Archive for Brand New Eyes
The Train of Change
The song “The Train of Change” was being born around 2007 in Costa da Caparica Portugal, before President Obama was elected. During this European tour I saw hope, love, joy, and a vision of peace just about everywhere I went. President Obama served two terms and this song slowly drifted from my awareness. Then with the killing of George Floyd, I saw America rise up and say ‘Enough Is Enough’! I watched as so many…
Las Vegas Review Journal Features Doug MacLeod
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has a fantastic and lengthy new feature on Reference Recordings artist Doug MacLeod: “Doug MacLeod picked up a bass guitar as a teenager because girls liked it. When that attention faded, he took to the microphone. Girls liked that even more. Now that he thinks about it, much of his musical career comes back to the same source. “It’s all about the girls,” says the blues singer… “A lot of people…
Doug MacLeod Nominated 2013 Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year
The Blues Foundation has released their 2013 Blues Music Awards nominees, and there is a familiar name up for Acoustic Artist of the Year — Doug MacLeod! Doug MacLeod will be releasing his next recording, There’s A Time, on Reference Recordings in March 2013, and he isn’t the only artist on the coming CD on the list. There’s A Time drummer, Jimi Bott is nominated for the “Instrumentalist – Drums” award! So congratulations to Doug…
Blues Blast Magazine Features Doug MacLeod
Blues Blast Magazine features Doug MacLeod on the cover of their newest issue, and has a wonderful lengthy interview. We’ll excerpt some of the great interview, but you can read the full thing on TheBluesBlast.com! “Singer, song-writer and guitarist Doug MacLeod is one engaging individual. He’s the kind of guy whose easy-going approach and dis-arming smile make it impossible not to find him likable. Stories roll off his tongue easier and more gracefully than a…
Doug MacLeod interviewed in Belgian publication Het Goor Gooreind
Doug MacLeod has been bringing the blues to the European continent as of late, and was recently interviewed in the Belgian publication Het Goor Gooreind in an article headlined by Doug’s quote “You have to listen to as much music as you can.” Here are some quotes from the interview, and you can catch a translation of the interview in its entirety on Doug’s website www.doug-macleod.com: Julian: “B.B. King’s guitar is called Lucille. What’s yours…
UK’s Blues and Rhythm reviews Brand New Eyes
The UK publication Blues & Rhythm has a new review of Doug MacLeod’s Blues Music Awards nominated release Brand New Eyes: “With over 25 years in the business, sixteen studio albums, several live records, and two DVDs, Doug MacLeod has steadily earned fulsome praise…He is an exceptional guitarist, with a rich and poignant voice, singing original songs that are based on his own life and experiences. This new album is acoustic, all original, and mostly…
Just a couple weeks from the Blues Music Awards
We are only a couple of weeks away from the 33rd Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee. Why is that important? Because Fresh! From Reference Recordings artist Doug MacLeod has been nominated for TWO BMAs! Brand New Eyes was nominated for the Acoustic Album of the Year and Doug was nominated as the Acoustic Artist of the Year! Doug will also be performing at the Awards ceremonies in the Memphis Cook Convention Center at 8:00pm…
Doug MacLeod on WYCE & GRTV!
Doug MacLeod is featured in a wonderful, wonderful new video on Songs From the Second Floor in a collaboration between GRTV, WYCE, and The Rapidian! Watch as Doug explains and plays his Reference Recordings release’s title track Brand New Eyes! BRAND NEW EYES with Blues Master Doug MacLeod FR-703 MacLeod has been a beacon of unquestionably honest roots-music since the 1970s. On Brand New Eyes, he presents 11 original songs. He is the rare artist…
Doug MacLeod Interviewed on WCSB’s Steve’s Folk
Doug MacLeod recently went on the show Steve’s Folk hosted by Steve Traina on WCSB 89.3 FM — Cleveland. Watch the wonderful 20-minute interview full of music right here: BRAND NEW EYES with Blues Master Doug MacLeod FR-703 MacLeod has been a beacon of unquestionably honest roots-music since the 1970s. On Brand New Eyes, he presents 11 original songs. He is the rare artist who writes and sings songs that are based on his own…
StereoTimes Reviews “Brand New Eyes”
Audiophile Magazine, The StereoTimes recently published their February edition of reviews titled “New Vocal Treasures” and just so happen to feature Fresh! From Reference Recordings artist Doug MacLeod and his release Brand New Eyes! From The StereoTimes: “And then there is the Master of Acoustic Blues, (the Gatekeeper to Reso-Phonic Guitar Heaven), Doug Macleod, on his latest recording from Reference Recordings’ Fresh Label, entitled Brand New Eyes [Fresh FR-703]… The pairing of Macleod with recording…
Doug MacLeod and Brand New Eyes Nominated For Blues Music Awards
Yesterday The Blues Foundation announced their 2012 Blues Music Awards Nominees, and it was a great day for RR and Doug MacLeod! Fresh! From Reference Recordings release Brand New Eyes featuring Doug MacLeod was nominated for the Award for Acoustic Album of the Year, and Doug MacLeod himself was nominated for the Acoustic Artist of the Year award! Nominations in Two Categories! If you are a Blues Foundation Member (or want to be), you can…
Doug MacLeod on Window of Opportunity
Tony Copple (left) and David Humphreys of CKCU A couple of weeks ago, Doug MacLeod was at Alcorn Studios in Ottowa Canada and CKCU’s “Window of Opportunity” host Tony Copple was kind enough to share with us a fantastic story, pictures, a recording and a video! Take a listen to Doug MacLeod Live in the CKCU Studios! From Tony Copple, CKCU: Doug came on, and cracked up the crowd with his first few words. He…
Sing Out! Reviews Brand New Eyes
Folk Music magazine Sing Out! published a glowing review of Fresh! From Reference Recordings release Brand New Eyes! We’ll give you a taste of these quotes and then link you to Sing Out!‘s website. From SingOut!: “When you close your eyes and listen to Doug MacLeod, it’s difficult to decide what you like best, his expressive guitar technique or his passionate approach to vocals. Both are exemplary and have been over the past 16 releases.…
Happy Veterans Day
Reference Recordings would like to extend a warm round of thanks to our veterans today on Veteran’s Day. It’s on this day that we tend to think about that great “American Band” sound that comes from Sousa and marches in general. Some of these albums we’ve featured before, like Marches I’ve Missed and Strictly Sousa, but today we wanted to feature an album that might not seem like your typical “Veteran’s Day Celebration” album. So…
Doug MacLeod at The Pearl in Dallas!
Wednesday night, I had the distinct pleasure of finally seeing Fresh! From RR artist Doug MacLeod perform in person! Not only did I get to hear Doug at the wonderful venue in Dallas, “The Pearl at Commerce,” I also got to hear Doug on the local radio station KNON on the way over. The radio time definitely made for a fun last twenty minutes of the drive over to Dallas (from Fort Worth). If you…