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Norma MacDonald: Morning You Wake (2011)
Norma MacDonald is a creature of dichotomy; joy/sadness, city/town, past/future, art/science, dog/cat. Her music reflects the mixed feelings of one who is in a constant state of flux along these spectrums and the nostalgia felt for both extremes.
The New Waterford, Nova Scotia native's third album “Morning You Wake”, produced by Halifax multi-instrumentalist Phil Sedore (Amelia Curran, Catherine MacLellan), is undoubtedly the songwriter’s most diverse collection of sounds and stories to date. From the starry-eyed waltz Bright as you Dare, to the Neko Case-ean Comeback Kid to the elegiac Springsteen flood-of-emotion of Swollen Sky, her sound mixes the sincerity and grit of car stereo old-country with the polish and sophistication of satellite radio North-Americana. This latest recording also finds MacDonald tackling her hometown’s history; Blackhearts of the Company is based on the life of William Davis, a coal miner that was shot and killed by mining company police during a protest i
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Norma MacDonald: the forest for the trees (2008)
Seamlessly melds old-school country sensibilities with modern influences (Wilco, Patty Griffin, Bruce Springsteen) without losing so much as a drop of authenticity.
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Norma MacDonald: Nothing is Where it Was (2005)
A alt-country songstress with a break-your-heart voice and carefully crafted tunes that run the range from lush pop to earthy twangers...
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Marcus Goldhaber: The Moment After (2006)
Marcus Goldhaber brings an intimate voice and a raw and oh-so-smooth approach to straigh-ahead Jazz. His quartet has a unique sound with a blend that seems to make everything else in life simply go away.
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Richard Shulman & Samuel Welsh: Keeper of the Holy Grail: Sacred Attunements through Music (1997)
Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Piano and Synthesizers; Twelve orchestral musicians plus choir enhance Shulman's exquisite keyboards and spiritual attunements by Samuel Welsh expressing love, joy, and Divine grace
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