# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doug-macleod
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:41:27.774Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doug-macleod"
name: "Doug MacLeod"
slug: "doug-macleod"
description: "Doug MacLeod is an American acoustic blues storyteller, songwriter, and guitarist. He previously served as the voice for the Blues Showcase of Continental Airlines. Over his career, MacLeod has won multiple Blues Music Awards, including Acoustic Artist of the Year in 2023. His albums A Soul To Claim and Raw Blues 1 received positive critical reception, with DownBeat awarding a 4-star review to A Soul To Claim, and Raw Blues 1 winning the 2024 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album of the Year. His subsequent release, Between Somewhere and Goodbye, won the 2026 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album of the Year."
tagline: "American blues musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doug_mcleod9529.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-04-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.73
  momentum:             7.058823529411764
  historical:           7.01584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.doug-macleod.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/752194"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "دوغ ماكليود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "دوج ماكليود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_MacLeod_(Musiker)"
    title: "Doug MacLeod (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_MacLeod_(musician)"
    title: "Doug MacLeod (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_MacLeod"
    title: "Doug MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B3"
    title: "Маклауд, Даг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8a53e168-c1f1-4b55-ac96-da3a69d9e240"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1251796"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump