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About Me

Always the Bridesmaid never the Bride... no more. After years of acting as sideman for the who’s who of the Canadian independant music scene, Neil MacDonald steps up to the plate to deliver a grand slam debut release. With funding from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Neil was able to choose who he wanted to produce, namely Laurence Currie, infamous for his black coffee, meat and potatoes guitar approach that you can hear on records by bands like Sloan, Wintersleep, and the Ghandharvas. The songs are no frills, heavy on melody, and immediately singable. The record charted very well across Canada upon it’s National release, and has been featured on CKUA’s Nightcap, and CBC’s Key of A. The record has also recieved rave reviews in american and swiss fanzines, and continues to sell very well on itunes and pure tracks. The band was also recorded by CBC’s Canada live crew and is available at concerts on demand on the CBC website.Watch out for this one... good clean fun.-Jonny IrelandI edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Website: neilmacdonald.com
Band Members: Band mates have included talents such as Darren Vanstone, John Lovell, Carson Jans, Jon Phillips, Stew Kirkwood, and Gregory J Ferguson.
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My Blog

Picture of Someone You Need "Top Album" on Swissrecords.ch

........Check out www.swissrecords.chNew review!
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:28:00 PST

Kool Kat Musik

Kool Kat Musik have added Picture of Someone You Need to their online catalogue. If you haven't before, go see how the indy kats roll in Jersey...http://www.koolkatmusik.com/...
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:37:00 PST

Canada Live CBC Radio 2 Full Line Up

Thursday, 17 January, from Edmonton Concert 1 Known for bringing the sound of Afro-Cuban jazz to Alberta audiences, Bomba has kept the mojitos flowing since their debut release in 2001. ...
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:32:00 PST

tNMb on CBC Radio 2 Canada Live

On thursday Jan 17th at 8pm GMT, we'll be featured on the national broadcast of CBC Radio 2 Canada LIve. They will play the live performance of a show we did at the Powerplant , U of A Campus, in June...
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

CBC Recording live at The Power Plant

Come see us and the Beefeeders this Saturday. CBC is recording the show to broadcast on Canada Live, CBC radio 2.
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:40:00 PST

Thank You

To all who come see me at the chicken wing shows and buy my records. It's you who makes actually making a living doing this bearable. Come see a show, and say hey. And to the rest of you... ...
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:39:00 PST

The Ballad of Benny Paret

Amazing story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Paret
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:41:00 PST

Canadian Music Eh? Promotes tNMb

Props to http://www.myspace.com/canadianmusiceh for featuring the band on their site. Check them out, add them as a friend, leave them a comment. We're glad to be part of the thriving...
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:20:00 PST

CBC's Aimee Hill's picks Starlight Room Show

Tune into CBC's The In Crowd this thursday at 5:45pm to hear The Starlite Room become their pick of the week - Devilsplender and tNMb.
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:16:00 PST

Feature Artist on Luka and Nightcap CKUA Thursady March 8th

Two servings of thanks to Albertan Musical Superhero, Luka Symons. She is featuring the new record on her kick ass show, Luka and Nightcap. If you haven't heard it before check it out Monday thro...
Posted by the Neil MacDonald Band on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:13:00 PST