About

Canadian singer/songwriter Tara MacLean has been an internationally renowned and award winning recording and touring artist for over 25 years. She released her first album with the Nettwerk Music Group in 1996 and Sony Music Publishing Canada. Since then has been signed with Capitol Records, and EMI Canada with her JUNO nominated band Shaye. She has written and recorded seven solo albums and two with Shaye.

Tara was awarded the Senate of Canada Medal for her activist work in her community. She finished a run of three summer seasons with her hit theater show that she wrote, produced, and directed called, “Atlantic Blue-The Stories of Atlantic Canada’s Iconic Songwriters” in Charlottetown. The summer of 2019 saw Atlantic Blue produced and directed by the world famous Charlottetown Festival playing three nights a week to sold out crowds.

Tara won the Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year award at the 2025 Music PEI awards for her “Live in My Hometown” EP. In 2024, she received 3 nominations for her album “Sparrow” at the East Coast Music Awards, and took home the award for Single of the Year at the MPEI Awards. Tara was honoured with the SOCAN Songwriter of the Year award as well as Solo Recording of the Year for her album, “Deeper”, at the PEI Music Awards. Deeper was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at ECMA 2020. Her duet with Catherine MacLellan, "This Storm", received the award for Song of the Year. She performed “Songs from Atlantic Blue” in Concert with the PEI Symphony Orchestra. Last year, Tara received the Stompin' Tom award by the East Coast Music Association, marking an outstanding contribution to music in the region.

Tara MacLean is an environmental and social justice activist, a zen student, a poet, author and a playwright. She resides in her home province of Prince Edward Island. Her greatest joy is being a mother to her three beautiful girls.

Her first book, Song of the Sparrow, hit the Best Seller List the week it was released and Tara quickly followed up with the aforementioned, award winning album “Sparrow” - the soundtrack for the book. The book and album were released in the UK where she finished a successful summer 2024 tour.

Tara is currently on tour, and working on her new album in London/LA/PEI and writing her next book with Transatlantic Literary Agency.

Stay tuned! Exciting announcements coming soon!