Margaret MacDonald
“Still 21 In My Head” is the signature song on Margaret MacDonald’s album Rain on the Roof released in November 2006—one of many songs on the album that resonate with the music-loving public in their thirties and up. Margaret says, “I’m certainly in that category so I can’t help writing music that appeals to this audience. And according to Billboard, a huge percentage of record sales are to people over the age of 35, so I figure there’s room for some new, slightly older talent.”
Rain on the Roof is a collection of eleven of her original songs with Margaret performing vocals and piano, and features some amazing talent, including guitarist Basil Fung (played on Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill) and Charles Waltz (fiddler for the Young Dubliners). Her collaboration with Los Angeles-based producer Randall Michael Tobin at Theta Sound in Burbank has resulted in an album with wide appeal to audiences who listen to the likes of Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
Margaret grew up in San Francisco listening to everything from classical music to R&B to folk, then spent 15 years in the United Kingdom before returning to California, and her songwriting reflects all of these elements. Her songs sparkle both musically and lyrically, a rare feat these days. Margaret’s richly textured voice takes you from the amusing James Taylor-esque “Still 21 In My Head” to the aching “Cry For You” and the R&B-tinged ballad, “I Know You Love Me.”
Songs from Rain on the Roof have been featured on Internet radio stations such as ArtistFirst Radio, NetteRadio, Pandora and many more.
In fact, her song "Still 21 in My Head" was recently ranked number 1 in the all-time most requested song group on an internet station based in Florida.
She recently wrote and performed the opening theme song (in French) to an independent French film,“Sans Vie,” released in September 2007. Other film placements are in the works.