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  A fine finger-style guitarist with a precise baritone voice; Kray write songs, tell stories and summons heroes.

 "We are driven by myth and the seasons of the heart," he says. “There is a reason for hero stories, hidden in plain sight and cloaked in the everyday. The dragons look different, the monsters wear suits, the quest hides behind the mundane and appears utterly futile, but the work is the same. Everyone, of every identity and history, has a verse in the shouted poetry of dawn, the quest towards a common humanity free from Empire."

Rod was a “big part of the 1980’s folk music revival in Greenwich Village Clubs”.

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His original songs, such as “American Jerusalem,” “White Buffalo” and “Every Living Thing” have been recorded by Shawn Colvin, Garnet Rogers, Four Bitchin’ Babes, Happy Traum, Joe Jencks and others.

 What the Critics have to say:

-   Rod MacDonald’s work is “pointed and prophetic, with melodies that ring, resonate and make emphatic impressions,” (Goldmine August 2023).

-   “One of Ten Magnificent Musicians of Palm Beach County” (Palm Beach Post), he’s in festivals, concerts and clubs in the US, Europe and Australia.

-   “He has never stopped writing songs of scope and daring, nor singing in his high, sweet voice.” (Boston Herald)

-   “Pure emotive tenor and stirring, catchy tunes,… Add thoughtful lyrics that touch on a variety of political and social issues, and you have a remarkable artist.”  (All-Music Guide)

 Already being hailed as “the next Woody Guthrie,” Nashville resident Crys Matthews is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice music-makers. A powerful lyricist whose songs of compassionate dissent reflect her lived experience as what she lightheartedly calls "the poster child for intersectionality," Justin Hiltner of Bluegrass Situation called Matthews’s gift "a reminder of what beauty can occur when we bridge those divides."

In her own words, Matthews says her mission is: "to amplify the voices
of the unheard, to shed light on the unseen, and to be a steadfast reminder that hope and love are the truest pathways to equity and justice." Her new album is an embodiment of and a testament to that mission.

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