Maria MacDonald
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Maria MacDonald

London, Ontario, Canada | SELF

London, Ontario, Canada | SELF
Solo Folk Country

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"Number one on Myspace Charts"

Maria MacDonald was rated as number one on the Canadian country and on the Canadian Folk chart! - Myspace


"Welcome to the LMA Maria!"

Maria MacDonald started singing before she could talk. Her early years were immersed in music. An eight-year-old Maria stunned her first audience, singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in a darkened school gym. Growing up she studied voice with the Royal Conserva- tory of Music and performed in many musicals at Oshawa Little Theatre. After high school she studied voice and drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, New York. Deciding to become a doctor didn’t dampen the music in Maria. The intense human drama of medicine inspired so many songs that the pockets of her scrubs (uniform) filled with new lyrics and melodies. With a stroke of good luck Maria became connected with a Nashville studio, Eagle Canyon Music, and so her album, “Taste the Rain” was born. Her music can be described as jazzed up folk with a touch of country. “Taste the Rain” will be available in September 2010 through mariamacdonald.com, iTunes, Amazon. CDBaby and Rhapsody. Welcome to the LMA Maria! - Crescendo Summer 2010, London Musician's Association


Discography

"Taste the Rain" is my debut album of 12 original songs. The album was recorded and produced in Nashville Tennessee by Eagle Canyon Music. "Taste the Rain" was independently released on November 1, 2010.

Taste the Rain receives regular radio play on Lynchburg, Tennessee: WLIJ radio 1580 AM.

Taste the Rain is streamed on Myspace. On February 21rst, 2011 Maria is rated as the number one country artist and number one folk artist on the Canadian Myspace charts.

Taste the Rain is streamed on CBC radio3. radio3:http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Maria-MacDonald

Maria MacDonald is played on Myspace Internet Radio

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Maria MacDonald is a singer-songwriter living in London, Ontario. Her music is dually inspired by her personal life and her experience as a physician. On her album “Taste the Rain” you’ll find familiar themes of love and heartbreak in the songs “Because of You” and “All the Butterflies are Gone”. You’ll also hear unique songs like “Collecting Pieces” about fighting for the lives of critically ill patients, written when she was the resident doctor in charge of the hospital intensive care unit. "Wake up Little Girl" was written after working several 100-hour weeks is meant to inspire her medical colleagues and all hardworking women in the home and workplace.

Maria began writing songs to entertain her friends and coworkers. After releasing her original album “Taste the Rain”, her clever lyrical style, catchy melodies and heartfelt performances caught on and audiences grew up to 200 people. She was tremendously surprised and grateful to experience the thrill of standing ovations on several occasions. Her popularity has snowballed on MySpace where she has been ranked the #1 Folk and Country artist in Canada most days since February 2011. She has also topped the Myspace global charts in the Folk and Country genres.

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