Catchy hooks, masterful performances on violin, piano, and viola… is there anything singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Allie McIntosh can’t do? With her heartfelt piano, and thumping kick drum, McIntosh’s most recent release, “Want you to stay”, shows an authentic musician with artistic instincts and abilities well beyond her years. Recorded in part in her bedroom and in part at Minneapolis’s Hideaway Studios with super-producer Joe Mabbott (Snoop Dog, Atmosphere, Doomtree), the single is a strong advocate for her creative talent.
Sixteen-year-old Allie McIntosh has been playing music since the age of four. A bonafide wunderkind, she was excelling at classical violin, viola, and piano by the time she entered middle school; but her musical curiosities extended far beyond the notes on the page. At only nine, her original song Pachyderm Plea was featured in a video by the international elephant and rhino protection NGO the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. From then on, rigorous classical study was paired with explorations on guitar, ukulele, and in Logic pro.
Allie has performed at legendary Twin Cities venues like The Target Center, Minneapolis Convention Center, The Guthrie Theater, Pryes Brewing, The Parkway, The Ice House, The Treasury and many more. In the summer of 2020, she was selected as the youngest ever participant for NYU’s 2020 Summer Songwriters Workshop, working with legendary writers Phil Galdston, Maia Sharpe, and Barry Eastmond. Allie has recently graduated from high school at the age of sixteen, and she’s just getting started…
