From North Carolina and Yorkshire, you can expect poetic and beautifully authentic lyrics with incredibly tight harmonies. “Unstoppable… When Our Atlantic Roots play, you listen” - BBC Radio Cornwall
Indie duo, Our Atlantic Roots (Mac and Laura Johnston), bring an uplifting blend of American & British alt-folk, with harmonies that are rich, dynamic and unite beautifully. Mac’s guitar playing is full of character and accompanies lyrics that are both poetic and direct, hopeful and authentic.
“One of the pleasant surprises of my summer music festival season… a synergy of poetic songs and intense harmonies, Our Atlantic Roots exuded an effortless and charming natural stage presence. Expect to hear more of them” - Geoff Lakeman
"The audience were mesmerised!… Our Atlantic Roots delivered one hour of pure magic” - Cornwall Folk Festival
The husband/wife duo met in Asheboro, North Carolina in August 2012. Just a few weeks after meeting, Mac and Laura discovered each others love of music and song writing and sat down to write their first song together and straight away people commented on the way their voices and styles complimented each other and to this day, that is something that the duo are constantly praised for – if you love solid vocal harmonies, you’ll love Our Atlantic Roots.
In 2014 the duo married and relocated to the UK. September 2017 saw the release of Mac and Laura’s debut EP ‘First Light’ recorded with award-winning folk producer Andy Bell (Bellowhead, Sam Sweeney, Jon Boden) . In 2019, the duo released their second EP ‘Little Bird’, which has since had over 2 million streams on Spotify alone.
In the last two years, Ellie has released the EP From Here on Out and followed that with her latest single Against the Tide which earned her a TedX talk. These songs have been toured widely, both in headline shows and support slots for critically acclaimed artists, up and down the UK.