Tara McDonald
| Tara McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tara Jane McDonald |
| Born |
September 9, 1987 Dartford, United Kingdom |
| Genres | House, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Radio personality on Dash Radio |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Mercury Records, Universal Music Europe |
| Associated acts | Snoop Dogg, Axwell, David Guetta, Armand van Helden, Nicky Romero, Todd Terry, Kenny Dope, DJ Sneak, Funkerman, Roberto Bellarosa, Quentin Mosimann, Angger Dimas |
| Website | taramcdonald |
Tara Jane McDonald is an English-Irish songwriter and vocalist signed to Mercury/Universal records and equal rights & LGBTQ activist. Tara achieved success working and co-writing with Armand Van Helden and Axwell on the chart hits 'My My My' and 'Feel the Vibe'. Both these projects debuted at No. 1 in the club charts before peaking in the UK sales charts at No. 12 and No. 16, respectively. She has also collaborated with Todd Terry, co-writing the song "Get Down", and with David Guetta, co-writing "Delirious" and "You Are Not Alone" on his album Pop Life.
McDonald hosts her own dance music radio show called "I Like This Beat" (formerly called "Shut Up & Dance"), a one-hour show currently syndicated in 40+ countries and 50+ stations across the world, which is also released as a free podcast through iTunes.
At the start of 2012, McDonald worked as an assistant vocal coach on the first series of the TV show The Voice in Belgium alongside the French pop star Quentin Mosimann. The winner of this series, Roberto Bellarosa, was from their team and went on to sign a recording contract with Sony Music.
McDonald signed a three-album deal with Mercury/Universal in 2012 and her debut album is set to be released in 2017. In 2014, McDonald released a new single featuring Snoop Dogg called "Vay-K". Tara McDonald is the current host of "I Like This Beat" on Dash Radio.
McDonald was born in Dartford, England to Irish/English parents. She was named after the Queen of Ireland and the Hill of Tara. At the age of 9, Tara performed in Les Miserables as Eponine at The Palace Theatre in the West End of London. Representing Great Britain, she won the Danny Kaye Award, presented by Audrey Hepburn, at the UNICEF International Song Contest for the song "Make Your Own Rainbow". McDonald became a child ambassador for UNICEF for a year, promoting and campaigning for the "rights of the child" throughout Europe and also Africa. She also performed in the NYMT (National Youth Music Theatre) production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Jude Law for the Edinburgh festival, and later won the juvenile lead part in a musical called St. Bernadette at the Dominion Theatre in London; the part was also played by Martine McCutcheon. McDonald was schooled at the Italia Conti stage school then later moved to the BRIT School.
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