She is well known within the British Folk scene although her music references Americana, Blues, Jazz and Rockabilly genres, and is influenced by the style of the Beatnik subculture.
She has worked with musicians such as Marc Ribot, Mike West, Danny Schmidt, Karine Polwart and Inge Thomson, and opened for Suzanne Vega, Eddi Reader and Capercaillie.
McGee recorded an album for Ugly Man entitled Little Things which was never released, although the title track and original artwork sketches by Peter Seal were included in the re-release of Honeysuckle in 2010.
McGee has worked in the studio with producers John Wood, Boo Hewerdine, Neill MacColl, Mike West and Mat Martin.
The group was premiered at the 2008 Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, opening for Capercaillie,[6] and went on to perform McGee's material from 2008–2011 in collaboration with many guest artists including Karine Polwart, Inge Thomson and Christopher Cundy.
The album also featured an appearance from James Steel of The Brute Chorus, who McGee collaborated with again in 2010 on a split single, "Wife" / "Alligator Teeth".
A motif from the song is also featured throughout Rick Smith's film score On 5 October 2013, she performed at the "De Coninckplein" in Antwerp, Belgium.