer.
Tara MacLean is a ceremonialist, a doula, an activist, a zen student, a yoga practitioner, a poet and a playwright.
Tara is working on a memoir and is represented by Senior Agent Carolyn Forde.