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Margot's live performances have been described as "hypnotic. She lulls you into a meditative state from behind her keyboard, scorches you with dirty rock guitar and then layers scat over Siren call with a loop pedal." Her voice is what grabs you -- a "smoldering, cashmere-covered tone steeped in urgent, vulnerable expression." Her skill is what makes her extraordinary. She pens her own eclectic rock and makes everything in front of her sing, from teacups to strips of wire. She has also been known to roast individual marshmallows with a lighter, anytime, anywhere...
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Margot MacDonald is a bewitching vocal powerhouse -- she is Robert Plant's raw strength swept across four octaves and smoldering with a little Feist. Margot is a textbook case of "classically-trained-soprano-and-pianist-captivated-by-Led-Zeppelin." She started her singing career with the Washington National Opera at age 10, and by 15 she was rocking a Strat, releasing a second album, and packing regional venues. Since then she has put out a third and fourth CD, opened for Eddie Kowalczyk of LIVE and other national acts, and played venues like D.C.’s legendary 9:30 Club, Kennedy Center, Wolftrap, Birchmere, BlackRock, Ram's Head Live, and The Bitter End in NYC. She was also a recent Artist-in-Residence at the Music Center at Strathmore, where she still regularly performs. She is a seven-time Washington Area Music Award recipient including the 2010 Artist of the Year Award. In her spare time, Margot supports nonprofits such as Hungry for Music, More Than Me, and City of Hope, and regularly performs at charity events. At the ripe old age of 19, Margot is a BMI Youth Ambassador, serves on the board of directors of the Songwriters’ Association of Washington, and has led GRAMMY U and other songwriting workshops. She is in the midst of mastering the loop pedal and discovering the musical genius of half-filled glass bottles.

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