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May 16th – May 19th 

Non-Commvention – Triple A Radio Convention

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Meg Mackey goes big, but also goes home

By MELISSA GRIFFITHS - JUNEAU EMPIRE

published march 1, 2012

 

It’s endearing to hear humble words spoken in a voice that has made an impact in the music scene in Juneau, Anchorage and beyond. Meg Mackey is a singer songwriter who has some love songs that have been known to leave an audience member or two breathless, but even in conversation she’s all about love.

 

Mackey has been in Anchorage since June of 2011, after living in Juneau off and on since 2002, during which time she gained a lot of her confidence in her musicianship while playing acoustic shows in dimly lit bars. She moved to Anchorage to make music professionally in the big city’s burgeoning music scene, though she still considers Juneau to be home.

 

“That’s the place I fell in love with on my own,” she said of Juneau. “I chose it.”

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INTERROGATION: Meg Mackey

By Jeri Kopet – Anchorage Press 

Published January 12, 2012 

 

THERE ARE MANY directions that local crooner Meg Mackey’s musical career could have gone. Scariest, perhaps, for those of us who love her homespun lyrics and powerful vocal delivery, is the idea that it might not have happened at all. It’s hard to imagine the Anchorage music scene without Miss Mackey and her dream team band of local musicians. In just a few months, they have proven themselves a veritable force of creativity and musical talent, playing gigs throughout Anchorage and the Valley. Over an extremely relaxed brunch at Bear Tooth, in between sips of Raspberry Wheat ale, the honey-voiced singer told me about what ultimately led her to Anchorage.

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