Carson McColl
Musician
Carson McColl is a musician, artist and poet who resides in London. Born in Glasgow in 1985, he studied at the University of Glasgow. McColl's musical work is often politically provocative, combining his tender gothic poetry with the re-appropriation of traditional music forms such as the Scottish Ballad. His first solo EP, Ballad of a Ropeburn, was recorded in Paris in 2009. In September 2009, he starred as the sole figure in fashion designer Gareth Pugh's art film launched at New York Fashion Week.
McColl has been featured in The New York Times, magazines such as Some/Things, Sand Bleu and i-D and has been shot by photographers including Nick Knight and Jean Baptiste Mondino. He is currently recording his second solo EP; completing his first book of poetry and writing an opera with Michele Lamy, due to be performed in 2010.
