Delighted to welcome fantastic Singer-Songwriter Hayley McKay as my guest for Feeling Versonic Episode 005.
Displaying an incredible vocal range with a distinctive all-round style, which can effortlessly leap from earthy and soulful raw emotion to soaring and ethereal angelic tones, Hayley has been likened to Eva Cassidy, Joni Mitchel, LeAnn Rimes and Kate Bush.
An accomplished and insightful songwriter, who effortlessly captures deep emotional sentiment with moving sincerity, she has co-written with twice Grammy-nominated songwriter Jan Buckingham (Whitney Houston) in Nashville, performed in Bob Harris's home studio for his Under the Apple Tree sessions, and supported major acts including Tom Jones, Albert Lee, Scouting for Girls, Martha Reeves and Hazel O'Connor.
Hayley is releasing new material this year, and is especially looking forward to performing at C2C: Country-to-Country at the O2 Arena in London, at Glastonbury, and at The British Country Festival when they return in 2021.
Her new single, Thinking About Last Night was released 3rd April, and has been getting great response particularly in Ireland and many country stations in the UK, and was recently voted in the top 10 Valley FM Indie charts in Australia and in the top 3 best new singles in Ireland. It has also gathered support on BBC Introducing, and reached No 1 in The Ignition Country Charts. Hayley has been artist of the week on various radio stations in the USA and the UK, and has had recent support with features in Country Line TV, BMCA, ISSA (International Songwriters Association), The Sage Gateshead, NE Volume, and NE Connected amongst others.
