{"id":9725,"date":"2014-10-15T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T15:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=9725"},"modified":"2014-10-14T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T21:20:05","slug":"new-music-revue-dan-maccormack-provides-a-symphony-of-rural-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/10\/15\/new-music-revue-dan-maccormack-provides-a-symphony-of-rural-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Dan MacCormack provides a symphony of rural Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dan MacCormack
\nSymphony of Ghosts
\n<\/i>(independent)
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

Halifax-based singer-songwriter Dan MacCormack\u2019s debut solo album is based on Canadian writer David Adam Richards\u2019 novels. The use of many instruments and choirs gives this disc a refreshing edge.<\/p>\n

MacCormack emits a deep connection to Richards\u2019 novels and translates their ideas from text to song. The first song, \u201cFace Your Hunters,\u201d is powerful, starting off with the heartbeat-like rhythm of a drum (think tribal), featuring layered vocals and haunting lyrics.<\/p>\n

The remainder of Symphony of Ghosts <\/i>is incredibly diverse, showcasing MacCormack\u2019s talent as a multi-instrumentalist. The string instruments, especially, will remind listeners of his Atlantic roots.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy folk and country, you\u2019ll enjoy this album, which has flavours of rural Canada. MacCormack\u2019s music is similar to an amalgamation of Vancouver\u2019s Dan Mangan and Victoria\u2019s Aidan Knight, but his music is more original than either of those two celebrated songwriters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dan MacCormack Symphony of Ghosts (independent) 4\/5 Halifax-based singer-songwriter Dan MacCormack\u2019s debut solo album is based on Canadian writer David Adam Richards\u2019 novels. The use of many instruments and choirs gives this disc a refreshing edge. MacCormack emits a deep connection to Richards\u2019 novels and translates their ideas from text to song. The first song, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-october-15-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9727,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725\/revisions\/9727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}