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Barbara McDonald and John Perkins have so many musical influences in their armoury that they don't always want to stick to a single genre. That would be their idea of prison, so to enable them to experiment without upsetting their usual singer/songwriter fan base they have formed the McDonald-Perkins Band.
The band has already had chart success on the internet with songs ranging in genre from 'country rock' to retro 80's with a modern edge. The latter being the genre of their internet chart success in 'City Of Lies (Brat Pack Confidential)' a track co written with their friend Phil Watts and inspired by the book Brat Pack Confidential by Steven Davies and Andrew Pulver.
The above mentioned track can be purchased at Soundclick.com as a single track or part of a special edition Soundclick album. Hear more of their music on this player below.
Now playing: immg's station - Barb & JP's My Space Radio
At the above page you can also hear a track called 'Marie Elena,' which they recorded with Andrew Gold. (he produced the track when he was in Nashville) That track will be on the next regular album by them........
Last year (2006) they produced a cover version of their song 'Instead Of Saying Goodbye' with Kari J Murphy singing the lead vocals but using the McDonald-Perkins Band arrangements and musicians. We have since posted the original McDonald-Perkins Band version for you to hear. .......
Specially for the romantic season we have also posted 'Lay Me Down' which comes from the album 'Madmen & Lovers' and is still available for download at iTunes and on CD at CD Baby.com among many other outlets.
Now the newest release comes as a movie soundtrack for a film called 'Portraits of Sari' which features the song '64 Crayons' by this band. The track features the wonderful backing vocals of their Italian friend Val (see her in the friends area below) and already hit 1 on the AAA chart at soundclick.com without promotion. You heard it here first. The movie premieres in November. Meanwhile, having now seen the movie, we want to congratulate Dan Magro and all the cast and crew on making a very enjoyable movie, and wish every success to all involved. We also ask that you support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation charity this movie team is supporting. Watch this space for more news.
1st trailer for 'Portraits Of Sari' directed by Daniel Magro
Alongside 'Madmen & Lovers,' some of the work by other artists they have produced is available on CD here:
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Member Since: 10/11/2006
Band Website: intermetmusic.com/intermet/index.php?artistpage=mcdonald-per kinsband.html
Band Members: Barbara McDonald and John Perkins with various other helpers along the way, who have included Jill Sansores, Valeria Del Prete, Andrew Gold, Colette Nicholls, Paul Morgan, Dave Mumford, Andy Margrett, Denis Schiavon, Jimmy Chambers, Bo and Ron Walton, Derek and Jim from their band (Life), Benny and many others.
Influences: Many and varied from Fleetwood Mac to John Lennon, Sarah McLachlan to Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt.................................................... ...............REVIEWS: For all it's familiarity make no mistake, this is somewhere new, somewhere new and exciting......Ms McDonald's voice is a place where an Eurythmics Annie Lennox would meet Joni Mitchell for lunch, and would be served coffee by Shania Twain. - Lyndon Johnson, Independent UK Journalist & broadcaster - 1999 ............................................................ .........................an appealing, contemplative singer/songwriter along the lines of Sarah McLachlan and Shawn Colvin (or if you want to go further back, you can note the parallels between McDonald's songs and the reflections of Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell).....AMG Rating = Good -- Alex Henderson, All-Music Guide..........Sounding neither angry nor mousy -- the two main paradigms lately -- BARBARA McDONALD sings in a gutsy, sincere style informed by classic soul, Joni Mitchell, and Rickie Lee Jones. Steve Holtje, Editor CDNOW, New York .......... .................The trans-Atlantic production (done in both Pennsylvania and England is smooth and slick. - Tom Lounges - Midwest Beat/May 1999......................Production and songwriting Review - "Instead of Saying Goodbye" is a full band production, pop ballad with enough sensibility to be played happily on any easy listening station around the English speaking world. It's heartfelt vocal work and smooth production are of a high standard - not a bad introduction to this reviewer's aural dinner table at all. The instruments create a fitting sound bed on which the sumptuous vocals sit - or more, float above, contained in an airspace all of their own without being mixed offensively of course.......this track is strong. I'd recommend it to anyone who feels like listening to something relaxing, inoffensive and tasteful... - Review written by John Paul Carroll - Soundclick reviewer - New Zealand
Sounds Like: Teen spirit ;-) Couldn't resist LOL. Not trying to sound like anyone and so many people have tried to attach likenesses to Barbara's voice ranging from Rickie Lee Jones to Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon to Annie Lennox, that one would get totally confused trying. Likewise John has been likened to Elvis Costello, John Lennon, Luka Bloom and others. We suggest they sound like themselves.Barbara's debut album Madmen & Lovers still available for download at iTunes and on CD at CD Baby.com among many other outlets.

Record Label: InterMet Records
Type of Label: Indie

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FREE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

Free download on Valentines Day only, for all those romantics out there ..... LAY ME DOWN will be available on that day so help yourselves to a dose of romantic novel in a song :-) Have a wonde...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:38:00 PST

Portraits Of Sari

Just heard that the film premiere in Center City is being advertised by posters in Starbuck's too. How cool is that? :-)
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:55:00 PST

Love versus Ego

Read this recently in a bulletin reposted on the bulletin board ..... and it is so true. "Whatever is in your heart that is not clean, not true, will ultimately begin to act like a wall, obstruct...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:12:00 PST

even more thanks for another 1 hit.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for another 1 hit at Soundclick with our movie soundtrack song 64 Crayons. Hope you will support the movie it comes from, 'Portraits Of Sari,' when it is released in th...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:23:00 PST

Thank you ....

Hey everyone Thanks for all the encouraging feedback on the new song '64 Crayons.' Getting the track down in time for the movie was quite a challenge, but has proved rewarding in so many ways. It went...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

movie soundtrack song delivered to film makers

Hi Our song '64 Crayons' was delivered to the makers of 'Portraits Of Sari' today. Recording it has been a roller coaster ride these last few days. First of all our grateful thanks go to Val for the g...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:55:00 PST

Reviews ...still getting them :-)

Got this further encouragement from a fellow artist ....... She writes:"Hi - I've been playing your original version of "Instead of Saying Goodbye" on my little station for a while now, and I just hea...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:48:00 PST

More reviews ...

Here are some other reviews of our music ... For all it's familiarity make no mistake, this is somewhere new, somewhere new and exciting......Ms McDonald's voice is a place where an Eurythmics Annie L...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:22:00 PST

Praise and credit for our work :-)

Back in 2006 JP produced an album by Kari J Murphy which included our song 'Instead Of Saying Goodbye,' and a song of his own called 'Sweet, Sweet Lies.' Now you can hear our original version of 'Ins...
Posted by McDonald-Perkins Band on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:38:00 PST