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Stephen MacDonald

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"Pure and honest, Stephen MacDonald's music breathes real life. With poetic dissection, he breaks down the world around us and hands it back to listeners with courageous truth. Stephen's calmly blunt style is refreshing. His debut album, Building Hands, is the culmination of first looks at the world, as well as at himself. An analytical eye, a heart of gold, and genuine concern for the future are woven throughout this beautifully resilient album." -- Katherine Cota (Spindlebell.com)Press: "Stephen MacDonald’s debut album, Building Hands, reeks of optimistic honesty that's as refreshing as it is contagious. Simple lyrics and chords are married together in peaceful harmony that touches the soul and pleases the ear."-- SouthCoast247.com"This year, he self-released a completely mind-blowing CD. The lyrics, the music, the voice… all perfect...Stephen MacDonald is the complete singer-songwriter package, thus earning title of Best New Act of 2008."-- Local Best Of 2008"Rock, pop, and hip-hop rule the mainstream, but the turn of the century has brought the birth of a new crop of singer-songwriters — Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst), Iron and Wine (Samuel Beam), and recently Bon Iver (Justin Vernon) and Devendra Banhart. Plymouth singer-songwriter Stephen MacDonald is part of the reemergence."-- Old Colony Memorial"A final testament to MacDonald’s freshness lies in his ability to avoid the pessimistic trend of recent times. Though his lyrics might speak of a time of sadness or hard times, there is most always a positive message present. Perhaps we can all learn a thing or two from Stephen MacDonald’s lofty optimistic folk sensibilities."-- Article from Hard Rain Magazine"I missed a couple acts, and all apologies to those I missed, but the singer who closed out the three-hour show first reminded me of Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes. He was Stephen MacDonald...Brilliant work from a rising singer/songwriter."-- Take Me To Your Music BlogInterview in Hard Rain Magazine

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Member Since: 05/06/2007
Band Website: stephenmacdonald.muxtape.com
Band Members: Stephen MacDonald - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics, etc.The Okay Win is:
Matt Jones
Ryan Ward
JM Craven
Slate Powers
Influences: A soft colored light.
Sounds Like: 1. Give 'Em Hell 2. Shake 3. Abuse! 4. Church Town 5. Trying To Be Bold 6. Hey Hey Mr. 7. My Oh My 8. Able Bodied 9. Antique 10. Puppet Strings 11. Bullhorn 12. I'll Tell Them, Children...You DO NOT need paypal to order an album. Just click on the link which says "continue to checkout" and proceed from there. If you don't have a credit/debit card then send me a message or email me at [email protected] and we can make arrangements. Also, if there is any problem with the disc you receive you can email that address as well.Click below to order album on Itunes!For All Booking, Press, Etc. email [email protected]
Record Label: Bedroom Studies Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Rain Rain Rain

Quick update.It's hard to believe it's summer consider it feels like it hasn't stopped raining in 3 weeks here in Massachusetts. Perhaps some sun will come out for 4th of July.Recording has been going...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Recording #1

Hey,I hope everyone is doing well and gearing up for summer.I just wanted to let everyone know that recording officially began yesterday for the new record. We did a lot of mapping out for the songs, ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:53:00 GMT

Vote for me

Hey everyone, Go here: http://thephoenix.com/BMP/Boston/vote/SingerSongwriter/# ;TOPCONTENT Write in Stephen MacDonald and cast your ballot. You'll have to type in your name and email t...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:05:00 GMT

News News News

Hey everyone,It's late and I'm pretty beat, so I'm not sure if i'll remember everything I wanted to write. Lets try...First thing, I will be taking part in the Campfire Festival this weekend at the fa...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 22:49:00 GMT

Live set w/ The Okay Win

Want to hear a live set w/ The Okay Win? Well now you can. At our show last night at The Space in Connecticut we had our set recorded. You can hear the half hour set by going to: Stephenmacdonal...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 20:44:00 GMT

A lot of stuff including Northeast shows.

Hello,A bunch of things to update on, so let's go.I'll be on the road for a few days in the coming week. Thursday night I'll be playing in Providence. On Friday night I am playing in Keyport, New Jers...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:19:00 GMT

Tweet Tweet

You can now follow me on twitter at twitter.com/SMMacDonaldIt's bound to be a busy time with writing, shows, and recording so now you can keep up to date.More news coming soon.Stephen
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:28:00 GMT

Thanks, Photos, Etc.

Hey Everyone,First things first, I want to say thank you to everyone who came out to the show at TT The Bears last night. It was by far the most fun I've ever had playing and every band was spot on. A...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:02:00 GMT

You can ask me questions

I'm going to start utilizing things such a youtube a bit more. You can already go on and see some live videos of me by going to youtube.com/stephenmacdonaldmaAnyways, I'm going to start doing some "ge...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:37:00 GMT

New Demos

I've started recording a new batch of demos. I decided to post 3 rough ones that I did in my room. I'm pretty excited at the potential of the songs. I hope you enjoy them.i'll have a more detailed upd...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:14:00 GMT