Cinderella - Catherine McGrath
After an super supporting set at Bush Hall for the wonderful Cam our LCM featured artist is a very talented young singer-songwriter originally from Northern Ireland but now London based. Catherine McGrath has recently release a lovely new single called starting from now which is worth checking out (audio in the comments below). Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is a live version of 'Cinderella' taken from her 2016 debut EP 'One'. We love Catherine's vocals :) https://youtu.be/FDo76AakiP0
Hailing from the rural outskirts of Belfast the 19-year-old singer-songwriter began her musical path when she picked up a guitar and began teaching herself to play music, to accompany her voice. With musical parents by her side and the traditional Irish folk scene around her she delved into the world of music playing regularly at her parents’ Fiddler’s Green Festival. Although thousands of miles from the country music epicentre Nashville, Catherine first discovered her adoration for the sound after being won over by Taylor Swift’s self-titled pre-pop album. Her desire to learn more saw her explore deeper into the genre’s new era of talent in the shape of Kacey Musgraves, Dan + Shay and Maddie & Tae. “Interestingly, Catherine McGrath is a name that is familiar to me as she was a special guest for The Sisterhood’s first headline London show at The Lexington. With just her voice and an acoustic guitar, she captivated the audience with her own compositions such as ‘Cinderella’ as they were full of tone and reminded me of early Taylor Swift e.g. ‘Love Story’. With songs as lyrically strong as this, 2017 is set to secure Catherine McGrath is set to secure a new legion of fans.” Catherine explains, “fit all of the different parts of my personality… I’m writing music that I genuinely love and I care about the message that I’m sending out.”