Chantel McGregor

The Blues came calling first for Chantel McGregor, but Rock was always waiting around the corner. Well it would be, wouldn’t it? Coming from the deep south, it was inevitable, but living in the deep south of a major Yorkshire City, there’s a gritty hard edge to life!

A female guitar prodigy, Chantel was told by a major label that she had a “great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!” Wisely ignoring their comments, she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark at BTEC, with 18 distinctions. Chantel then pursued further education and left with a First Class Honours degree in Popular Music and a coveted prize, the college’s Musician of the Year award.

After years of touring and festival appearances, Chantel returned with a vengeance with ten new songs that not only salute contemporary rock, but show her gradual transition from conventional Blues to a harder, bigger, and bolder rock sound with progressive influences.