Bio: HUGH KELLY – 2016-20
Edinburgh based singer songwriter/producer, Hugh Kelly has been a regular fixture in the Scottish music scene for the last few years.
Hugh Kelly Since 2016….
Since releasing his first single & subsequent EP in Feb 2016, Hugh has performed over 500+ gigs around UK. He’s toured from the south coast of England to as far north as the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Highlights being performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the BBC and Scottish Television (STV).
In his short 4-5 year music career, Hugh has featured extensively in national press, radio interviews and music blogs. This has lead to him being featured as Artist/Single of the Week on numerous radio stations throughout UK and in the USA
Last 12-18 Months….
In terms of releases in the last 12-18 months, Hugh released his second EP in May 2018 from his live performance at Sofar Sounds earlier in the year. The EP tracks can be heard on Hugh’s Spotify account along with previous releases.
Summer of 2019….
Hugh had a busy summer in 2019, particularly in August where he had over two dozen performances lined up, a dozen of which were at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Gigs, of note in August, included two performances at the Ladies Scottish Open in East Lothian, one with former Westlife star, Brian McFadden. Additional standout gigs were a couple of performances at the BBC & a support gig with The Hoosiers.
Hugh spent the first week of September in the recording studio with Mark Morrow, finalising 5 new tracks. The first of these tracks will be released in Jan/Feb 2020. The other four tracks will be released every 6-8 weeks from late-March through to the end of July/August 2020.
Once again, Hugh performed a couple of gigs at the Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews late September 2019. On the final night, he was caught on camera singing ‘The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond’ with Hollywood actor, Bill Murray!
What lies ahead….
Hugh is in the last few months of his music degree at Glasgow University – 4 years of studying should be complete by the end of April 2020. Summer gig dates should be announced around that time, if not before.
Release dates for the new tracks will be announced here in Jan/Feb 2020 and also on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.
Hugh Kelly Social Media Links
You can follow Hugh on various social media platforms by clicking the links below:-