Suzi MacGregor is a Bristol-based vocalist & multi-instrumentalist with a knack for classic songcraft, imbuing her warm, soulful music with a sense of timelessness. She blends the ambitious folk melodies of Laurel Canyon with a more modern pop sensibility, spaciously delivered with gospel-infused grooves. Her debut album Peregrina is due later this year on Bristol’s DIY alt/folk label Cuculi Records.
She spent her childhood in Pembrokeshire, influenced by the wealth of music around her – singing harmonies with her sisters, church choir, the national Eisteddfod festival of Wales, her parents’ Joni Mitchell LPs – and started writing songs as a teenager, before moving to London to study singing. Although she considered pursuing opera, she ended up taking a more idiosyncratic route in her musical journey, including periods of time living in Costa Rica and walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Gradually, she returned to writing music, reclaiming her voice from a tangle of complicated expectations and finding her own distinctive style – songs full of stories and places, quiet corners and elegant fury.
She moved to Bristol in 2022 where she has become a firm fixture in the city’s busy creative scene; she regularly performs with Tryani Collective, a high energy vocal/percussion ensemble, and she co-hosts Cove, a monthly inclusive slow/ambient improv session. She’s performed at legendary Bristol venues The Gallimaufry, El Rincon, The Greenbank, and further afield at Boia Festival, On Lands Edge Festival, St David’s Cathedral, Fern’s Cathedral (Ireland), and Unearthed Festival. She’s supported a range of artists including Ben Ottewell (Gomez), Rona Mac, Simon Lynge (USA), Lon Dubh and Cuculi labelmate Roland George Harrad.
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