Magpie Blue

Photos by: Ellen Dixon and David Williamson

“Magpie Blue (aka Millie Hanlon) makes the pokey Hunter S stage feel like a cavern with her swirling, reverby guitar effects and super cool vocals. Closing with the track Hedge before walking off stage to the feedback of her guitar, the crowd lap up the performance more than worthy of a headline slot in itself.” - The Skinny

"Keep 'em peeled for the superb Magpie Blue... An amazing and singularly soulful voice with crystal shimmering guitar that put me in mind of Duruti Column's Vini Reilly and John Martyn. One to watch for 2024!" - Phill Jupitus

"Magpie Blue’s music stops you in your tracks. Classy, melancholic and full of emotion.” - The Scottish Sun

“Lyrically, Magpie Blue delves into introspective yet sharply to-the-point subject matters from heartbreak to anxiety, investing her words with a raw truth. You get the sense listening to this number of an old head resting on young shoulders, of someone who has the emotional intelligence to channel real feeling into their art.

Having already gained comparisons at this early stage of her career to the likes of PJ Harvey and Anna Calvi, her Jeff Buckley-esque vocals inflect this number with a sense of raw melancholy.” - Bitter Sweet Symphonies