Rod MacDonald
Singer/songwriter Rod MacDonald was a big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs. After graduating from Columbia Law School and joining the staff of Newsweek, MacDonald elected to become a folksinger in the 1970s. Via the Fast Folk Music Cooperative, MacDonald and others like Richard Meyer, Christine Lavin, and Michael Jerling were an important part of the rebirth of the folk scene in New York in the 1980s. While MacDonald wasn't exactly a new face to New York folk music fans, he began to gain national stature in the early '90s, performing at folk festivals and coffeehouses around the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
MacDonald's songwriting influences include Phil Ochs, Richard Fariña, and Bob Dylan. True to the folk tradition, MacDonald is not afraid to get political, take chances, and perhaps shock some people. Songs like "American Jerusalem," "White Buffalo," and "Every Living Thing" have been covered by his peers and his elders, including musicians Garnet Rogers, Jean Redpath, Gordon Bok, Happy Traum, and Shawn Colvin. MacDonald's place in the folk hall of fame is assured by his "A Sailor's Prayer," a hymn-styled tune that many people have mistaken for a traditional song.
MacDonald issued a pair of albums in the 1980s, No Commercial Traffic in 1983 and White Buffalo in 1985, and two albums by the singer/songwriter appeared on Shanachie Records during the following decade, 1992's Highway to Nowhere and 1994's The Man on the Ledge. And Then He Woke Up and Into the Blue appeared on Gadfly in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and during the new millennium his recordings have included 2002's Recognition, 2005's A Tale of Two Americas, 2009's After the War, and 2011's Songs of Freedom. Rod MacDonald has been based in Florida since the mid-'90s.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Rants And Romance
Pop - Released by Blue Flute Music on Jun. 1, 2023
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Later That Night
Pop - Released by Blue Flute Music on May 15, 2014
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Recognition
Folk - Released by Blue Flute Music on Feb. 10, 2010
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No Commercial Traffic
Folk - Released by Blue Flute Music on Apr. 28, 2014
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Beginning Again
Folk - Released by Blue Flute Music on May 1, 2018
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Into the Blue - European Edition
Pop - Released by Brambus Records & Verlag AG on Jan. 1, 1999
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White Buffalo - European Edition
Pop - Released by Brambus Records & Verlag AG on Jan. 1, 1991
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After the War
Folk - Released by Blue Flute Music on Jan. 1, 2009
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A Tale Of Two Americas
Folk - Released by Wind River on Jan. 1, 2005
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Smallpox
Alternative & Indie - Released by Blue Flute Music on Oct. 20, 2022
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The Last American Worker
Country - Released by Blue Flute Music on May 1, 2012
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Boulevard
Alternative & Indie - Released by Blue Flute Music on Dec. 10, 2020
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The Man On The Ledge
Folk - Released by Shanachie on Jan. 1, 1994
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This One - European Edition
Pop - Released by Brambus Records & Verlag AG on Jan. 1, 2008
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Recognition - European Edition
Pop - Released by Brambus Records & Verlag AG on Jan. 1, 2002
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And Then He Woke Up - European Edition
Pop - Released by Brambus Records & Verlag AG on Jan. 1, 1996
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Uncomfortable (Family Band Version)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Blue Flute Music on Nov. 7, 2023
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Cry Freedom
Alternative & Indie - Released by Blue Flute Music on Nov. 3, 2022
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The King
Alternative & Indie - Released by Blue Flute Music on Dec. 10, 2020
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