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MP3 Norma MacDonald - Nothing is Where it Was
11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Folk Rock, COUNTRY: Country Folk
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Norma is a Virgo. She likes ice cream and fire trucks. Sometimes she wishes cats and dogs would just get along. She is bothered by exclamation points but is a big fan of ellipses…
Norma grew up in Cape Breton. She played trombone in the junior high band before deciding it was too heavy and switched to the clarinet. She hasn’t touched either since grade nine. At 17 she moved to Halifax to go to university. In her second year of school she bought her first guitar. She earned a https://www.tradebit.com in Biology from Dalhousie and has been working as a musician ever since. Her parents are OK with that (now…).
For six years Norma fronted a very successful east coast folk act called Highland Heights. The band released three albums and toured Canada extensively, with stints in the U.S. and Europe. She really wishes she had taken more pictures. Acting as a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin, accordion), lead vocalist, and front person, Norma honed her skills as an entertainer. In the meantime, she has been fine tuning her craft as a songwriter. Churning out songs for the last decade, she figured it was high time to do some recording on her own.
September 2005 marks the release of Norma’s solo debut, a rootsy little gem called Nothing is Where it Was. The album was recorded at Ultramagnetic Studios in Halifax and was co-produced by Charles Austin (Matt Mays, Joel Plaskett). Her folk influences are evident but are given some edge with hints of rock and a bit of twang. The writing is primarily inspired by the intricate workings of human relationships. Whether it be a waitress dealing with a difficult customer (“Annaline”) or the musings of a couple who have lost there way in a strange city (“Lost in Boston”) Norma attempts to embrace the idiosyncrasies that keep us from ever fully understanding each other. The songs are delivered with a voice that is powerful but fragile, evoking emotion from unexpected places.
A fan once remarked of Norma’s voice “It’s like Sarah McLachlan meets Johnnie Cash”. She was flattered, but confused. Perhaps more accurate is Stephen Cooke of the Chronicle Herald’s assessment, “a charmingly bright voice…with a hint of earthy twang. Either way, she just really likes to sing. Her influences range from Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris to Wilco , Lucinda Williams, and Bruce Springsteen. She hopes you come out to hear her sometime soon...
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