Tracyanne Campbell
Tracy Anne Campbell (born 18 May 1974) is a Scottish singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the Glasgow-based indie pop band Camera Obscura.
Tracyanne Campbell

Aislinn Ritchie from Belfast, Northern Ireland · Camera Obscura - Electric Picnic. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Name
- Tracyanne Campbell
- Birth Name
- Tracy Anne Campbell
- Born
- 18 May 1974
- Birthplace
- Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Tracy Anne Campbell (born 18 May 1974) is a Scottish singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the Glasgow-based indie pop band Camera Obscura.
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Tracyanne Campbell (born 1974) is a British composer, guitarist and lyricist, among other activities. The composer was born in Glasgow. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Tracyanne Campbell • Birth Name — Tracy Anne Campbell • Landscape — yes • Born — 18 May 1974 • Birthplace — Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland • Origin — Glasgow, Scotland • Genre — Indie pop • Years Active — 1996–present • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — * Vocals • guitar • Label — Merge • Current Member Of — * Camera Obscura • Tracyanne & Danny
Career
Career
Born in Uphall, West Lothian, Campbell founded Camera Obscura alongside John Henderson and Gavin Dunbar in Glasgow in 1996. The band released Biggest Bluest Hi Fi (2001), Underachievers Please Try Harder (2003), Let's Get Out of This Country (2006), My Maudlin Career (2009), Desire Lines (2013), and Look to the East, Look to the West (2024). The band has collaborated with Tucker Martine, Stuart Murdoch and Peter Bjorn and John. Campbell has also worked on the project Tracyanne & Danny alongside English musician Danny Coughlan. In May 2018 they released their self-titled studio album on Merge Records. In 2026 Campbell was featured singing on the song "Bad Husband" which was the third track from the album Ever The Optimist by The Trashcan Sinatras.
Personal life
Personal life
Campbell dated Stuart Murdoch, the lead vocalist of the band Belle and Sebastian, for three years in the 2000s. After bandmate and friend Carey Lander died in 2015, Campbell wrote Lander's obituary for the Guardian.

Camera Obscura performing at the Fillmore (San Francisco, California)
Moses · Camera Obscura 6

Camera Obscura performing at the Fillmore (San Francisco, California)
Moses · Camera Obscura 7
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- 1.Birth registers. Scotland's People.
- 2.Jack, Malcolm. Tracyanne & Danny: the indie duo turning grief into guitar pop. The Guardian. 31 May 2018.
- 3.Rodrick, Stephen. More Songs About Feelings and Women. The New York Times. 2009-06-26. 0362-4331.
- 4.Campbell, Tracyanne. Carey Lander remembered by Tracyanne Campbell. The Guardian. 27 December 2015.
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