The Paul McKenna Band are a five piece folk

Folk music

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Traditional music

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 Music band from Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland

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Biography

Combining their love for traditional and folk music as well as original songs and tunes the Paul McKenna Band have been playing to audiences throughout the UK since 2006.
Their debut album 'Between Two Worlds' was released on the Greentrax

Greentrax Recordings

Greentrax Recordings are a Scottish record label for Celtic and celtic fusion bands.- History :Greentrax Recordings is an Edinburgh-based record label specialising in Scottish traditional music. They were founded in 1986 by former police inspector Ian Green. In 2001 he acquired the license to...

 record label in 2009. The album was produced by the band with guidance and assistance from Dick Gaughan

Dick Gaughan

Richard Peter Gaughan usually known as Dick Gaughan is a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs.-Early years:...

 and engineered and mixed by Kris Koren and John Weatherby in Moffat

Moffat

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, Scotland in late 2008.

In 2009 and 2010 they toured throughout Europe, visiting Germany, Holland, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain and the UK. The band won the award for Best Up and Coming Artist at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards in November 2009 and subsequently performed a concert at the Arches

The Arches

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 in Glasgow which was broadcast on BBC Alba

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The band also completed a one month tour in the USA to coincide with the release of Between Two Worlds on Mad River Records in late 2010.

In December 2010 the band recorded their second album with producer Brian McNeill

Brian McNeill

Brian McNeill is a Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and musical director. He was a founding member of The Battlefield Band which combined traditional celtic melodies and new material....

 at Watercolour Studios in Ardgour

Ardgour

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. The album is due for release in March 2011

Discography

• Between Two Worlds (Album)
  Between Two Worlds (Paul McKenna Band album)
  Between Two Worlds is the first album composed by the Paul McKenna Band.- Track listing :# "Ballad of Accounting" – 3:28# "Dancing in the Dark" – 4:22...
  
  (2009)

Awards

MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2009 - Best Up and Coming Artist

Fatea Magazine Single/EP/Mini Album Of The Year 08

Garden Sessions Song of the Year 2007 (Take My Hand)

External links

• Official site
• myspace.com/paulmckennamusic The Band's Myspace
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• gardensessions.co.uk The Band's page at the Garden Sessions