I have to confess I know very little about Norma MacDonald. Her bio is quite interesting:
Born in Cape Breton, MacDonald is a staple of the Halifax music scene. Her fourth album, Burn the Tapes (2015) was included in the Polaris Prize 2016 “Longer List”. It debuted at #3 on the national Earshot Folk/Roots chart the week of its release and stayed there for months. It was nominated as Americana/Bluegrass album of the year by Music Nova Scotia. MacDonald’s third album Morning you Wake received glowing reviews in Canada, the U.S and Europe. It received three Music Nova Scotia nominations in 2011 (Female Solo, Folk and Country/Bluegrass Recording of the Year).
MacDonald is a frequent collaborator, having sung on dozens of albums by her contemporaries, and is a member of the Halifax folk-rock supergroup Bend the River. When not behind the mic, Norma works as an ER nurse and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree.
Mike Ritchie played a track from her forthcoming lp Old Future on sunday and I was really taken with it. That track was Your Wedding Day (crying through your ex’s wedding (even though you know leaving was the right thing) and it was absolutely outstanding, unfortunately I cannot as yet find a link to that track but hopefully I will be able to update this post in due course. I will be checking out her lp.
Meanwhile another couple of tracks, one the lead from Old Future.
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