Virginia MacNaughton

&#39;There’s so much about it that’s gorgeous…I hear hints of <a href="spotify:artist:0Lpr5wXzWLtDWm1SjNbpPb" data-name="Todd Rundgren">Todd Rundgren</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1aSxMhuvixZ8h9dK9jIDwL" data-name="Kate Bush">Kate Bush</a>. It’s a beautiful record&#39; - Stephen Budd

&#39;A voice pitched exactly halfway between <a href="spotify:artist:319yZVtYM9MBGqmSQnMyY6" data-name="Carole King">Carole King</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7xFnmid57ZE6iWEXdEXO3b" data-name="Tracey Thorn">Tracey Thorn</a>’ - Simon Price, IoS

The Thread began in October 2020. Or perhaps before...
Produced and recorded by William Jackson (Platinum Award-winning records for The Pigeon Detectives &#43; The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs, Embrace) at Eiger Studios, Leeds. The songs chart the journey of a doomed encounter, its inevitable end and the salvation of new love.
Release, February 2026

Debut album, The Music, was the result of a chance meeting with <a href="spotify:artist:67OKa82otrQqKDsfTDfSYA" data-name="Pete Brown">Pete Brown</a> (Cream) and bassist, John Michael MacKenzie. Early recordings with Cameron Jenkins (<a href="spotify:artist:13ccXrK7AmXb4TddMkE7jy" data-name="Everything But The Girl">Everything But The Girl</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:244fcyNSuyhbRlMGfMbYrO" data-name="Badly Drawn Boy">Badly Drawn Boy</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:00FQb4jTyendYWaN8pK0wa" data-name="Lana Del Rey">Lana Del Rey</a>), led to a full album, produced by Phil Saatchi featuring string arrangements by Oscar-winning composer and Art of Noise founder, <a href="spotify:artist:41dLItQx3PSyP6n1AMd87b" data-name="Anne Dudley">Anne Dudley</a> and recorded at AIR studios, London.


&#39;An assured songwriter&#39; Lucy O’Brien, Q

Levers Pulleys &amp; Engines was produced &amp; recorded in Leeds with William Jackson. Reviews followed in Uncut, Mojo, Classic Rock, The Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, IoS (Album of the week) and The Scotsman. Radio support from Bob Harris on BBCR2 &amp; 6 Music with <a href="spotify:artist:6DwtKOBE3ubTsXyRX7wiUz" data-name="Tom Robinson">Tom Robinson</a>
&#39;An immaculately produced example of the singer-songwriter’s art&#39; - Mojo
&#39;A powerful narrative writer&#39; - UNCUT
‘A sterling work of passion, poise and eloquence in song’ - Time Out

&#39;A wonderful, wonderful album&#39; - Bob Harris