{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Ambre McLean | image = Ambre McLean at CMW 2014.jpg | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2004–present }} '''Ambre McLean'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehalton.com/community-story/5362939-women-songwriters-to-be-featured-at-source-of-song-17-on-saturday/|title=Women songwriters to be featured at Source of Song 17 on Saturday |publisher=Inside Halton|date=27 October 2010}}</ref> is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter based in Smiths Falls, Ontario. McLean is known for her live performances,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Cashbox Canada |url=http://www.cashboxcanada.ca/3744/ladies-lead-way-ambre-mclean-and-tara-holloway|title=Ladies Lead the Way Ambre McLean and Tara Holloway|date=3 July 2013}}</ref> versatile and distinct singing voice, cross-genre songwriting style and use of live looping technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cashboxcanada.ca/node/5827|last=Williams|first=Michael|title=Canada's Best Kept Secret, Ambre McLean! |date=12 December 2014|publisher=Cashbox Canada}}</ref> McLean's debut album ''Just Passing Through'' was released independently in 2005. Since then she has released three additional albums, two on respected indie label Busted Flat Records and her latest album "Me" on Northwood Records.
Canadian radio personality Alan Cross said of McLean in 2013 "I find her voice fantastically expressive"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/3/Alan-Cross-Andres-Mendoza-and-Emily-Smart-rate-the-Searchlight-top-16 |title=Alan Cross, Andres Mendoza and Emily Smart rate the Searchlight top 16 |author=CBC Music |work=cbc.ca |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301002442/http://music.cbc.ca/ |archivedate=1 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was in the final eight competitors in the CBC competition for "Canada's Best New Artist".<ref>{{cite news|title=Guelph musician still in running for Canada's Best New Artist|url=http://www.guelphtribune.ca/whats-on/guelph-musician-still-in-running-for-canadas-best-new-artist/|access-date=7 June 2015|publisher=Guelph Tribune|date=28 March 2013}}</ref>
==Songs== *"Missing You" spent 5 weeks on the FMQB Top 200 AC charts, peaking at No. 38. *"Me, My Heart and The Moon" was the winner of the 2010 Ontario Council of Folk Festival's "Songs from the Heart" Award *"So Over" reached the Top 8 in CBC's 2013 "Searchlight: The Hunt for Canada's Best New Artist" competition *"Summon Me" featured in the feature film ''Neverlost'' *"I'll Be Home In Spring" featured on CBC's ''The Vinyl Cafe''
==Discography== *2005 – ''Just Passing Through'' *2006 – ''Live at the Brasserie'' *2007 – ''I Wonder If...'' *2010 – ''Murder at the Smokehouse'' *2014 – ''Me'' *2017 - ''My Heart''
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== External links == * [http://www.ambremclean.com Ambre McLean]
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